2072. esoptron
Strong's Concordance
esoptron: a mirror (i.e. an object for looking into)
Original Word: ἔσοπτρον, ου, τό
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: esoptron
Phonetic Spelling: (es'-op-tron)
Short Definition: a mirror
Definition: a mirror, looking-glass (made of highly polished metal).
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2072 ésoptron – a metallic mirror (not made of glass). Ancient mirrors (merely made of polished metal) only produced an indistinct image (reflection). So, to get an accurate picture (reflection) the viewer had to look from several different angles ("standpoints"). This has profound implications in "doing theology"!

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2072: ἔσοπτρον

ἔσοπτρον, ἐσόπτρου, τό (ὈΠΤΩ), a mirror: 1 Corinthians 13:12; James 1:23. (Wis. 7:26; Sir. 12:11; Pindar Nem. 7, 20; Anacreon () 11, (7 (6)) 3; Plutarch; others) The mirrors of the ancients were made, not of glass (cf. B. D. under the word , at the end), but of steel; Pliny, h. n. 33 (9) 45; 34, (17) 48 (but see the passages just referred to, and B. D. under the word mirror).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
glass.

From eis and a presumed derivative of optanomai; a mirror (for looking into) -- glass. Compare katoptrizomai.

see GREEK eis

see GREEK optanomai

see GREEK katoptrizomai

Forms and Transliterations
εσοπτρου εσόπτρου ἐσόπτρου εσοπτρω εσόπτρω ἐσόπτρῳ esoptro esoptrō esóptroi esóptrōi esoptrou esóptrou
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2 Occurrences


ἐσόπτρῳ — 1 Occ.
ἐσόπτρου — 1 Occ.

1 Corinthians 13:12 N-GNS
GRK: ἄρτι δι' ἐσόπτρου ἐν αἰνίγματι
NAS: we see in a mirror dimly,
KJV: we see through a glass, darkly; but
INT: presently through a glass in obscurity

James 1:23 N-DNS
GRK: αὐτοῦ ἐν ἐσόπτρῳ
NAS: at his natural face in a mirror;
KJV: face in a glass:
INT: of him in a mirror

2 Occurrences

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