Strong's Greek · G2072

ἔσοπτρον

ésoptron

glass

Definition

a mirror (for looking into)

Derivation

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

Appears 2 times in Scripture

1 Corinthians 13:12

Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

James 1:23

For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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