Lexical Summary myōpazō: to be shortsighted Original Word: μυωπάζωTransliteration: myōpazō Phonetic Spelling: (moo-ope-ad'-zo) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to be shortsighted Meaning: to be shortsighted Strong's Concordance cannot see far off. From a compound of the base of musterion and ops (the face; from optanomai); to shut the eyes, i.e. Blink (see indistinctly) -- cannot see far off. see GREEK musterion see GREEK optanomai Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3467: μυωπάζωμυωπάζω; (μύωψ, and this from μύειν τούς ὠπας to shut the eyes); to see dimly, see only what is near: 2 Peter 1:9 (some (cf. R. V. marginal reading) would make it mean here closing the eyes; cf. our English blink). (Aristotle, problem. 31, 16, 25.) |