noun · feminine
ofthalmodoulias
Strong’sG3787
service rendered only while the master watches
stem ofthalmodouli-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
*† ὀφθαλμο-δουλία (Rec. -εία), -ας, ἡ
(< ὀφθαλμός, δοῦλος),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3787 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
eye-service, NT
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | ofthalmodoulias | ofthalmodouliais |
| object accusative | ofthalmodoulian1×ὀφθαλμοδουλίαν | ofthalmodouliain |
| direct address vocative | ofthalmodouliar | ofthalmodouliair |
| of, belonging to genitive | ofthalmodouliau | ofthalmodouliaiu |
| to, for dative | ofthalmodoulia | ofthalmodouliai1×ὀφθαλμοδουλίαις |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
ofthalmodoulia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
ofthalmodoulian“watched”objectaccusative singular1×
Ephesians 6:6“watched”mē kata ofthalmodoulian hōs anthrōpareskois alla hōs doulois Christou …… do this not only to please them while they are watching, but as servants of Christ, doing the …
ofthalmodouliai“eyeservice”to, fordative plural1×
Colossians 3:22“eyeservice”… toi kata sarkan kurioi, mē en ofthalmodouliai, hōs anthrōpareskois, alla en haplota kardiau, …… obey your earthly masters in everything, not only to please them while they are watching, but with sincerity of heart and fear …