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Lexicon :: Strong's G3666 - homoioō

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ὁμοιόω
Transliteration
homoioō (Key)
Pronunciation
hom-oy-o'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:188,684

Strong’s Definitions

ὁμοιόω homoióō, hom-oy-o'-o; from G3664; to assimilate, i.e. compare; passively, to become similar:—be (make) like, (in the) liken(-ess), resemble.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's G3666 in the following manner: liken (9x), make like (2x), be like (2x), in the likeness of (1x), resemble (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's G3666 in the following manner: liken (9x), make like (2x), be like (2x), in the likeness of (1x), resemble (1x).
  1. to be made like

  2. to liken, compare

    1. illustrate by comparisons

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὁμοιόω homoióō, hom-oy-o'-o; from G3664; to assimilate, i.e. compare; passively, to become similar:—be (make) like, (in the) liken(-ess), resemble.
STRONGS G3666:
ὁμοιόω, ὁμοίῳ: future ὁμοιώσω; passive, 1 aorist ὡμοιώθην, and without augment ὁμοιωθην (once Romans 9:29 L marginal reading T editions 2, 7 (but see WHs Appendix, p. 161); cf. Buttmann, 34 (30); Sturz, De dial. Maced. etc., p. 124; (cf.) Lob. ad Phryn., p. 153); 1 future ὁμοιωθήσομαι; (ὅμοιος); from (Homer and) Herodotus down; the Sept. especially for דָּמָה;
a. to make like: τινα τίνι; passive to be or to become like to one: Matthew 6:8; Acts 14:11; Hebrews 2:17; ὡμοιώθη βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν, was made like, took the likeness of, (aorist of the time when the Messiah appeared), Matthew 13:24; Matthew 18:23; Matthew 22:2; ὁμοιωθήσεται (future of the time of the last judgment), Matthew 25:1; ὡς τί, to be made like and thus to become as a thing (i. e., a blending of two thoughts; cf. Fritzsche on Mark 4:31; Buttmann, § 133, 10; Winer's Grammar, § 65, 1 a.), Romans 9:29 (כְּ נִדְמָה, Ezekiel 32:2).
b. to liken, compare: τινα τίνι, or τί τίνι, Matthew 7:24 (R G (see below)); Matthew 11:16; Mark 4:30 R L text Tr marginal reading; Luke 7:31; Luke 13:18 Luke 13:20; passive Matt. 7:(Matthew 7:24 L T WH Tr text), Matthew 7:26; to illustrate by comparison, πῶς ὁμοιώσωμεν τήν βασσιλειαν τοῦ Θεοῦ, Mark 4:30 T WH Tr text L marginal reading (Compare: ἀφομοιόω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Ezekiel
32:2
Matthew
6:8; 7; 7:24; 7:24; 7:26; 11:16; 13:24; 18:23; 22:2; 25:1
Mark
4:30; 4:30; 4:31
Luke
7:31; 13:18; 13:20
Acts
14:11
Romans
9:29; 9:29
Hebrews
2:17

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3666 matches the Greek ὁμοιόω (homoioō),
which occurs 30 times in 29 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:15 - “Only on this condition will we consent to you: if you will become like us, in that every male among you be circumcised,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:22 - “Only on this condition will the men consent to us to [fn]live with us, to become one people: that every male among us be circumcised as they are circumcised.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:23 - “Will not their livestock and what they acquire and all their cattle be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will [fn]live with us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:1 -

Of David.

To You, O Yahweh, I call;

My rock, do not be silent to me,

Lest if You are hesitant toward me,

I will become like those who go down to the pit.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:5 -

Many, O Yahweh my God, are the wondrous deeds You have done,

And Your thoughts toward us;

There is none to compare with You.

I would declare and speak of them,

But they are too numerous to recount.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:12 -

But man in his honor will not endure;

He is like the animals that [fn]perish.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:20 -

Man in his honor, but who does not understand,

Is like the animals that [fn]perish.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:1 -

A Song. A Psalm of Asaph.

O God, do not remain at rest;

Do not be silent and, O God, do not be quiet.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:6 -

For who in the sky is comparable to Yahweh?

Who among the [fn]sons of the mighty is like Yahweh,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:6 -

I resemble a pelican of the wilderness;

I have become like an owl of the waste places.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:7 -

Answer me quickly, O Yahweh, my spirit wastes away;

Do not hide Your face from me,

Or I will become like those who go down to the pit.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:4 -

Man is like a breath;

His days are like a passing shadow.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:9 -

“To a mare of mine among the chariots of Pharaoh

I compare you, O my darling.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:17 -

“Until the day breathes and the shadows flee,

Turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle

Or a young stag on the mountains of [fn]Bether.”

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:7 -

[fn]Your stature is like a palm tree,

And your breasts are like its clusters.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:14 -

[fn],[fn]Hurry, my beloved,

And be like a gazelle or a young [fn]stag

On the mountains of spices.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:9 -

Unless Yahweh of hosts

Had left us a few survivors,

We would be like Sodom,

We would be like Gomorrah.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:18 -

To whom then will you liken God?

Or what likeness will you compare with Him?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:25 -

“To whom then will you liken Me

That I would be his equal?” says the Holy One.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:5 -

“To whom would you liken Me

And make Me equal and compare Me,

That we would be alike?

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:13 -

Mem

What shall I testify about you?

To what shall I equate you,

O daughter of Jerusalem?

To what shall I liken you as I comfort you,

O virgin daughter of Zion?

For your [fn]destruction is as vast as the sea;

Who can heal you?

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:2 - “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude,

‘To whom do you liken yourself in your greatness?

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:8 -

‘The cedars in God’s garden [fn]could not match it;

The [fn]cypresses [fn]could not liken themselves with its boughs,

And the plane trees were not like its branches.

No tree in God’s garden [fn]could liken itself with it in its beauty.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:18 -

“To which among the trees of Eden do you thus liken yourself in glory and greatness? Yet you will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the earth beneath; you will lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those who were slain by the sword. So is Pharaoh and all his multitude!”’ declares Lord Yahweh.”

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:2 - “Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him,

‘You liken yourself to a young lion of the nations,

Yet you are like the monster in the seas;

And you burst forth in your rivers

And muddied the waters with your feet

And [fn]fouled their rivers.’”

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:5 -

So you will stumble by day,

And the prophet also will stumble with you by night;

And I will destroy your mother.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:6 -

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.

Because you have rejected knowledge,

I also will reject you from ministering as My priest.

Since you have forgotten the law of your God,

I Myself also will forget your children.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:10 -

And I have spoken to the prophets,

And I [fn]made visions abound,

And by the hand of the prophets I gave parables.

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:11 -

“Wail, O inhabitants of the [fn]Mortar,

For all the [fn]people of Canaan will be silenced;

All who weigh out silver will be cut off.

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