Word 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.)