G3787 – ophthalmodoulia, ophthalmodouleia – ὀφθαλμοδουλία, ὀφθαλμοδουλέια – eye-service
- Strong’s ID:
- G3787
- Greek Word:
- ὀφθαλμοδουλία, ὀφθαλμοδουλέια
- Transliteration:
- ophthalmodoulia, ophthalmodouleia
- Pronunciation:
- of-thal-mod-oo-li’-ah
- Part of Speech:
- noun feminine
- Usage Count:
- 2
- Search:
- Find “ophthalmodoulia, ophthalmodouleia” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from G3788 and G1397; sight-labor, i.e. that needs watching (remissness):—eye-service.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) service performed [only] under the master’s eyes
1a) for the master’s eye usually stimulates to greater diligence
1b) his absence, on the other hand, renders sluggish
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.