Strong's Concordance antophthalmeó: to look in the face, look straight at Original Word: ἀντοφθαλμέωPart 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. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom anti and ophthalmos Definition to look in the face, look straight at NASB Translation face (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 503: ἀντοφθαλμέωἀντοφθαλμέω, 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.) From a compound of anti and ophthalmos; to face -- bear up into. see GREEK anti see GREEK ophthalmos Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 5031 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 |