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G2072 ἔσοπτρον (ésoptron)
Greek
Noun, Neuter
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Quick Definition

amirror

Strong's Definition

a mirror (for looking into)

Derivation: from G1519 (εἰς) and a presumed derivative of G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι);

KJV Usage: 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).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἔσοπτρον esoptron 2x mirror, Jas_1:23 ; 1Co_13:12

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

** ἔσ -οπτρον , -ου , ὁ , [in LXX : Wis_7:26 , Sir_12:11 * ;] a mirror: 1Co_13:12 , Jas_1:23 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἔσοπτρον [page 256] CPR I. 27 .10 (A.D. 190) ἔσοπτρον δίπτυχον : cf. the restoration in ib. 21 .20 (A.D. 230). In a list of articles of furniture in the fragmentary P Oxy VI. 978 (iii/A.D.) we find mention of an ὄσοπτρον ( l. ἔσοπτρον ), and in a return of temple property, P Oxy XII. 1449 .19 (A.D. 213 7), of ὄσυπτρον ( l. ἔσοπτρον ) ἀργ (υροῦν ) π [αιδικ (όν ), a silver mirror for a child.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἔσ-οπτρον, -ου, ὁ [in LXX: Wis.7:26, Sir.12:11 * ;] a mirror: 1Co.13:12, Jas.1:23.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (2)

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