Deuteronomy 32:10
He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
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Apple
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Zechariah 2:8
For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
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2 occurrences in 2 verses.
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אִישׁוֹן
ʼîyshôwn · ee-shone'
3 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
the little man of the eye; the pupil or ball; hence, the middle (of night)
Strong's KJV usage: apple (of the eye), black, obscure.
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 32:10Strong's last: Proverbs 7:2
Open full H380 profile →בָּבָה
bâbâh · baw-baw'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
something hollowed (as a gate), i.e. pupil of the eye
Strong's KJV usage: apple (of the eye).
Strong's first: Zechariah 2:8Strong's last: Zechariah 2:8
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bath · bath
1 times translated as this KJV form588 total Strong's occurrences
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, × first, × old, owl, town, village.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Lamentations 2:18Strong's last: Lamentations 2:18
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H380
He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
H380
Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
H380
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
no direct Strong's tag
As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
no direct Strong's tag
Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.
H1323
Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.
no direct Strong's tag
The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.
H892
For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
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apple
AP'PLE, noun
1. The fruit of the apple tree, [pyrus malus, ] from which cider is made.
2. The apple of the eye is the pupil.
Apple of love, or love apple the tomato, or lycopersicum, a species of Solanum. The stalk is herbaceous, with oval, pinnated leaves, and small yellow flowers. The berry is smooth, soft, of a yellow or reddish color, of the size of a plum. It is used in soups and broths.
AP'PLE, verb transitive To form like an apple
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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