Eyes Word Study | True Words Baptist Church

KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where eyes appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Genesis 3937 verses Exodus 76 verses Leviticus 33 verses Numbers 1515 verses Deuteronomy 3130 verses Joshua 33 verses Judges 55 verses Ruth 22 verses 1 Samuel 1716 verses 2 Samuel 88 verses 1 Kings 1414 verses 2 Kings 1612 verses 1 Chronicles 44 verses 2 Chronicles 1212 verses Ezra 22 verses Nehemiah 22 verses Esther 22 verses Job 2727 verses Psalms 4442 verses Proverbs 3030 verses Ecclesiastes 77 verses Song of Solomon 87 verses Isaiah 3635 verses Jeremiah 2825 verses Lamentations 33 verses Ezekiel 2827 verses Daniel 109 verses Hosea 11 verses Joel 11 verses Amos 22 verses Micah 11 verses Habakkuk 11 verses Zephaniah 11 verses Haggai 11 verses Zechariah 1413 verses Malachi 11 verses Matthew 1210 verses Mark 66 verses Luke 99 verses John 1817 verses Acts 98 verses Romans 33 verses Galatians 22 verses Ephesians 11 verses Hebrews 11 verses 1 Peter 11 verses 2 Peter 11 verses 1 John 33 verses Revelation 99 verses

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

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HebrewH5869

עַיִן

ʻayin · ah'-yin

420 times translated as this KJV form839 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

Strong's KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, before, think best, colour, conceit, be content, countenance, displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), × him, humble, knowledge, look, ( well), × me, open(-ly), (not) please, presence, regard, resemblance, sight, × thee, × them, think, × us, well, × you(-rselves).

Other KJV renderings

sight 216 eye 75 seemeth 13 colour 12 well 11 face 10 presence 8 before 8

Strong's first: Genesis 3:5Strong's last: Malachi 1:5

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GreekG3788

ὀφθαλμός

ophthalmós · of-thal-mos'

71 times translated as this KJV form107 total Strong's occurrences

the eye (literally or figuratively); by implication, vision; figuratively, envy (from the jealous side-glance)

Strong's KJV usage: :--eye, sight.

Other KJV renderings

eye 23 of 3 with 3 the eye 2 An eye 1 an eye 1 an 1 the eyes 1

Strong's first: Matthew 9:29Strong's last: Revelation 21:4

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AramaicH5870

עַיִן

ʻayin · ah'-yin

4 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

an eye

Strong's KJV usage: eye.

Other KJV renderings

eye 1

Strong's first: Daniel 4:34Strong's last: Daniel 7:20

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GreekG816

ἀτενίζω

atenízō · at-en-id'-zo

3 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences

to gaze intently

Strong's KJV usage: :--behold earnestly (stedfastly), fasten (eyes), look (earnestly, stedfastly, up stedfastly), set eyes.

Other KJV renderings

looked 3 stedfastly 3 beholding 2 fastened 1 earnestly 1 behold 1 could 1 look 1

Strong's first: Acts 3:4Strong's last: Acts 13:9

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GreekG3659

ὄμμα

ómma · om'-mah

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

a sight, i.e. (by implication) the eye

Strong's KJV usage: :--eye.

Strong's first: Mark 8:23Strong's last: Mark 8:23

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Jeremiah 31:16

H5869

Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

Jeremiah 32:4

H5869

And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;

Jeremiah 32:4

H5869

And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;

Jeremiah 32:19

H5869

Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:

Jeremiah 34:3

H5869

And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon.

Jeremiah 34:3

H5869

And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon.

Jeremiah 39:6

H5869

Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.

Jeremiah 39:7

H5869

Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.

Jeremiah 42:2

H5869

And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:)

Jeremiah 52:2

H5869

And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

Jeremiah 52:10

H5869

And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.

Jeremiah 52:11

H5869

Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.

Lamentations 2:11

H5869

Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.

Lamentations 4:17

H5869

As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.

Lamentations 5:17

H5869

For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.

Ezekiel 1:18

H5869

As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.

Ezekiel 6:9

H5869

And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.

Ezekiel 8:5

H5869

Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.

Ezekiel 8:5

H5869

Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.

Ezekiel 10:12

H5869

And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had.

Ezekiel 12:2

H5869

Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house.

Ezekiel 12:12

H5869

And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes.

Ezekiel 18:6

H5869

And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,

Ezekiel 18:12

H5869

Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,

Ezekiel 18:15

H5869

That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour's wife,

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

eye

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. The eye is nearly of a spherical figure, and composed of coats or tunics. But in the term eye we often or usually include the ball and the parts adjacent.

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.

I'll say yon gray is not the morning's eye

4. Front; face.

Her shall you hear disproved to your eyes.

5. Direct opposition; as, to sail in the wind's eye

6. Aspect; regard; respect; view.

Booksellers mention with respect the authors they have printed, and consequently have an eye to their own advantage.

7. Notice; observation; vigilance; watch.

After this jealousy, he kept a strict eye upon him.

8. View of the mind; opinion formed by observation or contemplation.

It hath, in their eye no great affinity with the form of the church of Rome.

9. Sight; view, either in a literal or figurative sense.

10. Something resembling the eye in form; as the eye of a peacock's feather.

11. A small hole or aperture; a perforation; as the eye of a needle.

12. 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.

13. The bud of a plant; a shoot.

14. A small shade of color. [Little used.]

Red with an eye of blue makes a purple.

15. The power of perception.

The eyes of your understanding being enlightened. Ephesians 1:18.

16. Oversight; inspection.

The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.

The eyes of a ship, are the parts which lie near the hawse-holes, particularly in the lower apartments.

To set the eyes on, is to see; to have a sight of.

To find favor in the eyes, is to be graciously received and treated.

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 nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies.

EYE, verb intransitive To appear; to have an appearance.

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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