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Nave Topical Bible
• Eye for Eye
• Eye
Thompson Chain Reference
• Lust of the Eye
• Eyes, Guarded
• Eyes Opened
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Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Painted Eyes
• Eye: of Needle: & Painted Eyes
• Evil Eye; Uncompassionate
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Eye, the
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Eye
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Eye
• Evil Eye
• Covering of the Eyes
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Eyes, Painting of
• Apple of the Eye
Spurgeon's Illustration Collection
• Despondency: Its Quick Eye for Evils
• Christ: His Eye Our Stimulus
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Gouging the Eyes
• Eye Paint
• Eye
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Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Needle's Eye
• Eye
• Apple of the Eye
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Eye-Witnesses
• Eye (2)
• Eye
King James Dictionary
• Eye
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Needle's Eye
• Eyes, Painting the
• Eyes
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People's Bible Dictionary
• Eyes
• Eye
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Eye
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Eye-Service
• Eye-Salve
• Eye (2)
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• Eye
Whyte's Bible Characters
• The Labourer with the Evil Eye
Wilson's Bible Types
• Eye Salve
• Eye
Webster Dictionary
• Tiger-Eye
• Squint-Eye
• Sheep's-Eye
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Eye
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Bird's-Eye
• Cat's-Eye
• Evil Eye
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Apple of the Eye
• Diseases of the Eye
• Evil Eye
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Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Eye
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Blinding the Eyes
• Bulls Eye
• Covering of the Eyes
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Evil Eye
• Hawk-Eye State
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Evil Eye
• Eye
Lexicons
• ܚܰܙܳܝܳܐ
• ܚܪܽܘܪܶܐ
• ܥܰܝܢܳܐ
• ἀτενίζω
• ἀφοράω
• κολλούριον
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• בַּת
• עוֹנָה , עַיִן
• עַיִן
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akin to opsis, "sight," probably from a root signifying "penetration, sharpness" (Curtius, Gk. Etym.) (cp. Eng., "ophthalmia," etc.). is used (a) of the physical organ, e.g., Matthew 5:38; of restoring sight, e.g., Matthew 20:33; of God's power of vision, Hebrews 4:13; 1 Peter 3:12; of Christ in vision, Revelation 1:14; 2:18; 19:12; of the Holy Spirit in the unity of Godhood with Christ, Revelation 5:6; (b) metaphorically, of ethical qualities, evil, Matthew 6:23; Mark 7:22 (by metonymy, for envy); singleness of motive, Matthew 6:22; Luke 11:34; as the instrument of evil desire, "the principal avenue of temptation," 1 John 2:16; of adultery, 2 Peter 2:14; (c) metaphorically, of mental vision, Matthew 13:15; John 12:40; Romans 11:8; Galatians 3:1 , where the metaphor of the "evil eye" is altered to a different sense from that of bewitching (the posting up or placarding of an "eye" was used as a charm, to prevent mischief); by Gospel-preaching Christ had been, so to speak, placarded before their "eyes;" the question may be paraphrased, "What evil teachers have been malignly fascinating you?;" Ephesians 1:18 , of the "eyes of the heart," as a means of knowledge.

"sight," is used in the plural in Matthew 20:34 (No. 1 is used in ver. 33); Mark 8:23 (No. 1 is used in ver. 25). The word is more poetical in usage than No. 1, and the writers may have changed the word with a view to distinguishing the simple desire of the blind man from the tender act of the Lord Himself.

is used of the "eye" of a needle, Mark 10:25 (from trume, "a hole," truo, "to wear away"). Cp. trema, "a hole, perforation," Matthew 19:24 (some texts have trupema, "a hole," from trupao, "to bore a hole"); Luke 18:25 , as in the most authentic mss. (some texts have trumalia here).