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ὁμοιοπαθήςStrong’s G3663

homoiopathēs

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Homoiopathēs is the Greek word usually translated “like nature”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:”
Acts 14:15 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “like nature”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • of like nature 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 1
  • James 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ὁμοιοπαθής homoiopathēs · like

ὁμοιοπαθής, -ές (ὅμοιος, πάσχω), [in LXX: Wis.7:3, 4Ma.12:13 * ;] of like feelings or affections: with dative, Act.14:15, Jas.5:17.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “like” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

LIKE, adjective

[Latin, Heb., Gr. See Lick and Lickerish.]

  1. Equal in quantity, quality or degree; as a territory of like extent with another; men of like excellence.
  2. Similar; resembling; having resemblance.“Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are” James 5:17“What city is like unto this great city?” Revelation 18:18“I saw three unclean spirits like frogs” Revelation 16:13“Among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah” Daniel 1:19
  3. Probably; likely, that is, having the resemblance or appearance of an event; giving reason to expect or believe.“He is like to die of hunger in the place where he is, for there is no more bread” Jeremiah 38:9
All definitions and other forms of “like”

    LIKE, noun

    [elliptically, for like thing, like event, like person.]

    1. some person or thing resembling another; an equal.
    2. had like in the phrase, 'he had like to be defeated, ' seems to be a corruption; but perhaps like here is used for resemblance or probability, and has the character of a noun.

    LIKE, adverb

    1. In the same manner.“- Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these” Matthew 6:29“LIKE as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him” Psalms 103:13
    2. In a manner becoming.“Be strong, and quit yourselves like men” 1 Samuel 4:9
    3. Likely; probably; as like enough it will.

    LIKE, verb transitive

    [Latin placeo and delecto, with prefixes.]

    1. To be pleased with in a moderate degree; to approve. it expresses less than love and delight.
    2. to please; to be agreeable to.
    3. To liken. obsolete

    LIKE, verb intransitive

    1. To be pleased; to choose.
    2. To like of, to be pleased. obsolete

    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.