Likeness
ὁμοίωμαStrong’s G3667homoiōma
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Homoiōma is the Greek word usually translated “likeness” and “appearance”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.”
Meaning
Usually translated “likeness” and “appearance”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- likeness 4
- a likeness 1
- appearance 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 4
- Philippians 1
- Revelation 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 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.
Greek dictionary
ὁμοίωμα homoiōma · likeness
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)
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.