Eye salve
κολλούριονStrong’s G2854kollourion
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Kollourion is the Greek word usually translated “eye-salve”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
Usually translated “eye-salve”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- eye-salve 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
κολλούριον kollourion · eye salve
κολλούριον (TTr., κολλύ-, the more usual form), -ου, τό (dimin. of κολλύρα = κόλλιξ, a coarse bread roll), [in LXX: 3Ki.12:24 hil B* ;] 1. a small bread roll (LXX, ll. with). 2. (Usually in pl., LS, see word) an eye salve shaped like a roll: Rev.3:18.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “eyesalve” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
EY'E-SALVE, noun
Ointment for the eye.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.