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G2072 ἔσοπτρον (ésoptron)
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Quick Definition

ἔσοπτρον, ου, τό n.n. a mirror

Strong's Definition

from 1519 and a presumed derivative of 3700; a mirror (for looking into)

KJV Usage: glass. Compare 2734

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, n. | -ου | εἰς + ὄψομαι [ὁράω]

6.221 · Artifacts · Miscellaneous

mirror a flat piece of highly polished metal used to reflect an image

1CO 13:12 · JAS 1:23

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἔσ-οπτρον, -ov, τό, (ONTO), a mirror: 1 Co. xiii. 12; Jas. i. 23. (Sap. vii. 26; Sir. xii. 11; Pind. Nem. 7, 20; Anaer. 11, [7 (6)] 3; Plut.; al.) The mirrors of the ancients were made, not of glass [cf. B.D. 5. v. Glass, fin.], but of steel; Plin. ἢ. n. 33, (9) 45; 34, (17) 48 [but see the pass. just referred to, and B.D. s. v. mirror].

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἔσοπτρον esoptron 2x

mirror, Jas. 1:23; 1 Cor. 13:12*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

** ἔσ-οπτρον, -ου, ὁ

[in LXX: Wi 7:26, Si 12:11 * ;]

a mirror: I Co 13:12, Ja 1:23.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἔσοπτρον. CPR I. 2719 (Α.Ὁ. 190) ἔσοπτρον δίπτυχον : cf. the restoration in 2}. 212° (A.D. 230). Ina list of articles of furniture in the fragmentary P Oxy VI. 978 (ili/a.D.) we find mention of an ὄσοπτρον (/. ἔσοπτρον), and in a return of temple property, P Oxy XII. 1449! (A.D. 213-7), of ὄσυπτρον (2. ἔσοπτρον) apy(vpodv) π[αιδικ(όν), ‘a silver mirror for a child.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἔσοπτρον (esoptron) — mirror. εἴσοπτρον (so [Refs 3rd c.AD+], mostly in the form ἔσοπτρον, τό, (ὄψομαι) looking-glass, mirror, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

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