Quick Definition
μυωπάζω v. I blink, see dimly
Strong's Definition
from a compound of the base of 3466 and ops (the face; from 3700); to shut the eyes, i.e. blink (see indistinctly)
KJV Usage: cannot see far off
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | μύω + ὤψ [ὁράω]
32.48 · Understand · Lack of Capacity for Understanding
to fail to understand, to be restricted in understanding, to be shortsighted (a figurative extension of meaning of μυωπάζω ‘to be shortsighted,’ not occurring in the NT) to be extremely limited in one’s understanding
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μυ-ωπάζω ; (μύωψ, and this fr. pvew τοὺς das to shut the eyes); to see dimly, see only what is near: 2 Pet. i. 9 [some (cf. R. V. mrg.) would make it mean here closing the eyes; οἷ. our Eng. blink]. (Aristot. problem. 31, 16, 25.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μυωπάζω myōpazō 1x
pr. to close the eyes, contract the eyelids, wink; to be nearsighted, partially blinded, slow to understand, 2 Pet. 1:9*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† μυ-ωπάζω
(< μύωψ, closing the eyes, short-sighted; < μύω, ὤψ),
to be short-sighted: II Pe 1:9 (R, mg., closing his eyes; v. ICC, in l.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μυωπάζω. For a full discussion of this difficult word in 2 Pet 1° see Mayor Comm. ad /., where it is shown that the meaning is screw up the eyes in order to see, as a short-sighted man does, and consequently that μυωπάζω limits, rather than intensifies, the preceding τυφλός. Apart from the Petrine passage the only known instance of the verb in Greek literature is Ps. Dionys. Κεῖ. Hier. ii. 3, p. 219 (cited by Suicer), where after speaking of the Light which lighteth every man, he proceeds ‘‘if a man of his own free will closes his eyes to the light, still the light is there shining upon the soul μυωπαζούσῃ kal ἀποστρεφομένῃ (blinking and turning away).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
μυωπάζω (muōpazō) — be nearsighted. μῠωπ-άζω, blink the eyes, as shortsighted persons do: hence, to be shortsighted, metaphorically, [NT]