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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 ἡ 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:15 - We will enter into an agreement with you on one condition only: that you become like us by circumcising all your males.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:22 - But the men will agree to live with us as one people only on the condition that our males be circumcised, as they themselves are.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:23 - Won’t their livestock, their property and all their other animals become ours? So let us agree to their terms, and they will settle among us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:1 - Of David. To you, LORD, I call; you are my Rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me. For if you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:5 - Many, LORD my God, are the wonders you have done, the things you planned for us. None can compare with you; were I to speak and tell of your deeds, they would be too many to declare.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:12 - People, despite their wealth, do not endure; they are like the beasts that perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:20 - People who have wealth but lack understanding are like the beasts that perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:1 - [fn]A song. A psalm of Asaph. O God, do not remain silent; do not turn a deaf ear, do not stand aloof, O God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:6 - For who in the skies above can compare with the LORD? Who is like the LORD among the heavenly beings?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:6 - I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:7 - Answer me quickly, LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me or I will be like those who go down to the pit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:4 - They are like a breath; their days are like a fleeting shadow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:9 - He: I liken you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariot horses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:17 - Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the rugged hills.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:7 - Your stature is like that of the palm, and your breasts like clusters of fruit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:14 - She: Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the spice-laden mountains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:9 - Unless the LORD Almighty had left us some survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:18 - With whom, then, will you compare God? To what image will you liken him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:25 - “To whom will you compare me? Or who is my equal?” says the Holy One.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:5 - “With whom will you compare me or count me equal? To whom will you liken me that we may be compared?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:13 - What can I say for you? With what can I compare you, Daughter Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may comfort you, Virgin Daughter Zion? Your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can heal you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:2 - “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his hordes: “ ‘Who can be compared with you in majesty?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:8 - The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it, nor could the junipers equal its boughs, nor could the plane trees compare with its branches— no tree in the garden of God could match its beauty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:18 - “ ‘Which of the trees of Eden can be compared with you in splendor and majesty? Yet you, too, will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the earth below; you will lie among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword. “ ‘This is Pharaoh and all his hordes, declares the Sovereign LORD.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:2 - “Son of man, take up a lament concerning Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: “ ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas thrashing about in your streams, churning the water with your feet and muddying the streams.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:5 - You stumble day and night, and the prophets stumble with you. So I will destroy your mother—

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:6 - my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. “Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:10 - I spoke to the prophets, gave them many visions and told parables through them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:11 - Wail, you who live in the market district[fn]; all your merchants will be wiped out, all who trade with[fn] silver will be destroyed.
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