Strong's Lexicon
G2734 — κατοπτρίζομαι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2734 |
|---|---|
| Word: | κατοπτρίζομαι |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | middle voice from a compound of G2596 and a derivative of G3700 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | katoptrizomai |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kat-op-trid'-zom-ai |
| Meaning: | 1. to mirror oneself, i.e. to see reflected (figuratively) |
| KJV Renderings: | behold as in a glass |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατοπτρίζω: (κάτοπτρον a mirror), to show in a mirror, to make to reflect, to mirror: κατοπτριζων ὁ ἥλιος τήν ἰριν, Plutarch, mor., p. 894 f. (i. e. de plac. philos. 3, 5, 11). Middle present κατοπτρίζομαι; to look at oneself in a mirror (Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 2, 7; Athen. 15, p. 687 c.; (Diogenes Laërtius 2, 33; (7, 17)); to behold for oneself as in a mirror (Winers Grammar, 254 (238); Buttmann, 193f (167)): τήν δόξαν τοῦ κυρίου, the glory of Christ (which we behold in the gospel as in a mirror from which it is reflected), 2Co 3:18. Plainly so in Philo, alleg. leg. iii., § 33 μηδέ κατοπτρισαιμην ἐν ἄλλῳ τίνι
Englishman's Greek Concordance
κατοπτρίζομαι (behold as in a glass)
2 Corinthians 3:18
- KJV: But we all with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord are changed into the same image from glory to glory as by the Spirit of the Lord
- GK: ημείς δε πάντες ανακεκαλυμμένω προσώπω την δόξαν κυρίου κατοπτριζόμενοι την αυτήν εικόνα μεταμορφούμεθα από δόξης εις δόξαν καθάπερ από κυρίου πνεύματος
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