Image
εἰκώνStrong’s G1504eikōn
Appears in 20 verses of the New Testament
In short
Eikōn is the Greek word usually translated “image”, “likeness” and “form”. It appears in 20 verses of the New Testament.
“And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?”
Meaning
Usually translated “image”, “likeness” and “form”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- image 18
- likeness 2
- of an image 1
- form 1
- an image 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 8
- Romans 2
- 1 Corinthians 2
- 2 Corinthians 2
- Colossians 2
- Matthew 1
9 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 12:16And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar’s.
- Luke 20:24Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar’s.
- 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 8:29For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
- 1 Corinthians 11:7For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
- 1 Corinthians 15:49And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
Greek dictionary
εἰκών eikōn · image
εἰκών, -όνος (cf. ἔοικα), [in LXX chiefly for צֶלֶם ;] an image, likeness: Mat.22:20, Mrk.12:16, Luk.20:24, Rom.1:23, 1Co.15:49, Rev.13:14, 15 14:9, 11 15:2 16:2 19:20 20:4; opposite to σκιά, Heb.10:1; of man, εἰ. θεοῦ, 1 Co 11:7; of the regenerate, εἰ. τ. θεοῦ Col.3:10 (see Lft., in l.); εἰ. τ. υἱοῦ τ. θεοῦ, Rom.8:29, 2Co.3:18; of Christ, εἰ. τ. θεοῦ, 2Co.4:4, Col.1:15.† SYN.: ὁμοίωμα, denoting resemblance, which may however be merely accidental. εἰ. is a derived likeness and like the head on a coin or the parental likeness in a child, implies an archetype. Cf. also εἶδος, appearance, not n …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “image” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
IM'AGE, noun
[Latin imago.]
- A representation or similitude of any person or thing, formed of a material substance; as an image wrought out of stone, wood or wax.“Whose is this image and superscription?” Matthew 22:20
- A statue.
- An idol; the representation of any person or thing, that is an object of worship.
- The likeness of any thing on canvas; a picture; a resemblance painted.
All definitions and other forms of “image”
- Any copy, representation or likeness.
- Semblance; show; appearance.
- An idea; a representation of any thing to the mind; a conception; a picture drawn by fancy.
- In rhetoric, a lively description of any thing in discourse, which presents a kind of picture to the mind.
- In optics, the figure of any object, made by rays of light proceeding from the several points of it.
IM'AGE, verb transitive
To imagine; to copy by the imagination; to form a likeness in the mind by the fancy or recollection.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.