Words the Bible translates as sight
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 8 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- panehפָּנֶהthe face: the front of a person's head, the look it carries, and the presence of the one who turns it toward you
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- the front or surface of a thing: the outer side it turns toward you
- the position words built on this noun: before, in front of, away from, and so because of
- ayinעַיִןthe eye: the organ of sight, and by extension how a person sees, judges, wants, and is looked upon.
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- a spring or well: a place where water comes up out of the ground.
- ophthalmosὀφθαλμόςthe eye: the organ of physical sight
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- 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
- marehמַרְאֶהwhat something looks like: the way a person or thing presents itself to the eye, and by extension a sight seen or a vision
- horamaὅραμαsomething seen: the sight set before a person's eyes, and in Acts above all an appearance God gives in order to say something
- theōriaθεωρίαsightnot studied yet
- ro'iרֳאִיsight as a thing in itself, without settling who is doing the looking: seeing, the look a person has, or something others stare at
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- the one who sees me: the person whose eyes are on the speaker
- re'utרְאוּתsightnot studied yet
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