Word study · Greek
ophthalmodouleía
eye-service
Say it: off-thal-mo-doo-LI-ah (approximate)
ὀφθαλμοδουλεία
What it means
Eye-service. "Not with eye-service, as men-pleasers" (3:22).
Range of meaning
- Eye-serviceWorking for show.
- Surface obedienceObeying when watched.
In Colossians
- Chapter 3
"Not with eye-service" (3:22).
Every verse (1)
Verses where G3787 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources