Jump to: Smith's • ATS • ISBE • Easton's • Webster's • Concordance • Thesaurus • Greek • Hebrew • Library • Subtopics • Terms • Resources Smith's Bible Dictionary Eye(The practice of painting the eyelids to make the eyes look large, lustrous and languishing is often alluded to in the Old Testament, and still extensively prevails among the women of the East, and especially among the Mohammedans. Jezebel, in (2 Kings 9:30) is said to have prepared for her meeting with Jehu by painting her face, or, as it reads in the margin, "put her eyes in paint." See also (Ezekiel 23:40) A small probe of wood, ivory or silver is wet with rose-water and dipped in an impalpable black powder, and is then drawn between the lids of the eye nearly closed, and leaves a narrow black border, which is though a great ornament. --ED.) ATS Bible Dictionary EyeThe same Hebrew word means both eye and fountain. Besides its common use, to denote the organ of sight, it is often used figuratively in the Bible. Most of these passages, however, require no explanation. The custom of sealing up the eyes of criminals, still practiced in the East, is thought to be alluded to in Isaiah 6:10 44:18. The expression, "As the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters," Psalm 123:2, is elucidated by a knowledge of the fact that many eastern servants are taught to stand always upon the watch, and are in general directed by a nod, a wink, or some slight motion of the fingers imperceptible to strangers. Many Scripture phrases intimate the soul-like nature of the eye, quickly and truly expressing the thoughts of the heart: such as "the bountiful eye" and the "evil eye," Proverbs 22:9 23:6; "haughty eyes" and "wanton eyes," Proverbs 6:17 Isaiah 3:16. "The lust of the eyes," 1 John 2:16, expresses a craving for any of the gay vanities of this life. The threatening against "the eye that mocketh at his father," Proverbs 30:17, is explained by the habit of birds of prey, which attack the eyes of a living enemy, and quickly devour those of the dead. A "single" eye, Matthew 6:22, is one which is clear, and sees every object as it is. There are allusions in the Bible, and in many ancient and modern writers, to the practice of painting the eyelids, to make the eyes appear large, lustrous, and languishing. Jezebel, 2 Kings 9:30, is said to have "painted her face," literally, "put her eyes in paint." This was sometimes done to excess, Jeremiah 4:30; and was practiced by abandoned women, Proverbs 6:25. A small probe of wood, ivory, or silver, is wet with rose water, and dipped in an impalpable powder; this is then drawn between the lids of the eye nearly closed, and leaves a narrow black border which is thought a great ornament. The powder for this purpose, called kohol, is made by burning a kind of aromatic resin, and sometimes of lead ore and other substances, for the benefit of the eyes. In Persia this custom is as common among the men as among the women; so also in ancient Egypt, as the Theban monuments show. "The females of Arabia," Niebuhr says, "color their nails blood-red, and their hands and feet yellow, with the herb Al-henna. (See CAMPHIRE.) They also tinge the inside of their eyelids coal-black with kochel, a coloring material prepared from lead ore. They not only enlarge their eyebrows, but also paint other figures of black, as ornaments, upon the face and hands. Sometimes they even prick through the skin, in various figures, and then lay certain substances upon the wounds, which eat in so deeply, that the ornaments thus impressed are rendered permanent for life. All this the Arabian women esteem as beauty." Easton's Bible Dictionary (Hebrews `ain, meaning "flowing"), applied (1) to a fountain, frequently; (2) to colour (Numbers 11:7; R.V., "appearance, " marg. "eye"); (3) the face (Exodus 10:5, 15; Numbers 22:5, 11), in Numbers 14:14, "face to face" (R.V. marg., "eye to eye"). "Between the eyes", i.e., the forehead (Exodus 13:9, 16).The expression (Proverbs 23:31), "when it giveth his colour in the cup," is literally, "when it giveth out [or showeth] its eye." The beads or bubbles of wine are thus spoken of. "To set the eyes" on any one is to view him with favour (Genesis 44:21; Job 24:23; Jeremiah 39:12). This word is used figuratively in the expressions an "evil eye" (Matthew 20:15), a "bountiful eye" (Proverbs 22:9), "haughty eyes" (6:17 marg.), "wanton eyes" (Isaiah 3:16), "eyes full of adultery" (2 Peter 2:14), "the lust of the eyes" (1 John 2:16). Christians are warned against "eye-service" (Ephesians 6:6; Colossians 3:22). Men were sometimes punished by having their eyes put out (1 Samuel 11:2; Samson, Judges 16:21; Zedekiah, 2 Kings 25:7). The custom of painting the eyes is alluded to in 2 Kings 9:30, R.V.; Jeremiah 4:30; Ezek. 23:40, a custom which still prevails extensively among Eastern women. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary 1. (n.) A brood; as, an eye of pheasants.2. (n.) The organ of sight or vision. In man, and the vertebrates generally, it is properly the movable ball or globe in the orbit, but the term often includes the adjacent parts. In most invertebrates the years are immovable ocelli, or compound eyes made up of numerous ocelli. See Ocellus. 3. (n.) The faculty of seeing; power or range of vision; hence, judgment or taste in the use of the eye, and in judging of objects; as, to have the eye of sailor; an eye for the beautiful or picturesque. 4. (n.) The action of the organ of sight; sight, look; view; ocular knowledge; judgment; opinion. 5. (n.) The space commanded by the organ of sight; scope of vision; hence, face; front; the presence of an object which is directly opposed or confronted; immediate presence. 6. (n.) Observation; oversight; watch; inspection; notice; attention; regard. 7. (n.) That which resembles the organ of sight, in form, position, or appearance 8. (n.) The spots on a feather, as of peacock. 9. (n.) The scar to which the adductor muscle is attached in oysters and other bivalve shells; also, the adductor muscle itself, esp. when used as food, as in the scallop. 10. (n.) The bud or sprout of a plant or tuber; as the eye of a potato. 11. (n.) The center of a target; the bull's-eye. 12. (n.) A small loop to receive a hook; as hooks and eyes on a dress. 13. (n.) The hole through the head of a needle. 14. (n.) A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc.; as an eye at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss; as an eye through a crank; an eye at the end of rope. 15. (n.) The hole through the upper millstone. 16. (n.) That which resembles the eye in relative importance or beauty. 17. (n.) Tinge; shade of color. 18. (v. t.) To fix the eye on; to look on; to view; to observe; particularly, to observe or watch narrowly, or with fixed attention; to hold in view. 19. (v. i.) To appear; to look. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia APPLE, OF THE EYEap'-'-l: The eyeball, or globe of the eye, with pupil in center, called "apple" from its round shape. Its great value and careful protection by the eyelids automatically closing when there is the least possibility of danger made it the emblem of that which was most precious and jealously protected. The Hebrew terms for it were, 'ishon, diminutive of 'ish, "man," little man or mannikin, referring perhaps specially to the pupil, probably from "the little image one sees of himself when looking into another's pupil" (Davies' Lexicon). "He kept him (Israel) as the apple of his eye" (Deuteronomy 32:10); "Keep me as the apple of the eye," literally, "as the apple, the daughter of the eye" (Psalm 17:8). "Keep my law (the Revised Version, margin "teaching") as the apple of thine eye" (Proverbs 7:2). Compare Proverbs 7:9 where it is used to denote what is the center (American Revised Version, "in the middle of the night"; the English Revised Version "in, the blackness of night"; margin "Hebrew pupil (of the eye)"); babhah perhaps an "opening," "gate"; others regard it as a mimetic word akin to Latin pupa, papilla ("He that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye," i.e. Yahweh's; Zechariah 2:8); bath-`ayin, "daughter of the eye"; "Give thyself no respite, let not the apple of thine eye cease" (Lamentations 2:18), which means, either "sleep not," or "cease not to weep." kore, "young girl," "pupil of the eye": "He (the Lord) will keep the good deeds (the Revised Version (British and American) "bounty") of a man as the apple of the eye" (Ecclesiasticus 17:22); the Septuagint also has kore in all instances except Lamentations 2:18, where it has thugater, "daughter." EVIL EYE (ra` `ayin, "evil of eye"; ophthalmos poneros): EYE i (`ayin; ophthalmos): SINGLE, EYE sin'-g'-l: Matthew 6:22 parallel Luke 11:34: "If therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness." "Single" and "evil" here represent haplouis, and poneros. Poneros elsewhere in the New Testament means "wicked"; haplous occurs only here in the New Testament, but is very common in ordinary Greek and always has the meaning "simple." But in view of the context, most commentators take haplous here as meaning "normal," "healthy," and poneros as "diseased," so rendering "Just as physical enlightenment depends on the condition of the eye, so does spiritual enlightenment depend on the condition of the heart." This is natural enough, but it is not satisfactory, as it gives to haplous a unique sense and to poneros a sense unique in the 73 New Testament examples of the word. Moreover, the same expression, "evil eye," is found also in Matthew 20:15 Mark 7:22, where it means "jealousy" or "covetousness." With poneros = "covetous" haplous would = "generous"; and this rendition gives excellent sense in Matthew, where the further context deals with love of money. Yet in Luke it is meaningless, where the context is of a different sort, a fact perhaps indicating that Luke has placed the saying in a bad context. Or the Greek translation of Christ's words used by Matthew and Luke may have taken the moral terms haplous and poneros to translate physical terms ("healthy" and "diseased"?) employed in the original Aramaic. The Sinaitic Syriac version of Luke 11:36 may perhaps contain a trace of an older rendering. See Julicher, Die Gleichnisreden Jesu, II, 98-108. DISEASES OF THE EYE Greek 3788. ophthalmos -- the eye ... the eye. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: ophthalmos Phonetic Spelling: (of-thal-mos') Short Definition: the eye Definition: the eye; fig: the ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3788.htm - 7k 3659. omma -- an eye 5168. trumalia -- a hole, eye (of a needle) 5169. trupema -- eye. 5299. hupopiazo -- to strike under the eye 3442. monophthalmos -- having one eye 2854. kollourion -- eye salve. 3787. ophthalmodoulia -- eye service 4493. rhipe -- any rapid movement, spec. a twinkling (of lights or ... 2855b. kollurion -- a small bread roll, an eye salve (shaped like ... Strong's Hebrew 5869. ayin -- an eye... 5868, 5869. ayin. 5870 . an eye. Transliteration: ayin Phonetic Spelling: (ah'-yin) Short Definition: eyes. Word Origin of uncertain ... /hebrew/5869.htm - 7k 892. babah -- the apple (of the eye) 5870. ayin -- an eye 380. ishon -- the pupil (of the eye) 5770. avan -- eye 5870a. ayin -- an eye 5870b. in -- to eye 5770a. avan -- eye 1323. bath -- daughter 7335. razam -- to wink, flash Library A Bird's-Eye View of the Bible January the Tenth the Lust of the Eye The Eye or Hand Allegorized. On a Single Eye The Offending Hand, or Foot, or Eye. February the Twenty-Fifth the Fresh Eye A Bird's-Eye view of the Early Church An Eye-Witness's Account of the Crucifixion Tatian Speaks as an Eye-Witness. Cast Your Eye Round the Room in which You Sit... Thesaurus Eye (145 Occurrences)... marg. "eye"); (3) the face (Exodus 10:5, 15; Numbers 22:5, 11), in Numbers 14:14, "face to face" (RV marg., "eye to eye"). "Between ... /e/eye.htm - 54k Eye-witnesses (4 Occurrences) Eye's (1 Occurrence) Eye-witness (2 Occurrences) Eye-service (2 Occurrences) Eye-services (1 Occurrence) Eye-sight (1 Occurrence) Eye-brows (1 Occurrence) Eye-salve (1 Occurrence) Mote (6 Occurrences) Resources What does the Bible mean by "an eye for an eye"? | GotQuestions.orgWhat is the all-seeing eye? | GotQuestions.org What does it mean to be the apple of God's eye? | GotQuestions.org Eye: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus Concordance Eye (145 Occurrences)Matthew 5:29 Matthew 5:38 Matthew 6:22 Matthew 6:23 Matthew 7:3 Matthew 7:4 Matthew 7:5 Matthew 18:9 Matthew 19:24 Matthew 20:15 Matthew 23:27 Matthew 23:28 Mark 7:22 Mark 9:47 Mark 10:25 Luke 6:41 Luke 6:42 Luke 11:34 Luke 18:25 John 1:18 Romans 1:20 Romans 16:17 1 Corinthians 2:9 1 Corinthians 12:16 1 Corinthians 12:17 1 Corinthians 12:21 1 Corinthians 15:52 Ephesians 6:6 Colossians 3:22 Revelation 1:7 Revelation 3:18 Genesis 2:9 Genesis 3:6 Genesis 12:11 Genesis 44:21 Genesis 45:20 Exodus 10:5 Exodus 21:24 Exodus 21:26 Leviticus 21:20 Leviticus 24:20 Numbers 14:14 Numbers 22:5 Numbers 22:11 Numbers 24:3 Numbers 24:15 Deuteronomy 7:16 Deuteronomy 13:8 Deuteronomy 15:9 Deuteronomy 19:13 Deuteronomy 19:21 Deuteronomy 25:12 Deuteronomy 28:54 Deuteronomy 28:56 Deuteronomy 32:10 Deuteronomy 33:28 Deuteronomy 34:7 Judges 18:6 1 Samuel 2:29 1 Samuel 2:32 1 Samuel 11:2 1 Samuel 18:9 1 Samuel 24:10 2 Samuel 16:12 2 Samuel 20:6 2 Samuel 22:25 2 Chronicles 6:20 Ezra 5:5 Job 7:7 Job 7:8 Job 10:18 Job 13:1 Job 14:3 Job 16:20 Job 17:2 Job 17:7 Job 20:9 Job 24:15 Job 28:7 Job 28:10 Job 29:11 Job 31:16 Job 39:29 Job 42:5 Psalms 6:7 Psalms 17:8 Psalms 31:9 Psalms 32:8 Psalms 33:18 Psalms 35:19 Psalms 35:21 Psalms 54:7 Psalms 73:7 Psalms 77:2 Psalms 88:9 Psalms 92:11 Psalms 94:9 Psalms 101:5 Proverbs 6:13 Proverbs 7:2 Subtopics Eye of Evil Desire, Never Satisfied The Eye: (Anointing With Eyesalve) of Healing by the Spirit The Eye: (Open) Spiritual Illumination The Eye: Actions of, Mentioned in Scripture: Directing The Eye: Actions of, Mentioned in Scripture: Seeing The Eye: Actions of, Mentioned in Scripture: Weeping The Eye: Actions of, Mentioned in Scripture: Winking The Eye: Not Evil Thing to be Set Before The Eye: Not Satisfied With Riches The Eye: Not Satisfied With Seeing The Eye: Often Put out As a Punishment The Eye: Parts of Mentioned in Scripture: The Apple or Ball The Eye: Parts of Mentioned in Scripture: The Brow The Eye: Parts of Mentioned in Scripture: The Lid The Eye: Punishment for Injuring The Eye: The Jewish Women often Painted The Eye: The Jews: Cast, on the Ground in Humiliation The Eye: The Jews: Not to Make Baldness Between The Eye: The Jews: Raised Up, in Prayer The Eye: The Jews: Wore Their Phylacteries Between The Eye: The Light of the Body The Eye: The Light of, Rejoices the Heart Related Terms |