Definition

to mirror oneself, i.e. to see reflected (figuratively)

Etymology

middle voice from a compound of G2596 (κατά) and a derivative of G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι) (compare G2072 (ἔσοπτρον));

Where the KJV renders it

• behold as in a glass

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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