Words the Bible translates as eye
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ayinעַיִןthe eye: the organ of sight, and by extension how a person sees, judges, wants, and is looked upon.
+1 more meaning
- a spring or well: a place where water comes up out of the ground.
- ophthalmosὀφθαλμόςthe eye: the organ of physical sight
+2 more meanings
- the eye as the avenue of inward sight: perception, understanding, or the lack of it
- the eye as a sign of a person's inner disposition: generous and clear, or grudging and envious
- ommaὄμμαeyenot studied yet
- trumaliaτρυμαλιάa hole: an opening bored, worn, or pierced through something
- ayinעַיִןeyenot studied yet
- trupēmaτρύπημαa bored hole: a small pierced opening, and here the eye of a sewing needle
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Every English meaning beginning with E is on its letter page, and the whole index starts at Browse.