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" An eye for an eye " ( Biblical Hebrew: עַיִן תַּחַת עַיִן, ʿayīn taḥaṯ ʿayīn) [a] 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. [1]
An Eye for an Eye - “Whoever takes a human life shall surely be put to death. Whoever takes an animal's life shall make it good, life for life. If anyone injures his neighbor, as he has done it ...
idiom. Add to word list. the idea that a person who causes another person to suffer should suffer in an equal amount: I don’t believe in that kind of eye for an eye justice. (Definition of an eye for an eye from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of an eye for an eye. an eye for an eye.
an eye for an eye n: figurative (revenge) (venganza) ojo por ojo expr : He destroyed his rival's creation, saying it was an eye for an eye. Él destruyó la creación de su rival, argumentando que fue ojo por ojo. an eye for an eye n: figurative (justice) (justicia) ojo por ojo expr : ojo por ojo, diente por diente expr (formal) ley del Talión ...
The idiom an eye for an eye is used to express that the punishment for a criminal or wrongdoer should be the same as the crime or misdeed. For example, if Joel kills another man, the family of the victim might say, “He deserves the death penalty. An eye for an eye.”
eye for an eye, in law and custom, the principle of retaliation for injuries or damages. In ancient Babylonian, biblical, Roman, and Islāmic law, it was a principle operative in private and familial settlements, intended to limit retaliation, and often satisfied by a money payment or other equivalent. See also talion.
Hace 3 días · You say ' an eye for an eye ' or ' an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth ' to refer to the idea that people should be punished according to the way in which they offended, for example if they hurt someone, they should be hurt equally badly in return . ...a very simple punishment code based on an-eye-for-an-eye.
