Strong's Greek #3787 - ὀφθαλμοδουλεία, ας, ἡ ophthalmodoulia (eye service)

eye-service.

From ophthalmos and douleia; sight-labor, i.e. That needs watching (remissness) -- eye-service.

see GREEK ophthalmos

see GREEK douleia

Strong's 3787: ὀφθαλμοδουλεία

ὀφθαλμοδουλεία (T WH ὀφθαλμοδουλία; see Iota), ὀφθαλμοδουλειας, ἡ (ὀφθαλμοδουλος, Apostolic Constitutions (4, 12, Coteler. Patr. Apost.) 1, p. 299a; and this from ὀφθαλμός and δοῦλος) (A. V. eye-service i. e.) service performed (only) under the master's eye (μή κατ' ὀφθαλμοδουλίαν, τουτεστι μή μόνον παρόντων τῶν δεσποτῶν καί ὁρώντων, ἀλλά καί ἀποντων, Theophylact on Ephesians 6:6; "for the master's eye usually stimulates to greater diligence; his absence, on the other hand, renders sluggish." H. Stephanus): Ephesians 6:6; Colossians 3:22. Not found elsewhere; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 100 (94)).

Strong's Greek: 3787. ὀφθαλμοδουλεία (ophthalmodoulia) — 1 Occurrence

Ephesians 6:6 - N-AFS
GRK: μὴ κατ' ὀφθαλμοδουλίαν ὡς ἀνθρωπάρεσκοι
NAS: not by way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers,
KJV: Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers;
INT: not with eye-service as men-pleasers