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Lexicon :: Strong's G2072 - esoptron

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ἔσοπτρον
Transliteration
esoptron (Key)
Pronunciation
es'-op-tron
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From εἰς (G1519) and a presumed derivative of ὀπτάνομαι (G3700)
mGNT
2x in 2 unique form(s)
TR
2x in 2 unique form(s)
LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:696,27/264

Strong’s Definitions

ἔσοπτρον ésoptron, es'-op-tron; from G1519 and a presumed derivative of G3700; a mirror (for looking into):—glass. Compare G2734.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G2072 in the following manner: glass (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G2072 in the following manner: glass (2x).
  1. a mirror

    1. the mirrors of the ancients were made, not of glass, but steel

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἔσοπτρον ésoptron, es'-op-tron; from G1519 and a presumed derivative of G3700; a mirror (for looking into):—glass. Compare G2734.
STRONGS G2072:
ἔσοπτρον, -ου, 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 Glass, 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].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Corinthians
13:12
James
1:23

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2072 matches the Greek ἔσοπτρον (esoptron),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the TR Greek.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:12 - For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:23 - For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror.
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