Strong G3667ὁμοίωμα
likeness
- Transliteration
- homoiōma
- Pronunciation
- hom-oy'-o-mah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
From G3666; a form; abstractly resemblance: - made like to likeness shape similitude.
Detailed definition
ὁμοίωμα, -τος, τό
(ὁμοιόω), [in LXX for דְּמוּת, תַּבְנִית, תְּמוּנָה, etc.;]
that which is made like something;
__(a) concrete, an image, likeness (Psa.106:20, Eze.1:5, 1Ma.3:48, al.): Rev.9:7;
__(b) abstract, likeness, resemblance: Rom.5:14 6:5 8:3, Php.2:7; ἐν ὁ. εἰκόνος, Rom.1:23.†
SYN.: εἰκών (which see), ὁμοίωσις (AS)
(ὁμοιόω), [in LXX for דְּמוּת, תַּבְנִית, תְּמוּנָה, etc.;]
that which is made like something;
__(a) concrete, an image, likeness (Psa.106:20, Eze.1:5, 1Ma.3:48, al.): Rev.9:7;
__(b) abstract, likeness, resemblance: Rom.5:14 6:5 8:3, Php.2:7; ἐν ὁ. εἰκόνος, Rom.1:23.†
SYN.: εἰκών (which see), ὁμοίωσις (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3667 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- likeness3
- like1
- shape1
- similitude1
First verses
- Romans 1:23And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
- Romans 5:14Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
- Romans 6:5For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
- Romans 8:3For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
- Philippians 2:7But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
- Revelation 9:7And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ὁμοί-ωμα, ατος, τό,
likeness, image, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 250a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1356a31 (variant{ὁμοία}), 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.10U., “Nat.” 11.6: _plural_, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 250b, “Sph.” 266d, +others)]; ἐξ ὁμοιώματος in accordance with the practice in similar cases, by analogy, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“OGI” 669.52 (Egypt, 1st c.AD).)]
likeness, image, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 250a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1356a31 (variant{ὁμοία}), 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.10U., “Nat.” 11.6: _plural_, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 250b, “Sph.” 266d, +others)]; ἐξ ὁμοιώματος in accordance with the practice in similar cases, by analogy, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“OGI” 669.52 (Egypt, 1st c.AD).)]