ἔσοπτρονésoptron
a mirror (for looking into)
Greek (New Testament) · G2072
Meanings
a mirror: 1 Corinthians 13:12, James 1:23.
Same root
- εἰςeis · G1519to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
- ὀπτάνομαιoptánomai · G3700to gaze (i.e. with wide-open eyes, as at something remarkable; and thus differing from G991 (βλέπω), which denotes simply voluntary observation; and from G1492 (εἴδω), which expresses merely mechanical, passive or casual vision; while G2300 (θεάομαι), and still more emphatically its intensive G2334 (θεωρέω), signifies an earnest but more continued inspection; and G4648 (σκοπέω) a watching from a distance)
- κατοπτρίζομαιkatoptrízomai · G2734to mirror oneself, i.e. to see reflected (figuratively)
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- 1 Corinthians 13:12 Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.
- James 1:23 For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.