ὅμοιος
hómoios · G3664 · Greek · 45 occurrences
Meanings
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like, such as, likewise, similar
Pertaining to being similar to something else in some respect
ExamplesMatthew 11:16 “But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call out to the other children,
Matthew 13:31 He presented another parable to them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a person took and sowed in his field;
Matthew 13:33 He spoke another parable to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three sata of flour until it was all leavened.”
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Named alongside itApposition
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- κάλαμοςreed 1
- οὐράtail 1
- στέφανοςcrown 1
Second object ofSecond object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἔχωto have 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
25 occurrences in 15 groups
- βασιλείαkingdom, reign 7
- ζῶονliving creature, animal 3
- Other words · 13 groups that occur once or twice (15) 15
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- כְּמוֹ kᵉmôw · H3644 · as, like
- Hebrew כְּמוֹ (kemo) functions as the primary comparative/similitude particle in Biblical Hebrew and serves as the standard translation equivalent for Greek ὅμοιος in LXX contexts expressing likeness or comparison.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Like, such as, likewise, similar64.1
- Citing the second great commandment, Matthew 22:39 states Jesus said, “The second is like it, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF,’” where “is like it” renders this adjective describing similarity between the two commandments.
Word family 25 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (on the accent cf. (Chandler §§ 384, 385); Winers Grammar, 52 (51); Alexander Buttmann…
a. like i. e. resembling: τίνι, in form or look, Jn 9:9; Rev 1:13, Rev 1:15; Rev 2:18; Rev 4:6f.; Rev 9:7, Rev 9:10 (but here Tr text WH marginal reading ὁμοιοις), ; Rev 11:1; Rev 13:2, Rev 13:11; (but here T WH with the accusative (for dative)); Rec.; ὁράσει, in appearance, Rev 4:3; in nature, Acts 17:29; Gal 5:21; Rev 21:11, Rev 21:18; in nature and condition, 1 Jn 3:2; in mode of thinking, feeling, acting, Mt 11:16; Mt 13:52; Lk 6:47-49; Lk 7:31; Lk 12:36, and L WH Tr text (see below) in Jn 8:55; equivalent to may be compared to a thing, so in parables: Mt 13:31, Mt 13:33, Mt 13:44f, 47; Mt 20:1; Lk 13:18f, 21.
b. like i. e. corresponding or equivalent to, the same as: ὅμοιον τούτοις τρόπον, Jude 1:7; equal in strength, Rev 13:4; in power and attractions, Rev 18:18; in authority, Mt 22:39; Mk 12:31 (here T WH omit; Tr marginal reading brackets ὅμοιον); in mind and character, τίνος (cf. Winers Grammar, 195 (183) (cf. § 28, 2); Buttmann, § 132, 24), Jn 8:55 R G T Tr marginal reading (see above).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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