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<p> '''A. Verb.''' </p> <p> <em> Dâmâh </em> ( '''''דָּמָה''''' , Strong'S #1819), “to be like, resemble, be or act like, liken or compare, devise, balance or ponder.” This verb appears in biblical [[Hebrew]] about 28 times. Cognates of this word appear in biblical Aramaic, Akkadian, and Arabic. <em> Dâmâh </em> means “to be like” in Ps. 102:6: “I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.” </p> <p> '''B. Noun. ''' </p> <p> <em> Demûth </em> ( '''''דְּמוּת''''' , Strong'S #1823), “likeness; shape; figure; form; pattern.” All but 5 of the 25 appearances of this word are in poetical or prophetical books of the Bible. </p> <p> First, the word means “pattern,” in the sense of the specifications from which an actual item is made: “Now King [[Ahaz]] went to [[Damascus]] … and saw the altar which was at Damascus; and King Ahaz sent to [[Urijah]] the priest the pattern of the altar and its model, according to all its workmanship” (2 Kings 16:10, NASB). </p> <p> Second, <em> demûth </em> means “shape” or “form,” the thing(s) made after a given pattern. In 2 Chron. 4:3 the word represents the “shape” of a bronze statue: “And under it was the similtude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about.” In such passages <em> demûth </em> means more than just “shape” in general; it indicates the “shape” in particular. In Ezek. 1:10, for example, the word represents the “form” or “likeness” of the faces of the living creatures Ezekiel describes. In Ezek. 1:26 the word refers to what something seemed to be rather than what it was: “And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne.…” </p> <p> Third, <em> demûth </em> signifies the original after which a thing is patterned: “To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?” (Isa. 40:18). This significance is in its first biblical appearance: “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness …” (Gen. 1:26). </p> <p> Fourth, in Ps. 58:4 the word appears to function merely to extend the form but not the meaning of the preposition <em> ke </em> :—“Their poison is like the poison of a serpent.…” </p>

<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) The state or quality of being like; similitude; resemblance; similarity; as, the likeness of the one to the other is remarkable. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) Appearance or form; guise. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) That which closely resembles; a portrait. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' n.) A comparison; parable; proverb. </p>

<p> LI'KENESS, n. </p> 1. [[Resemblance]] in form similitude. The picture is a good likeness of the original. 2. Resemblance form external appearance. [[Guard]] against an enemy in the likeness of a friend. 3. One that resembles another a copy a counterpart. <p> I took you for your likeness, Chloe. </p> 4. An image, picture or statue, resembling a person or thing. &nbsp;Exodus 20 .

<p> See [[Image]] </p>