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The solar eye and lunar eye were sometimes equated with the red and white crown of Egypt, respectively. [4] Some texts treat the Eye of Horus seemingly interchangeably with the Eye of Ra, [5] which in other contexts is an extension of the power of the sun god Ra and is often personified as a goddess. [6]
Chrysostom: Or; The eye He speaks of is not the external but the internal eye. The light is the understanding, through which the soul sees God. He whose heart is turned to God, has an eye full of light; that is, his understanding is pure, not distorted by the influence of worldly lusts.
The phrase "image of God" is found in three passages in the Hebrew Bible, all in the Book of Genesis 1–11: . And God said: 'Let us make man in our image/b'tsalmeinu, after our likeness/kid'muteinu; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.'
Around the green circle is the Ode of the Theotokos: “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior. For He has regarded the lowly state of His maidservant.” (Luke 1:46–48) Around the blue circle: “Your eyes will be upon the faithful of the land, and greet them with cherubim who glorifying God.”
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Iris (/ ˈ aɪ r ɪ s /; EYE-riss; Ancient Greek: Ἶρις, romanized: Îris, lit. 'rainbow,' [2] [3] Ancient Greek:) is a daughter of the gods Thaumas and Electra, [4] the personification of the rainbow and messenger of the gods, a servant to the Olympians and especially Queen Hera.
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: The World English Bible translates the passage as: “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’ The Novum Testamentum Graece text is: Ἠκούσατε ὅτι ...
Deuteronomy 32:10: "He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye". Psalm 17:8: "Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings". Proverbs 7:2: "Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye".
The pupil is a hole located in the center of the iris of the eye that allows light to strike the retina. [1] It appears black because light rays entering the pupil are either absorbed by the tissues inside the eye directly, or absorbed after diffuse reflections within the eye that mostly miss exiting the narrow pupil.