ἔσοπτρον
ésoptron · G2072 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Thing
- MirrorHousehold6 verses
Meanings
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mirror
A flat piece of highly polished metal used to reflect an image
Examples1 Corinthians 13:12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully, just as I also have been fully known.
James 1:23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror;
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- διάthrough 2
- ἐνin 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 2 words
- רְאִי rᵉʼîy · H7209 · mirror
- Hebrew term for mirror, typically referring to polished metal mirrors used in ancient times. Direct translation equivalent for the Greek ἔσοπτρον.
- מַרְאָה marʼâh · H4759 · vision, mirror
- Hebrew term for mirror or looking glass, used in Exodus 38:8 for the bronze mirrors of the serving women. Functions as a translation equivalent for ἔσοπτρον in contexts referring to reflective surfaces.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Mirror6.221
- In 1 Corinthians 13:12, Paul writes, “For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face,” using this word for the polished surface used to see one's reflection.
Word family 32 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐσόπτρου, τό (ὈΠΤΩ), a mirror: 1 Cor 13:12; Jas 1:23. (Wis. 7:26; Sir. 12:11; Pindar Nem.…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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