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.) |