Greek Word Study
ἔσοπτρον
ésoptron
G2072
Quick Facts
Strong's Number
G2072
KJV Translations
glass
Derivation / Root
from G1519 (εἰς) and a presumed derivative of G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι);
Definition of ésoptron
ἔσοπτρον (ésoptron) — a mirror (for looking into)
Word Origin
This word comes from G1519 (εἰς) and a presumed derivative of G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι); See the root words: G1519 (εἰς), G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι).
Related Greek Words
Words sharing the same root or derived from ἔσοπτρον.
εἰς
eis
G1519
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
ὀπτάνομαι
optánomai
G3700
to gaze (i.e. with wide-open eyes, as at something remarkable; and thus differing from G991 (βλέπω), which denotes simply voluntary observation; and from G1492 (εἴδω), which expresses merely mechanical, passive or casual vision; while G2300 (θεάομαι), and still more emphatically its intensive G2334 (θεωρέω), signifies an earnest but more continued inspection; and G4648 (σκοπέω) a watching from a distance)
κατοπτρίζομαι
katoptrízomai
G2734
to mirror oneself, i.e. to see reflected (figuratively)