"recovery of sight, Lk. 4:18*"
Definition and meaning
recovery of sight, Lk. 4:18*
In the original Greek the word is written: ἀνάβλεψις
Historical context
Luke wrote as a historian addressing a Greek audience. He carefully interviewed eyewitnesses and arranged events in order. The social and economic realities he describes — Roman taxation, Jewish religious hierarchy, the marginalization of women and the poor — are consistent with first-century Judea under Roman administration.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of anablepsis (G309) across the King James Bible.
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
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Common questions
Strong's G309 (anablepsis) is a Greek word that means: recovery of sight, Lk. 4:18* It appears 1 times in the King James Bible.
The word anablepsis (G309) appears 1 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G309 is anablepsis, a Greek word defined as: recovery of sight, Lk. 4:18*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
anablepsis is a Greek word found in the New Testament.