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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)
Dictionary Aids

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 G1063 now G737 we see G991 through G1223 a glass, G2072 darkly; G1722 G135 but G1161 then G5119 face G4383 to G4314 face: G4383 now G737 I know G1097 in G1537 part; G3313 but G1161 then G5119 shall I know G1921 even as G2531 also G2532 I am known. G1921
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:23 - For G3754 if any G1536 be G2076 a hearer G202 of the word, G3056 and G2532 not G3756 a doer, G4163 he G3778 is like G1503 unto a man G435 beholding G2657 his G846 natural G1078 face G4383 in G1722 a glass: G2072
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