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Eye

ὄμμαStrong’s G3659

omma

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Omma is the Greek word usually translated “eyes”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.”
Matthew 20:34 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “eyes”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • eyes 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 1
  • Mark 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ὄμμα omma · eye

ὄμμα, -τος, τό in cl. chiefly poët.; [in LXX for עַיִן (עַיִן (Pro.5:1-23, Wis.2:1-24, 4Ma.3:1-21)* ;] an eye: p1., Mat.20:34 Mrk.8:23.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “eye” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

EYE, noun

pronounced as I. [Latin oculus, a diminutive. The old English plural was eyen, or eyne.]

  1. The organ of sight or vision; properly, the globe or ball movable in the orbit.
  2. Sight; view; ocular knowledge; as, I have a man now in my eye In this sense, the plural is more generally used.“Before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you” Galatians 3:1
  3. Look; countenance.
  4. Front; face.
All definitions and other forms of “eye”
  1. Direct opposition; as, to sail in the wind's eye
  2. Aspect; regard; respect; view.
  3. Notice; observation; vigilance; watch.
  4. View of the mind; opinion formed by observation or contemplation.
  5. Sight; view, either in a literal or figurative sense.
  6. Something resembling the eye in form; as the eye of a peacock's feather.
  7. A small hole or aperture; a perforation; as the eye of a needle.
  8. A small catch for a hook; as we say, hooks and eyes. in nearly the same sense, the word is applied to certain fastenings in the cordage of ships.
  9. The bud of a plant; a shoot.
  10. A small shade of color. [Little used.]
  11. The power of perception.“The eyes of your understanding being enlightened” Ephesians 1:18
  12. Oversight; inspection.

EYE, noun

A brood; as an eye of pheasants.

    EYE, verb transitive

    To fix the eye on; to look on; to view; to observe; particularly, to observe or watch narrowly, or with fixed attention.

      EYE, verb intransitive

      To appear; to have an appearance.

        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.