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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_120201" /> == | |||
<p> '''''ı̄´sûr''''' -'''''vis''''' ( ὀφθαλμοδουλεία , <i> '''''ophthalmodouleı́a''''' </i> ): A term coined by Paul to express the conduct of slaves, who work only when they are watched, and whose motive, therefore, is not fidelity to duty, but either to avoid punishment or to gain reward from their masters ( Ephesians 6:6; Colossians 3:22 ). "A vice which slavery everywhere creates and exhibits. Hence, the need for drivers and overseers" (Eadie). </p> | <p> (n.) [[Service]] performed only under inspection, or the eye of an employer. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3603" /> == | |||
<p> '''''ı̄´sûr''''' -'''''vis''''' ( ὀφθαλμοδουλεία , <i> '''''ophthalmodouleı́a''''' </i> ): [[A]] term coined by Paul to express the conduct of slaves, who work only when they are watched, and whose motive, therefore, is not fidelity to duty, but either to avoid punishment or to gain reward from their masters ( Ephesians 6:6; Colossians 3:22 ). [["A]] vice which slavery everywhere creates and exhibits. Hence, the need for drivers and overseers" (Eadie). </p> | |||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_120201"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/eyeservice Eyeservice from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_3603"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/eyeservice Eyeservice from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_3603"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/eyeservice Eyeservice from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
Revision as of 03:23, 13 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n.) Service performed only under inspection, or the eye of an employer.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
ı̄´sûr -vis ( ὀφθαλμοδουλεία , ophthalmodouleı́a ): A term coined by Paul to express the conduct of slaves, who work only when they are watched, and whose motive, therefore, is not fidelity to duty, but either to avoid punishment or to gain reward from their masters ( Ephesians 6:6; Colossians 3:22 ). "A vice which slavery everywhere creates and exhibits. Hence, the need for drivers and overseers" (Eadie).
