G2072
G2072 — ἔσοπτρον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
esoptron (es'-op-tron) n.
1. a mirror (for looking into)
[from G1519 and a presumed derivative of G3700]
KJV: glass
Root(s): G1519, G3700
Compare: G2734
TWOT
Not assigned in current lawful mapping.
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KJV Renderings
glass
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἔσοπτρον, ἐσόπτρου, τό (ὈΠΤΩ), a mirror: 1Co 13:12; Jas 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).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἔσοπτρον (glass)
1 Corinthians 13:12
- KJV: For now we see through a glass darkly but then face to face now I know in part but then shall I know even as also I am known
- GK: βλέπομεν γαρ άρτι δι΄ εσόπτρου εν αινίγματι τότε δε πρόσωπον προς πρόσωπον άρτι γινώσκω εκ μέρους τότε δε επιγνώσομαι καθώς και επεγνώσθην
James 1:23
- KJV: For if any be a hearer of the word and not a doer he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass
- GK: ότι ει ακροατής λόγου εστί και ου ποιητής ούτος έοικεν ανδρί κατανοούντι το πρόσωπον της γενέσεως αυτού εν εσόπτρω