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
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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.
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Strong's first: Lamentations 2:18Strong's last: Lamentations 2:18
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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.
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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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