ἀντοφθαλμέω
antophthalméō · G503 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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To face straight ahead (to face into (for example, the wind))
ExamplesActs 27:15 and when the ship was caught in it and could not head up into the wind, we gave up and let ourselves be driven by the wind.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated (infinitive) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἄνεμοςwind 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- δύναμαιcan 1
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Semantic domains 1 entry
- To face into (for example, the wind)82.9
- In Acts 27:15, during Paul's storm-tossed voyage, “when the ship was caught in it and could not head up into (antophthalmeĩn) the wind, we gave up and let ourselves be driven by the wind,” describing a ship unable to sail directly against the force of the wind.
Word family 32 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀντοφθάλμω; (ἀντοφθαλμος looking in the eye) 1. properly, to look against or straight at.…
1. properly, to look against or straight at.
2. metaphorically, to bear up against, withstand: τῷ ἀνέμῳ, of a ship, (cf. our 'look the wind in the eye,' 'face' (R. V.) the wind): Acts 27:15. (Wis. 12:14; often in Polybius; in ecclesiastical writings.)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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