Lexicon homoiósis: a making like, likeness Original Word: ὁμοίωσις, εως, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: homoiósis Phonetic Spelling: (hom-oy'-o-sis) Short Definition: making like, likeness Definition: making like, likeness, resemblance. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 3669 homoíōsis (a feminine noun, used only in Js 3:9) – likeness; particularly, the application of God's likeness in all people by being created in His image (Gen 1:26, 27; Jn 1:4,7,9). See 3667 (homoiōma). Js 3:9: "With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the likeness (3669 /homoíōsis) of God" (NASU). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom homoioóDefinitiona making like, likeness NASB Translationlikeness (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3669: ὁμοίωσιςὁμοίωσις, ὁμοιώσεως, ἡ ( ὁμοιόω); 1. a making like: opposed to ἀλλοίωσις, Plato, rep. 5, 454 c. 2. likeness (Plato, Aristotle, Theophrastus): καθ' ὁμοίωσιν Θεοῦ, after the likeness of God, James 3:9 from Genesis 1:26. (Cf. Trench, § xv.)
Strong's resemblance From homoioo; assimilation, i.e. Resemblance -- similitude. see GREEK homoioo |
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