Ophthalmos ὀφθαλμός

Ophthalmos (Greek ὀφθαλμός, Strong's G3788) is a Greek masculine noun meaning “eye”. It occurs 101 times in 86 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Ophthalmos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• Matthew 5:29
  And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
• Matthew 5:38
  Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’
• Matthew 6:22
  The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.
• Matthew 6:23
  But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
• Matthew 7:3
  And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?
• Matthew 7:4
  Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while there is still a beam in your own eye?
• Matthew 7:5
  Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
• Matthew 9:29
  Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.Then He touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith will it be done to you.”
• Matthew 9:30
  And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.And their eyes were opened. Jesus warned them sternly, “See that no one finds out about this!”
• Matthew 13:15
  For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’
• Matthew 13:16
  But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.
• Matthew 17:8
  And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.And when they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus.
• Matthew 18:9
  And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.
• Matthew 20:15
  Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
• Matthew 20:33
  They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.“Lord,” they answered, “let our eyes be opened.”
• Matthew 20:34
  So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and at once they received their sight and followed Him.
• Matthew 21:42
  Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
• Matthew 26:43
  And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.And again Jesus returned and found them sleeping—for their eyes were heavy.

Mark

• Mark 7:22
  Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.
• Mark 8:18
  Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?‘Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear?’ And do you not remember?
• Mark 8:25
  After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.Once again Jesus placed His hands on the man’s eyes, and when he opened them his sight was restored, and he could see everything clearly.
• Mark 9:47
  And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,
• Mark 12:11
  This was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”
• Mark 14:40
  And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him.And again Jesus returned and found them sleeping—for their eyes were heavy. And they did not know what to answer Him.

Luke

• Luke 2:30
  For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,For my eyes have seen Your salvation,
• Luke 4:20
  And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.Then He rolled up the scroll, returned it to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on Him,
• Luke 6:20
  And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.Looking up at His disciples, Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
• Luke 6:41
  And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?
• Luke 6:42
  Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother’s eye.How can you say, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while you yourself fail to see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
• Luke 10:23
  And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:Then Jesus turned to the disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.
• Luke 11:34
  The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body is full of darkness.
• Luke 16:23
  And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.
• Luke 18:13
  And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’
• Luke 19:42
  Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.
• Luke 24:16
  But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.But their eyes were kept from recognizing Him.
• Luke 24:31
  And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Jesus—and He disappeared from their sight.

John

• John 4:35
  Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.
• John 6:5
  When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?When Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?”
• John 9:6
  When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.
• John 9:10
  Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?“How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.
• John 9:11
  He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.He answered, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and anointed my eyes, and He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed and received my sight.”
• John 9:14
  And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened his eyes was a Sabbath.
• John 9:15
  Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.So the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. The man answered, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and now I can see.”
• John 9:17
  They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.So once again they asked the man who had been blind, “What do you say about Him, since it was your eyes He opened?” “He is a prophet,” the man replied.
• John 9:21
  But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.But how he can now see or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself.”
• John 9:26
  Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes?“What did He do to you?” they asked. “How did He open your eyes?”
• John 9:30
  The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.“That is remarkable indeed!” the man said. “You do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes.
• John 9:32
  Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind.Never before has anyone heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind.
• John 10:21
  Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?But others replied, “These are not the words of a man possessed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
• John 11:37
  And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?But some of them asked, “Could not this man who opened the eyes of the blind also have kept Lazarus from dying?”
• John 11:41
  Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.So they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted His eyes upward and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.
• John 12:40
  He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.”
• John 17:1
  These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You.

Acts

• Acts 1:9
  And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.After He had said this, they watched as He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight.
• Acts 9:8
  And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could not see a thing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus.
• Acts 9:18
  And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.At that instant, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and his sight was restored. He got up and was baptized,
• Acts 9:40
  But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down and prayed, and turning toward her body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.
• Acts 26:18
  To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
• Acts 28:27
  For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’

Romans

• Romans 3:18
  There is no fear of God before their eyes.“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
• Romans 11:8
  (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”
• Romans 11:10
  Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.”

1 Corinthians

• 1 Corinthians 2:9
  But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”
• 1 Corinthians 12:16
  And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.
• 1 Corinthians 12:17
  If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?
• 1 Corinthians 12:21
  And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.The eye cannot say to the hand, “I do not need you.” Nor can the head say to the feet, “I do not need you.”
• 1 Corinthians 15:52
  In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

Galatians

• Galatians 3:1
  O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.
• Galatians 4:15
  Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.What then has become of your blessing? For I can testify that, if it were possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.

Ephesians

• Ephesians 1:18
  The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,

Hebrews

• Hebrews 4:13
  Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

1 Peter

• 1 Peter 3:12
  For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

2 Peter

• 2 Peter 2:14
  Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.

1 John

• 1 John 1:1
  That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life.
• 1 John 2:11
  But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
• 1 John 2:16
  For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.

Revelation

• Revelation 1:7
  Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.
• Revelation 1:14
  His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;The hair of His head was white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like a blazing fire.
• Revelation 2:18
  And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like a blazing fire and whose feet are like polished bronze.
• Revelation 3:18
  I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.
• Revelation 4:6
  And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.And before the throne was something like a sea of glass, as clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, covered with eyes in front and back.
• Revelation 4:8
  And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”
• Revelation 5:6
  And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.Then I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
• Revelation 7:17
  For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
• Revelation 19:12
  His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.He has eyes like blazing fire, and many royal crowns on His head. He has a name written on Him that only He Himself knows.
• Revelation 21:4
  And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).