Definitions for eye for an eye
eye for an eye

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1. eye for an eyenoun

   compensation for injury caused by a person, in the form of inflicting of an identical injury on that person.

2. Etymology: A calque of, in reference to Exodus 21:23-25: "And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe" (King James Version).

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1. Eye for an eye

   "An eye for an eye" (Biblical Hebrew: עַיִן תַּחַת עַיִן, Ain takhat ain) is a commandment found in the Book of Exodus 21:23–27 expressing the principle of reciprocal justice measure for measure. The earliest known use of the principle appears in the Code of Hammurabi, which predates the Hebrew Bible.In Roman civilization, the law of retaliation (Latin: lex talionis) bears the same principle that a person who has injured another person is to be penalized to a similar degree by the injured party. In softer interpretations, it means the victim receives the [estimated] value of the injury in compensation. The intent behind the principle was to restrict compensation to the value of the loss.

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1. Eye for an eye

   An eye for an eye is the principle that a person who has injured another person is penalized to a similar degree, or according to other interpretations the victim receives the value of the injury in compensation. According to Jewish interpretations the victim in criminal law gets financial compensation based on the law of human equality eschewing mutilation and lex talionis. The English word talion means a retaliation authorized by law, in which the punishment corresponds in kind and degree to the injury, from the Latin talio. The phrase "an eye for an eye" is sometimes trivially referred to using the Latin term lex talionis, the law of talion.

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1. eye for an eyenoun

   To care care of business an eye for an eye; dare to say exactly what you think. Nigger, you shit on me - I shit on you, you puttin' it on me - I'm puttin' it on you, I eye for an eye, nigger -- G-Unit (Eye For Eye) also means vendetta(revenge)

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1. Alex

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of eye for an eye in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of eye for an eye in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of eye for an eye in a Sentence

1. Francis M. Faber Jr.:

   Are there any Fair Trade Laws applicable in the exchange of 'An Eye for an Eye' and a 'Tooth for a Tooth'?

2. Mahatma Gandhi:

   An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.

3. Christen Kuikoua:

   We were thought by generations before us an eye for an eye and to love those that love us, but what if I tell you that true love has no boundaries brothers, it comes with peace, no sorrow and with no regrets

4. Survivor Jarrod Clowery:

   My mother and I think that NOW he will go away and we will be able to move on. Justice. In his own words, 'an eye for an eye.'.

5. Hammurabi:

   an eye for an eye

References

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   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_for_an_Eye
3. ^ Wikidata
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