ὀφθαλμός

The 11 distinct written forms G3788 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that case’s occurrences in the concordance.

Form	Parsing	Example	Uses
ὀφθαλμοὺς ophthalmoùs	Noun, Accusative, Plural, Masculine	Matthew 13:15	30
ὀφθαλμοὶ ophthalmoì	Noun, Nominative, Plural, Masculine	Matthew 13:16	12
ὀφθαλμός ophthalmós	Noun, Nominative, Singular, Masculine	Matthew 5:29	11
ὀφθαλμῶν ophthalmō̂n	Noun, Genitive, Plural, Masculine	Matthew 9:29	11
ὀφθαλμῷ ophthalmō̂	Noun, Dative, Singular, Masculine	Matthew 7:3	8
ὀφθαλμούς ophthalmoús	Noun, Accusative, Plural, Masculine	John 9:6	7
ὀφθαλμοῖς ophthalmoîs	Noun, Dative, Plural, Masculine	Matthew 13:15	7
ὀφθαλμοῦ ophthalmoû	Noun, Genitive, Singular, Masculine	Matthew 5:38	6
ὀφθαλμὸς ophthalmòs	Noun, Nominative, Singular, Masculine	Mark 7:22	4
ὀφθαλμοί ophthalmoí	Noun, Nominative, Plural, Masculine	Matthew 9:30	3
ὀφθαλμὸν ophthalmòn	Noun, Accusative, Singular, Masculine	Matthew 5:38	1

Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G3788, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.

Derives from

• οπτανομαι optánomai G3700 to look at

Shares the same root

• ομμα ómma G3659 eye
• οπη opḗ G3692 opening
• οπισθεν ópisthen G3693 behind
• οπτασια optasía G3701 vision
• οραω horáō G3708 to see
• οφις óphis G3789 serpent
• οφρυς ophrŷs G3790 eyebrow
• οψις ópsis G3799 face
• σκυθρωπος skythrōpós G4659 sad-faced

Derived from this word

• οφθαλμοδουλεια ophthalmodouleía G3787 service

Proper names from this root

People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.

• Αιθιοψ Aithíops G128 Ethiopian

Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 13 — not the complete family. 1 of the same-root words is a proper name (a person or place). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.

The same Greek word οφθαλμος appears 537 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 505 verses in 34 books.

537

LXX occurrences

Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.

505

verses

Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.

34 / 39

OT books

The word appears in 34 of the 39 Old Testament books.

Sample Septuagint occurrences

• Genesis 3:5 ὀφθαλμός
• Exodus 13:9 ὀφθαλμός
• Leviticus 4:13 ὀφθαλμός
• Numbers 5:13 ὀφθαλμός
• Deuteronomy 3:21 ὀφθαλμός
• Joshua 5:13 ὀφθαλμός
• Judges 6:17 ὀφθαλμός
• Ruth 2:2 ὀφθαλμός
• 1 Samuel 1:18 ὀφθαλμός
• 2 Samuel 3:19 ὀφθαλμός
• 1 Kings 1:20 ὀφθαλμός
• 2 Kings 1:13 ὀφθαλμός

Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)

Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G3788) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 505. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.

• Genesis 3:5 ὀφθαλμός for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
• Genesis 3:6 ὀφθαλμός When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit of it, and ate; and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate.
• Genesis 3:7 ὀφθαλμός Both of their eyes were opened, and they knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
• Genesis 13:10 ὀφθαλμός Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar.
• Genesis 13:14 ὀφθαλμός Yahweh said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, "Now, lift up your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward,
• Genesis 18:2 ὀφθαλμός He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood opposite him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,
• Genesis 21:19 ὀφθαλμός God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. She went, filled the bottle with water, and gave the boy drink.
• Genesis 22:4 ὀφθαλμός On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place far off.
• Genesis 22:13 ὀφθαλμός Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and saw that behind him was a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering instead of his son.
• Genesis 24:63 ὀφθαλμός Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the evening. He lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, there were camels coming.
• Genesis 24:64 ὀφθαλμός Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from the camel.
• Genesis 27:1 ὀφθαλμός It happened, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, "My son?" He said to him, "Here I am."
• Genesis 29:17 ὀφθαλμός Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful and well favored.
• Genesis 31:10 ὀφθαλμός It happened at the time that the flock conceive, that I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and behold, the male goats which leaped on the flock were streaked, speckled, and grizzled.
• Genesis 31:12 ὀφθαλμός He said, 'Now lift up your eyes, and behold, all the male goats which leap on the flock are streaked, speckled, and grizzled, for I have seen all that Laban does to you.
• Genesis 31:40 ὀφθαλμός Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from my eyes.
• Genesis 37:25 ὀφθαλμός They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
• Genesis 39:7 ὀφθαλμός It happened after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph; and she said, "Lie with me."
• Genesis 43:29 ὀφθαλμός He lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin, his brother, his mother's son, and said, "Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me?" He said, "God be gracious to you, my son."
• Genesis 45:12 ὀφθαλμός Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.
• Genesis 45:20 ὀφθαλμός Also, don't concern yourselves about your belongings, for the good of all of the land of Egypt is yours."
• Genesis 46:4 ὀφθαλμός I will go down with you into Egypt. I will also surely bring you up again. Joseph will close your eyes."
• Genesis 48:10 ὀφθαλμός Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he couldn't see. He brought them near to him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
• Genesis 49:12 ὀφθαλμός His eyes will be red with wine, His teeth white with milk.
• Exodus 13:9 ὀφθαλμός It shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that the law of Yahweh may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand Yahweh has brought you out of Egypt.
• Exodus 13:16 ὀφθαλμός It shall be for a sign on your hand, and for symbols between your eyes: for by strength of hand Yahweh brought us forth out of Egypt."
• Exodus 14:10 ὀφθαλμός When Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them; and they were very afraid. The children of Israel cried out to Yahweh.
• Exodus 21:24 ὀφθαλμός eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
• Exodus 21:26 ὀφθαλμός "If a man strikes his servant's eye, or his maid's eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
• Exodus 23:8 ὀφθαλμός You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.
• Leviticus 4:13 ὀφθαλμός "'If the whole congregation of Israel sins, and the thing is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and are guilty;
• Leviticus 5:4 ὀφθαλμός "'Or if anyone swears rashly with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatever it is that a man might utter rashly with an oath, and it is hidden from him; when he knows of it, then he shall be guilty of one of these.
• Leviticus 20:4 ὀφθαλμός If the people of the land all hide their eyes from that person, when he gives of his seed to Molech, and don't put him to death;
• Leviticus 21:20 ὀφθαλμός or hunchbacked, or a dwarf, or one who has a defect in his eye, or an itching disease, or scabs, or who has damaged testicles;
• Leviticus 24:20 ὀφθαλμός fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he has injured someone, so shall it be done to him.
• Leviticus 26:16 ὀφθαλμός I also will do this to you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall consume the eyes, and make the soul to pine away; and you will sow your seed in vain, for your enemies will eat it.
• Numbers 5:13 ὀφθαλμός and a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and is kept close, and she is defiled, and there is no witness against her, and she isn't taken in the act;
• Numbers 11:6 ὀφθαλμός but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all save this manna to look on.
• Numbers 14:14 ὀφθαλμός and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you Yahweh are in the midst of this people; for you Yahweh are seen face to face, and your cloud stands over them, and you go before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night.
• Numbers 15:24 ὀφθαλμός then it shall be, if it be done unwittingly, without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bull for a burnt offering, for a sweet savor to Yahweh, with the meal-offering of it, and the drink-offering of it, according to the ordinance, and one male goat for a sin-offering.
• Numbers 15:39 ὀφθαλμός and it shall be to you for a fringe, that you may look on it, and remember all the commandments of Yahweh, and do them; and that you not follow after your own heart and your own eyes, after which you use to play the prostitute;
• Numbers 16:14 ὀφθαλμός Moreover you haven't brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: will you put out the eyes of these men? we won't come up.
• Numbers 22:31 ὀφθαλμός Then Yahweh opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of Yahweh standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and he bowed his head, and fell on his face.
• Numbers 24:2 ὀφθαλμός Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came on him.
• Numbers 24:4 ὀφθαλμός He says, who hears the words of God, Who sees the vision of the Almighty, Falling down, and having his eyes open:
• Numbers 24:16 ὀφθαλμός He says, who hears the words of God, Knows the knowledge of the Most High, Who sees the vision of the Almighty, Falling down, and having his eyes open:
• Numbers 33:55 ὀφθαλμός But if you will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then shall those who you let remain of them be as pricks in your eyes, and as thorns in your sides, and they shall vex you in the land in which you dwell.
• Deuteronomy 3:21 ὀφθαλμός I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Your eyes have seen all that Yahweh your God has done to these two kings: so shall Yahweh do to all the kingdoms where you go over.
• Deuteronomy 3:27 ὀφθαλμός Go up to the top of Pisgah, and lift up your eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and see with your eyes: for you shall not go over this Jordan.
• Deuteronomy 4:3 ὀφθαλμός Your eyes have seen what Yahweh did because of Baal Peor; for all the men who followed Baal Peor, Yahweh your God has destroyed them from the midst of you.

These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G3788) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.