Quick Definition
the brow, a ridge
Strong's Definition
the eye-"brow" or forehead, i.e. (figuratively) the brink of a precipice
Derivation: perhaps from G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι) (through the idea of the shading or proximity to the organ of vision);
KJV Usage: brow
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὀφρύς, ὀφρύος, ἡ,
1. the eyebrow, so from Homer down.
2. any prominence or projection; as (English the brow) of a mountain (so the Latinsupercilium, Vergil, georg. 1, 108; Hirtius, bell. afr. 58; Livy 27, 18; 34, 29): Luk_4:29 (Homer, Iliad 20, 151; often in Polybius, Plutarch, others).
STRONGS NT 3790a: ὀχετός [ὀχετός, ὀχετου, ὁ,
1. a water-pipe, duct.
2. the intestinal canal: Mar_7:19 WH (rejected) marginal reading (others, ἀφεδρών).]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὀφρῦς ophrys 1x
a brow, eye-brow; the brow of a mountain, edge of a precipice, Luk_4:29
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ὀφρύς -ύος , ἡ ,
[in LXX : Lev_14:9 ( H5869 H1354 ) * ;]
an eyebrow , the brow of a hill: Luk_4:29 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὀφρῦς (~ ὀφρύς ) [page 469]
ὀφρῦς (for accent see Moulton Gr. ii. p. 141 f.) in its literal sense of the cognate word brow, eyebrow, is naturally common in the personal descriptions in which papyrus documents abound, e.g. P Petr I. 11 .17 (B.C. 220) οὐλὴ ἐπ᾽ ὀφρύος ἀριστερᾶς , a scar on his left eyebrow, P Fay 107 .15 (A.D. 133) οὐλ (ὴ ) ὀφρύι δεξιᾷ , and similarly BGU I. 287 .6 (A.D. 250) (= Selections , p. 115). We may add the famous description of Paul in the Acta Pauli 3, where the apostle is described as σύνοφρυς , with eyebrows meeting. In Epict. i. 3. 2 ὀφρῦς has the metaphorical sense pride ; cf. Lat. supercilium.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ὀφρύς -ύος, ἡ
[in LXX: Lev.14:9 (עַיִן גַב) * ;]
an eyebrow, the brow of a hill: Luk.4:29.†
(AS)