STRONGS G503:
ἀντοφθαλμέω,
-ῶ; (
ἀντοφθαλμος looking in the eye);
1. properly,
to look against or straight at.
2. metaphorically,
to bear up against, withstand:
τῷ ἀνέμῳ, of a ship, [cf. our 'look the wind in the eye,' 'face'
(R. V.) the wind]:
Acts 27:15. (Wis. 12:14; often in Polybius; in ecclesiastical writings.)
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