G3659: ὄμμα (ómma)

G3659 ὄμμα (ómma)

Greek

Quick Definition

ὄμμα, ατος, τό n.n. an eye

Strong's Definition

from 3700; a sight, i.e. (by implication) the eye

KJV Usage: eye

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ὄμμα (G3659)

noun, n. | -τος | ὁράω

8.23 · Body, Body Parts, and Body Products · Parts of the Body

eye (normally including the eyelids) the organ of sight in humans and many animals, occurring in a pair in the face or elsewhere on the head In a number of languages an important distinction is made between the eyes consisting of the eyeballs and the eyes covered or partially covered by the eyelids. In MAT 9:29 and MAT 20:34, Jesus apparently touched the eyelids, not the eyeballs.

MAT 20:34 · MRK 8:23

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ὄμμα, -ros, τό, (fr. ὄπτομαι [see ὁράω], pf. ὥμμαι), fr. Hom. down, an eye: plur., Mt. xx. 34 LT Tr WH; Mk. viii 23. (Sept. for }'p, Prov. vi. 4; vii. 2; x. 26.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ὄμμα omma 2x

the eye, Mt. 20:34; Mk. 8:23*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ὄμμα, -τος, τό, in cl. chiefly poët.;

[in LXX for עַיִן (Pr5, Wi2, IV Mac3)*;]

an eye: pl., Mt 20:34, Mk 8:23.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ὄμμα. This common poetic word, which in the NT is found only in the plur. (Mt 2084, Mk 8533), may be illustrated from the address in the Serapeum-dream P Par 517° (8.6. 160) (= Selections, p. 19) ὄμμα. . ψυχῆς θάρσει, from the personal descriptions P Leid ΜῈ § (ii/s.c.)(= I. p. 59) ἀσθενῶν] τοῖς ὄμμασι, P Lond 6788 (B.c. 99-8) (= III. p. 18) ἀ]δύvat[os ὄμμ]ασι, BGU IIIT. 713° (a. D. 41-2) οἸἰλὴ (1. οὐλὴ) ὑπὸ ὄμμα ἀριστερά (/. -ρόν), and from the magic P Lond 12186 (iii/A.D.) (=I. p. 95) ὄμμα φοβερόν. It may also be noted that in an address by the council of Hermopolis to the Imperial Procurator of the time of Gallienus, Eurip. fon 732 is quoted in the form—ets ὄμματ᾽ εὔνου ἀνδρὸς ἐμβλέπειν γλυκύ (CPHerm I. 125? = Chrest. I. p. 59). The MGr ὄμματι is generally contracted into μάτι, and ματιά pov is used as an endearing term of address ‘‘light of my eye,” ““my darling,’ see Thumb Handbook p. 340 and cf. ocelle, Catullus L. 19, ocel/e mi, Plaut. Trin. 245 [ii. 1. 18]. ὄμνυμι, ὀμνύω with the acc. of the person invoked (cf. Jas 512) is common, e.g. P Eleph 238 (B.C. 223-2) ὀμνύῳ βασιλέα Irodepatoy, P Par 472 (c. B.C. 153) (= Selecttons, p. 22), dpvto τὸν Σαρᾶπιν, and P Oxy II. 239° (A.D. 66) ὀμνύω Νέρωνα Κλαύδιον Καίσαρα. For the rare form ὄμνυμι cf. BGU Il. 543% (B.c. 28-7) ὄμνυμι Καίσαρα Αὐτοκράτορα θεοῦ vidy: see Mayser Gy. p. 351f., and for the LXX usage Thackeray Gr. i. p. 279. The perf. is seen in PSI I. 6474 (i/B.C. ?) ὀμῴμοκα Tov προγεγραμμένον ὅρκον, and the perf. part. in 7. V. 513° (B.C. 252-1) γέγραφεν ἡμῖν Τληπόλεμος mpootetaxévat Tov βασιλέα τοὺς ἐν ἄλλοις τόποις ὀμωe , ομοιοτὴς μοκ[ζόϊτας διορθώσασθαι. Cf. P Tebt 11. 2933 (c. A.p. 187) ὥμοσα τὸν προκείμενον ὅρκον κ[α]θὼς πρόκειται, and 20. 25 συνομόμεχα (.. συνομώμοκα) ὡς [π]ρόκειται : also the legal formula ὀμνύω ἑκουσίως καὶ αὐθαιρέτως ἐγγυᾶσθαι in P Iand 3055. (Α. Ὁ. 105 or 106) (see the editor’s note), P Grenf II. 624# (a.p, 211) a/., and P Magd 257 (B.c. 211) εἰ δέ τι ἀντιλέγει, μὴ ὀφείλειν ὀμόσας μοι, ἀπολελύσθω, ‘mais s'il conteste sa dette et jure ne me rien devoir, qu’il soit délié ” (Edd. : see the note). MGr ὀμώνω.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ὄμμα (omma) — eye. ὄμμα, Aeolic dialect ὄππα [Refs 7th c.BC+]: τό:— eye, poetry word, rare in Prose [Refs 8th c.BC+] only use plural, κατὰ χθονὸς ὄμματα πήξας [Refs 8th c.BC+] —Phrases: ὀρθοῖς ὄμμασιν ὁρᾶν τινα look straight at, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also οὐκ οἶδ᾽ ὄμμασιν ποίοις βλέπων πατέρα ποτ᾽ ἂν προσεῖδον how I could have looked him in the face,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποῖον ὄ. πατρὶ δηλώσ; [Refs]; τέοισί με χρὴ ὄμμασι.. φαίνεσθα; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λαμπρὸς ὄμματι radiant in look or expression, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; προσέσχον ὄ. turned their eyes on him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς σὸν ἐλθεῖν ὄ. come within sight of thee, [Refs]; κατ᾽ ὄμματα before one's eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατ᾽ ὄμμα ἐλθεῖν face to face, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατ᾽ ὄμμα στῆναι in full sight, openly, [Refs]; opposed to νύκτωρ, [Refs]; κρατιστεύων κατ᾽ ὄμμα in eye-sight, of the Sun, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρευμενοῦς ἀπ᾽ ὄμματος ἰδέσθαι look kindly on, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὡς ἀπ᾽ ὀμμάτων to judge by the eye, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ὄμμασι before one's eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξ ὀμμάτων out of sight, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πρὸ ὀμμάτων τίθεσθαι, ποιεῖν, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πρὸ ὀ. θέσις Polystr. [prev. cited]

2. metaphorically, τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς ὄ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. the eye of heaven, i.e. the sun, ὄ. αἰθέρος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but ὄ. νυκτός is a periphrasis for night (see. below see), ἕως.. νυκτὸς ὄμμ᾽ ἀφείλετο (i.e. τὴν μάχην) [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὅταν δὲ νυκτὸς ὄ. λυγαίας μόλῃ the dark night, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. generally, light: hence, metaphorically, that which brings light, ὄμμα ξείνοισι a light to strangers, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.2. metaphorically, anything dear or precious, as the apple of an eye, ὄ. γὰρ πάσης χθονὸς.. ἐξίκοιτ᾽ ἄν [Refs 4th c.BC+]

IV. face or human form, ὦ δυσθέατον ὄ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὄ. νύμφας, ={νύμφα}, [Refs]; ξύναιμον ὄ., ={ξυναίμων}, [Refs]; ὦ ταυρόμορφον ὄ. Κηφισοῦ, ={ὦ ταυρόμορφε Κηφισέ}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

V. ὄ. τυκτόν eye-hole in a helmet, [Refs 4th c.AD+]