503. antophthalmeó
Strong's Concordance
antophthalmeó: to look in the face, look straight at
Original Word: ἀντοφθαλμέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: antophthalmeó
Phonetic Spelling: (ant-of-thal-meh'-o)
Short Definition: I face, resist
Definition: I face (lit: I present my eye to), resist, withstand; as nautical term: I bear up against the wind.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 503: ἀντοφθαλμέω

ἀντοφθαλμέω, ἀντοφθάλμω; (ἀντοφθαλμος looking in the eye)

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.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
to look directly at, to face

From a compound of anti and ophthalmos; to face -- bear up into.

see GREEK anti

see GREEK ophthalmos

Forms and Transliterations
αντοφθαλμειν αντοφθαλμείν ἀντοφθαλμεῖν άντρον antophthalmein antophthalmeîn
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1 Occurrence


ἀντοφθαλμεῖν — 1 Occ.

Acts 27:15 V-PNA
GRK: μὴ δυναμένου ἀντοφθαλμεῖν τῷ ἀνέμῳ
NAS: [in it] and could not face the wind,
KJV: not bear up into the wind,
INT: not able to face to the wind

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