Ésoptron — G2072

Definition

neuter noun

a mirror (for looking into)

Usually translated as

glass

Origin

from G1519 and a presumed derivative of G3700

• eis (G1519)
• optánomai (G3700)
• katoptrízomai (G2734)

Occurrences

Ésoptron occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Corinthians (1), James (1)

• 1 Corinthians 13:12 — For now we see through a glass (ἐσόπτρου), darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
• James 1:23 — For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass (ἐσόπτρῳ):