Likeness
ὁμοιότηςStrong’s G3665homoiotēs
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Homoiotēs is the Greek word usually translated “same way” and “likeness”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.”
Meaning
Usually translated “same way” and “likeness”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- same way 1
- likeness 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hebrews 2
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
ὁμοιότης homoiotēs · likeness
ὁμοιότης, -ητος, ἡ (ὅμοιος), [in LXX: Gen.1:11-12 (מִין), Wis.14:19, 4Ma.15:4 * ;] likeness: καθ᾽ ὁμοιότητα, in like manner, Heb.4:15; id. with genitive (MM, xviii), after the likeness (of), Heb.7:15.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “likeness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LI'KENESS, noun
- Resemblance in form; similitude.
- Resemblance; form; external appearance.
- One that resembles another; a copy; a counterpart.
- An image, picture or statue, resembling a person or thing. Exodus 20:4
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.