King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G503
Transliteration: 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
ἀντοφθαλμέω, ἀντοφθάλμω; (ἀντοφθαλμος looking in the eye)
Word 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.)