Apple Of The Eye

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APPLE OF THE EYE (lit. ?child or daughter of the eye,? i.e. that which is most precious [the organ of sight], and most carefully guarded [by the projecting bone, protecting it as far as possible from injury]).?A figure of God?s care of His people (Deu_32:10, Psa_17:8, Zec_2:8), and of the preciousness of the Divine law (Pro_7:2). In Lam_2:18 it is the source of tears.
C. W. Emmet.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909

The promise is in Zec_2:8, "He that toucheth you toucheth the apple of His eye"; the prayer is Psa_17:8 "Keep me as the apple of the eye"; the fulfillment Deu_32:10, "He kept him as the apple of His eye." A different Hebrew word from tappunch, namely, ishon, "little man," i.e. "pupil" (Greek kore) of the eye. Called so from the image formed on the retina. The part most precious and most guarded from attack; which feels most acutely the least hurt, and the loss of which is irreparable.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.

ap?'l: The eyeball, or globe of the eye, with pupil in center, called ?apple? from its round shape. Its great value and careful protection by the eyelids automatically closing when there is the least possibility of danger made it the emblem of that which was most precious and jealously protected. The Hebrew terms for it were, 'ı̄shōn, diminutive of 'ı̄sh, ?man,? little man or mannikin, referring perhaps specially to the pupil, probably from ?the little image one sees of himself when looking into another's pupil? (Davies' Lexicon). ?He kept him (Israel) as the apple of his eye? (Deu_32:10); ?Keep me as the apple of the eye,? literally, ?as the apple, the daughter of the eye? (Psa_17:8). ?Keep my law (the Revised Version, margin ?teaching?) as the apple of thine eye? (Pro_7:2). Compare Pro_7:9 where it is used to denote what is the center (American Revised Version, ?in the middle of the night?; the English Revised Version ?in, the blackness of night?; margin ?Hebrew pupil (of the eye)?); bābhāh perhaps an ?opening,? ?gate?; others regard it as a mimetic word akin to Latin pupa, pupilla (?He that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye,? i.e. Yahweh's; Zec_2:8); bath-‛ayin, ?daughter of the eye?; ?Give thyself no respite, let not the apple of thine eye cease? (Lam_2:18), which means, either ?sleep not,? or ?cease not to weep.? κόρη, kórē, ?young girl,? ?pupil of the eye?: ?He (the Lord) will keep the good deeds (the Revised Version (British and American) ?bounty?) of a man as the apple of the eye? (Ecclesiasticus 17:22); the Septuagint also has korē in all instances except Lam_2:18, where it has θυγάτηρ, thugátēr, ?daughter.?
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.

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