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ὅμοιοςStrong’s G3664

homoios

Appears in 42 verses of the New Testament

In short

Homoios is the Greek word usually translated “like”. It appears in 42 verses of the New Testament.

“Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.”
Jude 1:7 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • like 45
  • in like 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Revelation 17
  • Matthew 9
  • Luke 9
  • John 2
  • Mark 1
  • Acts 1

9 books in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
All 42 verses, by book
Mark 1
12:31
John 2
8:559:9
Acts 1
17:29
Galatians 1
5:21
1 John 1
3:2
Jude 1
1:7
Greek dictionary

ὅμοιος homoios · like

ὅμοιος, -οία, -οιον [in LXX for כְּמוֹ, etc. ;] like, resembling, such as, the same as: with dative, of form or appearance, Jhn.9:9, Rev.1:13 (WH, mg., R, but see infr.) Rev.1:15 2:18 4:6-7 9:7, 10 (B1., § 37, 62) Rev_9:19; Rev_11:1; Rev_13:2; Rev_13:11; ὁράσει, Rev_4:3; of nature, condition, ability, etc., Mat_22:39, Act_17:29, Gal_5:21, 1Jn_3:2, Rev_13:4; Rev_18:18; Rev_21:11; Rev_21:18; of comparison in parables, Mat_13:31 ff. Mat_20:1, Luk_13:18-19; Luk_13:21; of thinking, acting, etc., Mat_11:16; Mat_13:52, Luk_6:47-49; Luk_7:31-32 (T, with genitive; 131., § 36, 11) Luk_12:36, Joh_8:55, …

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.