3787. ophthalmodoulia
Strong's Concordance
ophthalmodoulia: eye service
Original Word: ὀφθαλμοδουλεία, ας, ἡ
Part 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.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3787: ὀφθαλμοδουλεία

ὀφθαλμοδουλεία (T WH ὀφθαλμοδουλία; see Iota), ὀφθαλμοδουλειας, (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)).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
eye-service.

From ophthalmos and douleia; sight-labor, i.e. That needs watching (remissness) -- eye-service.

see GREEK ophthalmos

see GREEK douleia

Forms and Transliterations
ἐν οφθαλμοδουλείαις οφθαλμοδουλείαν ὀφθαλμοδουλίᾳ οφθαλμοδουλιαις ὀφθαλμοδουλίαις οφθαλμοδουλιαν ὀφθαλμοδουλίαν en ophthalmodoulia ophthalmodoulíāi ophthalmodoulian ophthalmodoulían
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1 Occurrence


ὀφθαλμοδουλίαν — 1 Occ.

Ephesians 6:6 N-AFS
GRK: μὴ κατ' ὀφθαλμοδουλίαν ὡς ἀνθρωπάρεσκοι
NAS: not by way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers,
KJV: Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers;
INT: not with eye-service as men-pleasers

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