Definition

sight-labor, i.e. that needs watching (remissness)

Etymology

from G3788 (ὀφθαλμός) and G1397 (δουλεία);

Word family

• ὀφθαλμός ophthalmós
• δουλεία douleía

How the KJV renders it

• eye-service

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.