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Eye: (Heb. 'ain, meaning "flowing"), applied

1. to a fountain, frequently;

2. to colour (Numbers 11:7) R.V., "appearance," marg. "eye");

3. the face (Exodus 10:5,15; Numbers 22:5,11) in (Numbers 14:14) "face to face" (R.V. marg., "eye to eye"). "Between the eyes", i.e., the forehead (Exodus 13:9,16)

4. The expression (Proverbs 23:31) "when it giveth his colour in the cup," is literally, "when it giveth out [or showeth] its eye." The beads or bubbles of wine are thus spoken of.

5. "To set the eyes" on any one is to view him with favour

(Genesis 44:21; Job 24:23; Jeremiah 39:12)

6. This word is used figuratively in the expressions
a. an "evil eye" (Matthew 20:15)
b. a "bountiful eye" (Proverbs 22:9)
c. "haughty eyes" (Proverbs 6:17) (marg.),
d. "wanton eyes" (Isaiah 3:16)
e. "eyes full of adultery" (2 Peter 2:14)
f. "the lust of the eyes" (1 John 2:16)

7. Christians are warned against "eye-service" (Ephesians 6:6; Colossians 3:22)

8. Men were sometimes punished by having their eyes put out a. The men of Jabesh (1 Samuel 11:2)
b. Samson, (Judges 16:21)
c. Zedekiah, (2 Kings 25:7)

7. The custom of painting the eyes is alluded to in (2 Kings 9:30) R.V.;

(Jeremiah 4:30; Ezekiel 23:40) a custom which still prevails extensively among Eastern women.




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