Liken Like

Liken Like

A — 1: Ὅμοιος

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(Strong'S #3664 — Adjective — homoios — hom'-oy-os )

"like, resembling, such as, the same as," is used (a) of appearance or form, John 9:9; Revelation 1:13,15; 2:18; 4:3 (twice),6,7; 9:7 (twice),10,19; 11:1; 13:2,11; 14:14; (b) of ability, condition, nature, Matthew 22:39; Acts 17:29; Galatians 5:21 , "such like," lit., "and the (things) similar to these;" 1 John 3:2; Revelation 13:4; 18:18; 21:11,18; (c) of comparision in parables, Matthew 13:31,33,44,45,47; 20:1; Luke 13:18,19,21; (d) of action, thought, etc., Matthew 11:16; 13:52; Luke 6:47,48,49; 7:31,32; 12:36; John 8:55; Jude 1:7 .

A — 2: Ἴσος

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(Strong'S #2470 — Adjective — isos — ee'-sos )

"equal" (the same in size, quality, etc.), is translated "like," of the gift of the Spirit, Acts 11:17 . See Equal , MUCH (AS).

A — 3: Παρόμοιος

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(Strong'S #3946 — Adjective — paromoios — par-om'-oy-os )

"much like" (para, "beside," and No. 1), is used in Mark 7:13 , in the neuter plural, "(many such) like things."

B — 1: Ὁμοιόω

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(Strong'S #3666 — Verb — homoioo — hom-oy-o'-o )

"to make like" (akin to A, No. 1), is used (a) especially in the parables, with the significance of comparing, "likening," or, in the Passive Voice, "being likened," Matthew 7:24,26; 11:16; 13:24; 18:23; 22:2 (RV, "likened"); 25:1; Mark 4:30; Luke 7:31; 13:18 , RV, "liken" (AV, "resemble"); Luke 13:20; in several of these instances the point of resemblance is not a specific detail, but the whole circumstances of the parable; (b) of making "like," or, in the Passive Voice, of being made or becoming "like," Matthew 6:8; Acts 14:11 , "in the likeness of (men)," lit., "being made like" (aorist participle, Passive); Romans 9:29; Hebrews 2:17 , of Christ in being "made like" unto His brethren, i.e., in partaking of human nature, apart from sin (cp. Hebrews 2:14 ).

B — 2: Ἔοικα

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(Strong'S #1503 — Verb — eoika — i'-ko )

a perfect tense with a present meaning (from an obsolete present, eiko), denotes "to be like, to resemble," James 1:6,23 . In the Sept., Job 6:3,25 .

B — 3: Παρομοιάζω

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(Strong'S #3945 — Verb — paromoiazo — par-om-oy-ad'-zo )

"to be like" (from para, "by," and a verbal form from homoios, A, No. 1), is used in Matthew 23:27 (perhaps with intensive force), in the Lord's comparison of the scribes and Pharisees to whitened sepulchres.

B — 4: Ἀφομοιόω

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(Strong'S #871 — Verb — aphomoioo — af-om-oy-o'-o )

"to make like" (apo, "from," and No. 1), is used in Hebrews 7:3 , of Melchizedek as "made like" the Son of God, i.e., in the facts related and withheld in the Genesis record.

Romans 1:23Likeness

C — 1: Ὡς

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(Strong'S #5613 — Adverb — hos — hoce )

used as a relative adverb of manner, means "as, like as," etc. and is translated "like," e.g., in Matthew 6:29; Mark 4:31; Luke 12:27; in Acts 3:22; 7:37 (see Rv , marg.); in Acts 8:32 (2nd part), RV, "as" (AV, "like"); Revelation 2:18 , RV (the rendering should have been "as" here); Revelation 18:21 , RV, "as it were" (AV, "like"); Revelation 21:11,2 nd part (ditto).

C — 2: Ὥσπερ

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(Strong'S #5618 — Adverb — hosper — hoce'-per )

"just as," is rendered "like as" in Romans 6:4 .

Hebrews 4:15 Mark 1:10 Luke 3:22 John 1:32 Revelation 1:14 John 7:46Manner. 1 Thessalonians 2:14