Liken Like

Liken Like

'''A — 1: ὅμοιος (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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