Lexical Summary ophthalmodouleia: eye service Original Word: ὀφθαλμοδουλείαTransliteration: ophthalmodouleia Phonetic Spelling: (of-thal-mod-oo-li'-ah) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: eye service Meaning: eye service Strong's Concordance eye-service. From ophthalmos and douleia; sight-labor, i.e. That needs watching (remissness) -- eye-service. see GREEK ophthalmos see GREEK douleia Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3787: ὀφθαλμοδουλείαὀφθαλμοδουλεία (T WH ὀφθαλμοδουλία; see Iota), ὀφθαλμοδουλειας, ἡ (ὀφθαλμοδουλος, Apostolic Constitutions (4, 12, Coteler. Patr. Apost.) 1, p. 299a; and this from ὀφθαλμός and δοῦλος) (A. V. eye-service i. e.) service performed (only) under the master's eye (μή κατ' ὀφθαλμοδουλίαν, τουτεστι μή μόνον παρόντων τῶν δεσποτῶν καί ὁρώντων, ἀλλά καί ἀποντων, Theophylact on Ephesians 6:6; "for the master's eye usually stimulates to greater diligence; his absence, on the other hand, renders sluggish." H. Stephanus): Ephesians 6:6; Colossians 3:22. Not found elsewhere; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 100 (94)). |
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