κατοπτρ-ίζω G2734
To behold or contemplate as in a mirror; to reflect or gaze upon one's reflection
This verb carries the imagery of looking at something as reflected in a mirror, either beholding one's own image or contemplating something through reflection. In 2 Corinthians 3:18, Paul uses this to describe believers beholding the Lord's glory, though scholars debate whether it means reflecting that glory or contemplating it mirror-like. The Spanish 'contemplando' and English compound 'beholding-as-in-a-mirror' both capture this visual meditation.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Describes the act of gazing at something as in a mirror, involving both reflection and contemplation. In Paul's discussion of transformation, this suggests either that believers reflect Christ's glory to others or that they behold it as in a clear reflection, experiencing progressive transformation through sustained spiritual vision. 1×
AR["عاكِسينَ"]·ben["দর্পণে-দেখতে,"]·DE["widerspiegeln"]·EN["beholding-as-in-a-mirror"]·FR["κατοπτριζόμενοι"]·heb["מַשְׁקִיפִים"]·HI["जो-प्रतिबिम्बित-करते-हुए"]·ID["memantulkan"]·IT["specchiarsi"]·jav["ngilo,"]·KO["비추어-보며"]·PT["contemplando-como-em-espelho"]·RU["отражающие"]·ES["contemplando"]·SW["tukitazama-kama-kioo,"]·TR["ayna gibi yansıtarak"]·urd["آئینے-میں-دیکھتے-ہوئے"]
Related Senses
H7200 1. Qal: to see, perceive (1257×)G4771 2. you (singular address) (1077×)H8085 1. Qal: hear, perceive aurally (921×)H0859a 1. you (2nd person masculine singular pronoun) (743×)H0398 1. eat (consume food) (697×)H4191 1. die (Qal: natural/general death) (645×)G3708 1. see, perceive visually (419×)G0191 1. hear, perceive sound (360×)H???? 3. (352×)G3708 2. behold, look (exclamatory) (256×)H7272 1. foot (body part) (236×)H8354 1. drink, consume liquid (209×)H3205 1. Qal active: bear/give birth (female subject) (204×)H3205 2. Qal active: beget/father (male subject) (198×)H2421 1. Qal: live, be alive (177×)H8085 2. Qal: listen, heed, pay attention (172×)H2416a 1. alive, living (state/attribute) (146×)H2416e 1. life, lifespan, lifetime (145×)G2198 1. be alive, have life (133×)H8193 1. lip, lips (body part) (123×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
κατοπτρ-ίζω, show as in a mirror or by reflexion, τοῦ-ίζοντος [τὴν ἶριν] ἀστέρος Refs:—passive, to be mirrored, Refs __II middle, look into a mirror, behold oneself in it, Refs 4th c.BC+ __II.2 behold as in a mirror, ἰδέαν NT+1st c.AD+ (but here perhaps reflect).