ὅμοιος homoios

Greek word for “like” · Strong’s G3664 · used 45 times in 41 verses

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Meaning

ὅμοιος, -οία, -οιον; like, resembling, such as, the same as: with dative, of form or appearance, (WH, mg., R, but see infr.) 2:18 4:6-7 9:7, 10 (B1., § 37, 62) Rev_9:19;

How it is translated

Glosses given for homoios in context, with how often each is used:

• like 43
• like? 1
• one like 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 13 (6), Luke 6 (3), Luke 13 (3), Revelation 4 (3), Revelation 9 (3), Revelation 13 (3), Luke 7 (2), Revelation 1 (2), Revelation 21 (2), Matthew 11 (1)

Forms

• ὁμοία 12
• ὅμοιον 9
• ὅμοιος 8
• ὅμοιοι 6
• ὅμοιός 3
• ὅμοια 3
• Ὁμοία 1
• ὅμοιοί 1
• ὁμοίας 1
• ὅμοιαι 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with homoios more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• βασιλεία basileia “kingdom” 9
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 10
• οὐρανός ouranos “heaven” 8
• ἴασπις iaspis “jasper” 3
• δράκων drakōn “dragon” 3
• ὁμοιόω homoioō “to liken” 3
• κάθημαι kathēmai “to sit” 4
• ἐξουσία exousia “authority” 4
• ἐγκρύπτω egkruptō “to mix” 2
• σάτον saton “seah” 2
• ἄλευρον aleuron “flour” 2
• προσρήγνυμι prosrēgnumi “to strike” 2

Key verses

The verses using homoios that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 13:44 — Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that…
• Matthew 13:47 — Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
• Matthew 13:52 — Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth…
• Luke 6:48 — He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that…
• Luke 13:19 — It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the…
• John 8:55 — Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
• Galatians 5:21 — Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things…
• 1 John 3:2 — Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall…
• Jude 1:7 — Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for…
• Revelation 2:18 — And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine…
• Revelation 13:2 — And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his…
• Revelation 13:11 — And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.