ὁμοιόω homoioō · G3666
to liken
ὁμοιόω, -ῶ; (ὅμοιος), [in LXX chiefly for דָּמָה ; ] ; 1. to make like, with genitive and dative; pass., to be made or become like: Mat.6:8 13:24 18:23 22:2 25:1, Act.14:11, Heb.2:17; before ὡς (cf. Eze.32:2, Heb.), Rom.9:29. ; 2. to liken, compare: with dative, accusative, Mat.11:16, Luk.7:31 13:18, 20; πῶς όμοιώσωμεν, Mrk.4:30; pass., Mat.7:24, 26 (cf. ἀφ-ομοιόω).†; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
ὁμοι-όω, ; []: aorist ὡμοίωσα []:— middle, []:—mostly in passive, future ὁμοιωθήσομαι [], or in middle form ὁμοιώσομαι []: aorist ὡμοιώθην []; Epic dialect infinitive ὁμοιωθήμεναι (see. below): perfect ὡμοίωμαι []:—make like, ὁμοιώσασ᾽ ἐμοὶ εἴδωλον ἔμπνουν []; πρὸς τὰ παρόντα τὰς ὀργὰς τῶν πολλῶν ὁ. makes them correspond to prevailing conditions, []:—passive, to be made like, become like, in [] only in aorist infinitive passive, ὁμοιωθήμεναι ἄντην []; 2 liken, compare, in middle, τὰς πάθας τὰς …
Where it's used 15 times
Matthew 6:8 · Matthew 7:24 · Matthew 7:26 · Matthew 11:16 · Matthew 13:24 · Matthew 18:23 · Matthew 22:2 · Matthew 25:1 · Mark 4:30 · Luke 7:31 · Luke 13:18 · Luke 13:20 · Acts 14:11 · Romans 9:29 · Hebrews 2:17
Source: TBESG G3666; TFLSJ G3666
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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