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Strong's G3788 ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmos)

Ophthalmos means “eye” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3788 — kishron (“success”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3788
Language Greek
Linked Usages 678
Books 62

Strong's G3788 Quick Answer

Strong's G3788 ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. ophthalmos (of-thal-mos') n. 1. the eye 2. (by implication) vision It has 678 linked Bible usages across 62 books. Visible English usage signals include eyes, lord, thine, said, and thee. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
ophthalmos (of-thal-mos') n. 1. the eye 2. (by implication) vision
Usage
678 linked usages
Books
62 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
eyes, lord, thine, said, and thee

Meaning and Definition

ophthalmos (of-thal-mos') n. 1. the eye 2. (by implication) vision 3. (figuratively) envy (from the jealous side-glance) {literally or figuratively} [from G3700] KJV: eye, sight Root(s): G3700

Original Word
ὀφθαλμός
Transliteration
ophthalmos
Derivation
Root: ὀπτάνομαι R1: 3700
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3788. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

eye

Usage: ὀφθαλμός, -οῦ, ὁ, [in LXX chiefly for עַיִן ;] the eye (as in cl., chiefly pl.): Mat.5:38, Mrk.9:47, Luk.6:41, Jhn.9:6, al.; τοὺς ὀ. ἐξορύθσσειν (figuratively), Gal.4:15; ἐπᾶραι, Luk.6:20, Jhn.6:5; ἀνοῖξα, Act.9:40; id., of restoring sight, Mat.20:33, Jhn.9:10, al.; ἐν ῥιπῇ ὀφθαλμοῦ, 1Co.15:52; by anthropom., of God, Heb.4:13, 1Pe.3:12; pleonastically (cf. Thackeray, Gr., 42f.), εἶδον οἱ ὀ. μοθ, Luk.2:30 (similarly, ib. 4:20 10:23, Jhn.12:40, 1Co.2:9, 1Jn.1:1, Rev.1:7). Metaphorical (as otherwise in cl.;

see LS, see word); __(a) of ethical qualities: ὀ. πονηρός (meton., for envy; cf. Heb. עַיִן רַע, Pro.28:22; cf. Sir.14:10 34:13), Mat.6:22, 23 Mrk.7:22, Luk.11:34; ἁπλοῦς, Mat.6:22, Luk.11:34; ἐπιθυμία (which see) ὀφθαλμῶν (cf. Ecc.4:8, Sir.14:9), 1Jn.2:16; ὀ. μεστοὶ μοιχαλἰδος, 2Pe.2:14; __(b) of mental vision: Mat.13:15, Mrk.8:18, Luk.19:42, Jhn.12:40, Rom.11:8, Gal.3:1, Eph.1:18, al.; ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς before genitive (on the absence of the art., seeBl, §46, 9.II; M, Pr., 81), Mat.21:42, Mrk.12:11. (AS)

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

eyes lord thine said thee shalt god hand eye she upon before

How Strong's G3788 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 504 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3788 (ὀφθαλμός) appears 628 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3788 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3788 in the New Testament

86 indexed usages in New Testament.

Strong's G3788 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

504 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 3:5 Septuagint / Brenton

For God knew that in whatever day ye should eat of it your eyes would be opened, and ye would be as gods, knowing good and evil.

Genesis 3:6 Septuagint / Brenton

And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes to look upon and beautiful to contemplate, and having taken of its fruit she ate, and she gave to her husband also with her, and they ate.

Genesis 3:7 Septuagint / Brenton

And the eyes of both were opened, and they perceived that they were naked, and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons to go round them.

Strong's G3788 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

85 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Strong's G3788 in 1 Enoch

3 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3788.

Genesis 3:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For God knew that in whatever day ye should eat of it your eyes would be opened, and ye would be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Genesis 3:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes to look upon and beautiful to contemplate, and having taken of its fruit she ate, and she gave to her husband also with her, and they ate.
Genesis 3:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the eyes of both were opened, and they perceived that they were naked, and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons to go round them.
Genesis 13:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Lot having lifted up his eyes, observed all the country round about Jordan, that it was all watered, before God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, as the garden of the Lord, and as the land of Egypt, until thou come to Zoar.
Genesis 13:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God said to Abram after Lot was separated from him, Look up with thine eyes, and behold from the place where thou now art northward and southward, and eastward and seaward;
Genesis 18:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he lifted up his eyes and beheld, and lo! three men stood before him; and having seen them he ran to meet them from the door of his tent, and did obeisance to the ground.
Genesis 21:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of springing water; and she went and filled the skin with water, and gave the child drink.
Genesis 22:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
on the third day; and Abraham having lifted up his eyes, saw the place afar off.
Genesis 22:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abraham lifted up his eyes and beheld, and lo! a ram caught by his horns in a plant of Sabec; and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a whole burnt offering in the place of Isaac his son.
Genesis 24:63 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Isaac went forth into the plain toward evening to meditate; and having lifted up his eyes, he saw camels coming.
Genesis 24:64 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and saw Isaac; and she alighted briskly from the camel,
Genesis 27:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass after Isaac was old, that his eyes were dimmed so that he could not see; and he called Esau, his elder son, and said to him, My son; and he said, Behold, I am here.
Genesis 29:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the eyes of Leah were weak. But Rachel was beautiful in appearance, and exceedingly fair in countenance.
Genesis 31:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when the cattle conceived and were with young, that I beheld with mine eyes in sleep, and behold the he-goats and the rams leaping on the sheep and the she-goats, speckled and variegated and spotted with ash-colored spots.
Genesis 31:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, Look up with thine eyes, and behold the he-goats and the rams leaping on the sheep and the she-goats, speckled and variegated and spotted with ash-colored spots; for I have seen all things that Laban does to thee.
Genesis 31:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I was parched with heat by day, and chilled with frost by night, and my sleep departed from my eyes.
Genesis 37:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they sat down to eat bread; and having lifted up their eyes they beheld, and lo, Ishmaelitish travelers came from Gilead, and their camels were heavily loaded with spices, and resin, and myrrh; and they went to bring them to Egypt.
Genesis 39:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph, and said, Lie with me.
Genesis 43:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joseph lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, born of the same mother; and he said, Is this your younger brother, whom ye spoke of bringing to me? and he said, God have mercy on thee, my son.
Genesis 45:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.
Genesis 45:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And be not sparing in regard to your property, for all the good of Egypt shall be yours.
Genesis 46:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will go down with thee into Egypt, and I will bring thee up at the end; and Joseph shall put his hands on thine eyes.
Genesis 48:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now the eyes of Israel were dim through age, and he could not see; and he brought them near to him, and he kissed them, and embraced them.
Genesis 49:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
His eyes shall be more cheering than wine, And his teeth whiter than milk.
Exodus 13:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall be to thee a sign upon thy hand and a memorial before thine eyes, that the law of the Lord may be in thy mouth, for with a strong hand the Lord God brought thee out of Egypt.
Exodus 13:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall be for a sign upon thy hand, and immovable before thine eyes, for with a strong hand the Lord brought thee out of Egypt.
Exodus 14:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Pharaoh approached, and the children of Israel having looked up, beheld, and the Egyptians encamped behind them: and they were very greatly terrified, and the children of Israel cried to the Lord;
Exodus 21:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
Exodus 21:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if one smite the eye of his manservant, or the eye of his maidservant, and put it out, he shall let them go free for their eye’s sake.
Exodus 23:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt not receive gifts; for gifts blind the eyes of the seeing, and corrupt just words.
Leviticus 4:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if the whole congregation of Israel trespass ignorantly, and a thing should escape the notice of the congregation, and they should do one thing forbidden of any of the commands of the Lord, which ought not to be done, and should transgress:
Leviticus 5:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
That unrighteous soul, which determines with his lips to do evil or to do good according to whatsoever a man may determine with an oath, and it shall have escaped his notice, and he shall afterward know it, and so he should sin in some one of these things—
Leviticus 20:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if the natives of the land should in anywise overlook that man in giving of his seed to Molech, so as not to put him to death;
Leviticus 21:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
or humpbacked, or bleary-eyed, or that has lost his eyelashes, or a man who has a malignant ulcer, or tetter, or one that has lost a testicle.
Leviticus 24:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
bruise for bruise, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as anyone may inflict a blemish on a man, so shall it be rendered to him.
Leviticus 26:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then will I do thus to you: I will even bring upon you perplexity and the itch, and the fever that causes your eyes to waste away, and disease that consumes your life; and ye shall sow your seeds in vain, and your enemies shall eat them.
Numbers 5:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and supposing anyone shall lie with her carnally, and the thing shall be hidden from the eyes of her husband, and she should conceal it and be herself defiled, and there be no witness with her, and she should not be taken;
Numbers 11:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But now our soul is dried up; our eyes turn to nothing but to the manna.
Numbers 14:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Moreover all the dwellers upon this land have heard that thou art Lord in the midst of this people, who, O Lord, art seen by them face to face, and thy cloud rests upon them, and thou goest before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, and by night in a pillar of fire.
Numbers 15:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then it shall come to pass, if a trespass be committed unwillingly, unknown to the congregation, then shall all the congregation offer a calf of the herd without blemish for a whole burnt offering of sweet savor to the Lord, and its meat offering and its drink offering according to the ordinance, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.
Numbers 15:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall be on your fringes, and ye shall look on them, and ye shall remember all the commands of the Lord, and do them: and ye shall not turn back after your imaginations, and after the sight of your eyes in the things after which ye go a-whoring;
Numbers 16:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou art a prince, and hast thou brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, and hast thou given us an inheritance of land and vineyards? wouldest thou have put out the eyes of those men? we will not go up.
Numbers 22:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God opened the eyes of Balaam, and he sees the angel of the Lord withstanding him in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand, and he stooped down and worshiped on his face.
Numbers 24:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and sees Israel encamped by their tribes; and the Spirit of God came upon him.
Numbers 24:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He says who hears the oracle of the Mighty One, Who saw a vision of God in sleep; His eyes were opened:
Numbers 24:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Hearing the oracles of God, Receiving knowledge from the Most High, And having seen a vision of God in sleep; His eyes were opened.
Numbers 33:55 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if ye will not destroy the dwellers in the land from before you, then it shall come to pass that whomsoever of them ye shall leave shall be thorns in your eyes, and darts in your sides, and they shall be enemies to you on the land on which ye shall dwell;
Deuteronomy 3:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Your eyes have seen all things, which the Lord our God did to these two kings: so shall the Lord our God do to all the kingdoms against which thou crossest over thither.
Deuteronomy 3:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Go up to the top of the quarried rock, and look with thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes, for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
Deuteronomy 4:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Your eyes have seen all that the Lord our God did in the case of Baal-peor; for every man that went after Baal-peor, the Lord your God has utterly destroyed him from among you.
Deuteronomy 4:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Take heed to thyself, and keep thy heart diligently: forget not any of the things, which thine eyes have seen, and let them not depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; and thou shalt teach thy sons and thy sons’ sons,
Deuteronomy 6:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt fasten them for a sign upon thy hand, and it shall be immoveable before thine eyes.
Deuteronomy 7:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt eat all the spoils of the nations which the Lord thy God gives thee; thine eye shall not spare them, and thou shalt not serve their gods; for this is an offense to thee.
Deuteronomy 7:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
the great temptations which thine eyes have seen, those signs and great wonders, the strong hand, and the high arm; how the Lord thy God brought thee forth: so the Lord your God will do to all the nations, whom thou fearest in their presence.
Deuteronomy 10:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He is thy boast, and he is thy God, who has wrought in the midst of thee these great and glorious things, which thine eyes have seen.
Deuteronomy 11:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
for your eyes have seen all the mighty works of the Lord, which he wrought among you today.
Deuteronomy 11:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A land which the Lord thy God surveys continually, the eyes of the Lord thy God are upon it from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.
Deuteronomy 11:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall store these words in your heart and in your soul, and ye shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and it shall be fixed before your eyes.
Deuteronomy 13:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
thou shalt not consent to him, neither shalt thou hearken to him; and thine eye shall not spare him, thou shalt feel no regret for him, neither shalt thou at all protect him:
Deuteronomy 14:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
Deuteronomy 15:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Take heed to thyself that there be not a secret thing in thy heart, an iniquity, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, draws nigh; and thine eye shall be evil to thy brother that is in want, and thou shalt not give to him, and he shall cry against thee to the Lord, and there shall be great sin in thee.
Deuteronomy 16:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
they shall not wrest judgment, nor favor persons, nor receive a gift; for gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
Deuteronomy 19:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thine eye shall not spare him; so shalt thou purge innocent blood from Israel, and it shall be well with thee.
Deuteronomy 19:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thine eye shall not spare him: thou shalt exact life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
Deuteronomy 21:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, and our eyes have not seen it.
Deuteronomy 25:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
thou shalt cut off her hand; thine eye shall not spare her.
Deuteronomy 28:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given to another nation, and thine eyes wasting away shall look for them: thy hand shall have no strength.
Deuteronomy 28:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt be distracted, because of the sights of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
Deuteronomy 28:54 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He that is tender and very delicate within thee shall look with an evil eye upon his brother, and the wife in his bosom, and the children that are left, which may have been left to him;
Deuteronomy 28:56 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she that is tender and delicate among you, whose foot has not assayed to go upon the earth for delicacy and tenderness, shall look with an evil eye on her husband in her bosom, and her son and her daughter,
Deuteronomy 28:65 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Moreover among those nations he will not give thee quiet, neither by any means shall the sole of thy foot have rest; and the Lord shall give thee there another and a misgiving heart, and failing eyes, and a wasting soul.
Deuteronomy 28:66 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thy life shall be in suspense before thine eyes; and thou shalt be afraid by day and by night, and thou shalt have no assurance of thy life.
Deuteronomy 28:67 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the morning thou shalt say, Would it were evening! and in the evening thou shalt say, Would it were morning! for the fear of thy heart with which thou shalt fear, and for the sights of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
Deuteronomy 29:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses called all the sons of Israel and said to them, Ye have seen all things that the Lord did in the land of Egypt before you to Pharaoh and his servants, and all his land;
Deuteronomy 29:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
the great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great wonders.
Deuteronomy 32:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He maintained him in the wilderness, In burning thirst and a dry land: He led him about and instructed him, And kept him as the apple of an eye.
Deuteronomy 34:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses, This is the land of which I swore to Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, saying, To your seed will I give it: and I have shown it to thine eyes, but thou shalt not go in thither.
Deuteronomy 34:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old at his death; his eyes were not dimmed, nor were his natural powers destroyed.
Joshua 5:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when Joshua was in Jericho, that he looked up with his eyes and saw a man standing before him, and there was a drawn sword in his hand; and Joshua drew near and said to him, Art thou for us or on the side of our enemies?
Joshua 23:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
know that the Lord will no more destroy these nations from before you; and they will be to you snares and stumbling blocks, and nails in your heels, and darts in your eyes, until ye be destroyed from off this good land, which the Lord your God has given you.
Joshua 24:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And we cried aloud to the Lord; and he put a cloud and darkness between us and the Egyptians, and he brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen all that the Lord did in the land of Egypt; and ye were in the wilderness many days.
Judges 6:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Gideon said to him, If now I have found mercy in thine eyes, and thou wilt do this day for me all that thou hast spoken of with me,
Judges 6:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the angel of the Lord stretched out the end of the rod that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened bread; and fire came up out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened bread, and the angel of the Lord vanished from his sight.
Judges 10:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Israel said to the Lord, We have sinned: do thou to us according to all that is good in thine eyes; only deliver us this day.
Judges 14:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And his father and his mother said to him, Are there no daughters of thy brethren, and is there not a woman of all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said to his father, Take her for me, for she is right in my eyes.
Judges 14:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they went down and spoke to the woman, and she was pleasing in the eyes of Samson.
Judges 16:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he ground in the prison house.
Judges 16:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Samson wept before the Lord, and said, O Lord, my Lord, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, O God, yet this once, and I will requite one recompense to the Philistines for my two eyes.
Judges 17:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in those days there was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
Judges 19:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw a traveler in the street of the city; and the old man said to him, Whither goest thou, and whence comest thou?
Judges 19:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold my daughter a virgin, and the man’s concubine: I will bring them out, and humble ye them, and do to them that which is good in your eyes; but to this man do not this folly.
Ruth 2:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, Let me go now to the field, and I will glean among the ears behind the man with whomsoever I shall find favor: and she said to her, Go, daughter.
Ruth 2:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let thine eyes be on the field where my men shall reap, and thou shalt go after them: behold, I have charged the young men not to touch thee: and when thou shalt thirst, then thou shalt go to the vessels, and drink of that which the young men shall have drawn.
Ruth 2:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she fell upon her face, and did reverence to the ground, and said to him, How is it that I have found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take notice of me, whereas I am a stranger?
Ruth 2:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she said, Let me find grace in thy sight, my lord, because thou hast comforted me, and because thou hast spoken kindly to thy handmaid, and behold, I shall be as one of thy servants.
1 Kingdoms 1:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she said, Thine handmaid has found favor in thine eyes: and the woman went her way, and entered into her lodging, and ate and drank with her husband, and her countenance was no more sad.
1 Kingdoms 1:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Elkanah her husband said to her, Do that which is good in thine eyes, abide still until thou shalt have weaned him; but may the Lord establish that which comes out of thy mouth: and the woman tarried, and suckled her son until she had weaned him.
1 Kingdoms 2:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And wherefore hast thou looked upon mine incense offering and my meat offering with a shameless eye, and hast honored thy sons above me, so that they should bless themselves with the firstfruits of every sacrifice of Israel before me?
1 Kingdoms 2:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if I do not destroy a man of thine from my altar, it shall be that his eyes may fail and his soul may perish; and everyone that remains in thy house shall fall by the sword of men.
1 Kingdoms 3:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass at that time that Eli was sleeping in his place; and his eyes began to fail, and could not see.
1 Kingdoms 4:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now Eli was ninety years old, and his eyes were fixed, and he saw not.
1 Kingdoms 6:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the men of Beth-shemesh were reaping the wheat harvest in the valley; and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark of the Lord, and rejoiced to meet it.
1 Kingdoms 8:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the thing was evil in the eyes of Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us: and Samuel prayed to the Lord.
1 Kingdoms 11:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Nahash the Ammonite said to them, On these terms will I make a covenant with you, that I should put out all your right eyes, and I will lay a reproach upon Israel.
1 Kingdoms 12:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now stand still, and see this great thing, which the Lord will do before your eyes.
1 Kingdoms 14:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jonathan had not heard when his father adjured the people; and he reached forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and dipped it into the honeycomb, and returned his hand to his mouth, and his eyes recovered their sight.
1 Kingdoms 14:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and Jonathan knew it, and said, My father has destroyed the land: see how my eyes have received sight now that I have tasted a little of this honey.
1 Kingdoms 16:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he sent and fetched him: and he was ruddy, with beauty of eyes, and very goodly to behold. And the Lord said to Samuel, Arise, and anoint David, for he is good.
1 Kingdoms 16:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me, for he has found grace in my eyes.
1 Kingdoms 17:42 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Goliath saw David, and despised him; for he was a lad, and ruddy, with a fair countenance.
1 Kingdoms 18:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it seemed evil in the eyes of Saul concerning this matter, and he said, To David they have given ten thousands, and to me they have given thousands.
1 Kingdoms 18:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Michal the daughter of Saul loved David; and it was told Saul, and the thing was pleasing in his eyes.
1 Kingdoms 18:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the servants of Saul spoke these words in the ears of David; and David said, Is it a light thing in your eyes to become son-in-law to the king? whereas I am a humble man, and not honorable?
1 Kingdoms 18:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the servants of Saul report these words to David, and David was well pleased to become the son-in-law to the king.
1 Kingdoms 20:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David answered Jonathan, and said, Thy father knows surely that I have found grace in thy sight, and he said, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he refuse his consent: but as the Lord lives and thy soul lives, as I said, the space is filled up between me and death.
1 Kingdoms 20:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and he said, Let me go, I pray thee, for we have a family sacrifice in the city, and my brethren have sent for me; and now, if I have found grace in thine eyes, I will even go over and see my brethren: therefore he is not present at the table of the king.
1 Kingdoms 24:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the men of David said to him, Behold, this is the day of which the Lord spoke to thee, that he would deliver thine enemy into thy hands; and thou shalt do to him as it is good in thy sight. So David arose and cut off the skirt of Saul’s garment secretly.
1 Kingdoms 24:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, thine eyes have seen this day how that the Lord has delivered thee this day into my hands in the cave; and I would not slay thee, but spared thee, and said, I will not lift up my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord’s anointed.
1 Kingdoms 25:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ask thy servants, and they will tell thee. Let then thy servants find grace in thine eyes, for we are come on a good day; give, we pray thee, whatsoever thy hand may find, to thy son David.
1 Kingdoms 26:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Saul said, I have sinned: turn, son David, for I will not hurt thee, because my life was precious in thine eyes; and today I have been foolish and have erred exceedingly.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3788, grouped by book.

Genesis 24 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 11 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 31 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 10 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ruth 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 30 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 31 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 10 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 42 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 10 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 31 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 56 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 24 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 29 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 38 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 10 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 39 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jonah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 13 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Malachi 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 18 usages, New Testament
Mark 6 usages, New Testament
Luke 12 usages, New Testament
John 17 usages, New Testament
Acts 6 usages, New Testament
Romans 3 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 5 usages, New Testament
Galatians 2 usages, New Testament
Ephesians 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
1 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
2 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
1 John 3 usages, New Testament
Revelation 10 usages, New Testament
Judith 6 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 14 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 6 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 43 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Letter of Jeremiah 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Daniel 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Book 151 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 3 usages, 1 Enoch

Strong's G3788 FAQ

What does ophthalmos (ὀφθαλμός) mean?

Ophthalmos (Strong's G3788) is a Greek word most simply glossed "eye". ophthalmos (of-thal-mos') n. 1. the eye 2. (by implication) vision

How many times is ophthalmos (ὀφθαλμός) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 678 linked usages for Strong's G3788 across 62 books.

Where can I study ophthalmos (ὀφθαλμός) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3788 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate ophthalmos (ὀφθαλμός)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as eyes, lord, thine, said, thee, and shalt. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3788 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 504 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 85 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 3 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G3788, with linked reader references where each row is available.