Blemma means “seeing” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H990 — beten (“belly”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G990 βλέμμα (blemma) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. blemma (blem'-mah) n. 1. vision (properly, concrete) 2. (by implication, abstract) It has 1 linked Bible usage across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include seeing. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament.
blemma (blem'-mah) n. 1. vision (properly, concrete) 2. (by implication, abstract) [from G991] KJV: seeing Root(s): G991
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G990. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
a look
Usage: βλέμμα, -τος, τό (βλέπω), a look, a glance: βλέμματι καὶ ἀκοῇ, 2Pe.2:8, sight and hearing, a sense not found for β. in Gk. lit., but perh. recognized in the vernacular (ICC, in l.)† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render blemma, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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1 indexed usage in New Testament.
(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
First 1 linked usage excerpt for Strong's G990.
(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G990, grouped by book.
Blemma (Strong's G990) is a Greek word most simply glossed "seeing". blemma (blem'-mah) n. 1. vision (properly, concrete) 2. (by implication, abstract)
This page currently indexes 1 linked usage for Strong's G990 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G990 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as seeing. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.