◄ 3787. ophthalmodoulia ► |
Lexicon ophthalmodoulia: eye service Original Word: ὀφθαλμοδουλεία, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: ophthalmodoulia Phonetic Spelling: (of-thal-mod-oo-li'-ah) Short Definition: service rendered only while the master watches Definition: eye-service; service rendered only while the master watches. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom ophthalmos and douleiaDefinitioneye service NASB Translationexternal service (1), eyeservice (1).
Thayer's 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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