Thing
Mirror
Human-made Things in the Bible
The mirror was a flat piece of highly polished metal used to reflect an image. Mirrors were usually made of copper, bronze, or brass, sometimes of silver.
Pictures
In the Bible
The Hebrew and Greek words for it, and every verse where each is used
מַרְאָה mar’ah · 1 verse
רְאִי r’i · 1 verse
ἔσοπτρον esoptron · 4 verses
Also in Household
Oil lamp and wick67 versesLampstand13 versesLantern1 verseTorch24 versesBed, sleeping mat129 versesCushion, pillow2 versesTable for eating84 versesFootstool14 versesChair, seat25 versesMillstones, mill14 versesOven17 versesCooking pot, kettle43 versesGriddle7 versesWineskin, water bag22 versesBasin, washbasin5 versesCarpet, rug4 versesContainers, vessels59 versesCloset, cabinet, cupboard2 verses
Sources
Plants and Trees in the Bible, Animals in the Bible and Human-made Things in the Bible © United Bible Societies, 2025 (adapted from Each According to its Kind: Plants and Trees in the Bible by Robert Koops, All Creatures Great and Small: Living Things in the Bible by Edward R. Hope, and The Works of Their Hands: Man-made Things in the Bible by Ray Pritz), CC BY-SA 4.0; adapted for eRhema