Lexical Summary antophthalmeō: to look in the face, look straight at Original Word: ἀντοφθαλμέωTransliteration: antophthalmeō Phonetic Spelling: (ant-of-thal-meh'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to look in the face, look straight at Meaning: to look in the face, look straight at Strong's Concordance to look directly at, to faceFrom a compound of anti and ophthalmos; to face -- bear up into. see GREEK anti see GREEK ophthalmos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 503: ἀντοφθαλμέωἀντοφθαλμέω, ἀντοφθάλμω; (ἀντοφθαλμος looking in the eye) 1. properly, to look against or straight at. 2. metaphorically, to bear up against, withstand: τῷ ἀνέμῳ, of a ship, (cf. our 'look the wind in the eye,' 'face' (R. V.) the wind): Acts 27:15. (Wis. 12:14; often in Polybius; in ecclesiastical writings.) |
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