Quick Definition
ὀφθαλμοδουλεία, ας, ἡ n.f. service rendered only while the master watches
Strong's Definition
from 3788 and 1397; sight-labor, i.e. that needs watching (remissness)
KJV Usage: eye-service
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | ὁράω + δουλόω
35.29 · Help, Care For · Serve
eyeservice, to serve in order to call attention to oneself to serve with a view to impressing others
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὀφθαλμο-δουλεία [T WH -Aia; see I, ¢], -as, 7, (ὀφθαλμόδουλος, Constit. apost. [4, 12, Coteler. Patr. Apost.] i. p- 399"; and this fr. ὀφθαλμός and δοῦλος), [A. V. eyeservice i. e.] service performed [only] under the master’s eye (μὴ κατ᾽ ὀφθαλμοδὃ.. τουτέστι μὴ μόνον παρόντων τῶν δεσποτῶν καὶ ὁρώντων, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀπόντων, Theophyl. on Eph. vi 6; “for the master’s eye usually stimulates to greater diligence; his absence, on the other hand, renders sluggish.” H. Stephanus): Eph. vi. 6; Col. iii. 22. Not found elsewhere; [cf. W. 106 (9.7
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὀφθαλμοδουλία ophthalmodoulia 2x
also written ὀφθαλμοδουλεία, eye-service, service rendered only while under inspection, Eph. 6:6; Col. 3:22*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† ὀφθαλμο-δουλία (Rec. -εία), -ας, ἡ
(< ὀφθαλμός, δοῦλος),
eye-service: Eph 6:6, Col 3:22 (not found elsewhere).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὀφθαλμοδουλεία (ophthalmodouleia) — eye-service. ὀφθαλμο-δουλεία, ἡ, eye-service, [NT]