Lexical Summary homoios: Like, similar, resembling Original Word: ὅμοιος Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: homoios Pronunciation: ho'-moy-os Phonetic Spelling: (hom'-oy-os) KJV: like, + manner NASB: like, one like, same Word Origin: [from the base of G3674 (ὁμοῦ - together)]
1. similar (in appearance or character) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance like, similar From the base of homou; similar (in appearance or character) -- like, + manner. see GREEK homou NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom the same as homouDefinitionlike, resembling, the same as NASB Translationlike (43), one like (2), same (1).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3664: ὅμοιοςὅμοιος (on the accent cf. ( Chandler §§ 384, 385); Winers Grammar, 52 (51); Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. § 11 Anm. 9), ὁμοία, ὅμοιον, also of two term. (once in the N. T., Revelation 4:3 Rst G L T Tr WH; cf. Winers Grammar, § 11, 1; ( Buttmann, 26 (23))) (from ὁμός (akin to ἅμα (which see), Latin similis, English same, etc.)) (from Homer down), like, similar, resembling: a. like i. e. resembling: τίνι, in form or look, John 9:9; Revelation 1:13, 15; Revelation 2:18; Revelation 4:6f.; (but here Tr text WH marginal reading ὁμοιοις), ; (but here T WH with the accusative (for dative)); Rec.; ὁράσει, in appearance, Revelation 4:3; in nature, Acts 17:29; Galatians 5:21; Revelation 21:11, 18; in nature and condition, 1 John 3:2; in mode of thinking, feeling, acting, Matthew 11:16; Matthew 13:52; Luke 6:47-49; Luke 7:31; Luke 12:36, and L WH Tr text (see below) in John 8:55; equivalent to may be compared to a thing, so in parables: Matthew 13:31, 33, 44f, 47; Matthew 20:1; Luke 13:18f, 21. b. like i. e. corresponding or equivalent to, the same as: ὅμοιον τούτοις τρόπον, Jude 1:7; equal in strength, Revelation 13:4; in power and attractions, Revelation 18:18; in authority, Matthew 22:39; Mark 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), John 8:55 R G T Tr marginal reading (see above).
Topical Lexicon Semantic Range and Grammatical Variety Strong’s Greek 3664 appears as adjective, adverb, substantive and neuter plural forms. The Spirit-inspired writers employ it to draw verbal “bridges” between familiar earthly realities and greater spiritual truths. Whether modifying nouns (“a man who built a house”) or standing substantively (“things like these”), the term always speaks of recognizable resemblance without implying absolute identity. Usage in the Teaching of Jesus 1. Kingdom Parables. In Matthew 13, each introductory formula—“The kingdom of heaven is like…” (Matthew 13:31, 33, 44, 45, 47) and Luke’s parallel (Luke 13:18-21)—invites hearers to discern divine rule through seeds, leaven, treasure, pearls and nets. The likeness device anchors transcendent truth in daily experience, hiding mysteries from the proud while revealing them to childlike faith (Matthew 11:25-26). 2. Ethical Summation. “The second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself’” (Matthew 22:39). Here the likeness stresses parity of authority between the two greatest commandments, binding love for God and love for neighbor into one inseparable duty. 3. Illustrative Warnings and Encouragements. Jesus compares complacent hearers to children in the marketplace (Matthew 11:16; Luke 7:31-32) and faithful servants who “should be like men waiting for their master” (Luke 12:36). The parable of the two house-builders (Luke 6:47-49) shows that likeness cuts two ways: the obedient disciple resembles a secure structure; the disobedient, a ruin. Pauline and Petrine Applications Galatians 5:21 lists vices followed by “and things like these,” signaling that the catalog is illustrative, not exhaustive; any practice sharing the same moral character will bar one from the kingdom. Conversely, believers are promised future conformity to their Lord: “We know that when Christ appears, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is” (1 John 3:2). This prospective likeness motivates present purification (1 John 3:3). Warnings against Idolatry and Immorality Acts 17:29 rebukes pagan imagination: “We should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill.” Jude 7 notes Sodom and Gomorrah as “an example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire,” highlighting moral likeness as the ground of judgment. Scripture thus denies every attempt to remake God after earthly models while affirming the certainty of retribution upon any society exhibiting comparable corruption. Apocalyptic Descriptions in Revelation John’s visions repeatedly reach for 3664 to convey realities surpassing human categories: • Christ’s feet “like burnished bronze” (Revelation 1:15; 2:18). • A throne with a rainbow “like an emerald” (Revelation 4:3). • Living creatures with faces “like a lion… like an ox… like a man… like an eagle” (Revelation 4:7). • Locusts “like horses prepared for battle” (Revelation 9:7) and tails “like serpents” (Revelation 9:19). • The second beast “had two horns like a lamb” (Revelation 13:11) and the composite first beast was “like a leopard” (Revelation 13:2). • New Jerusalem shines with a glory “like that of a most precious jewel” (Revelation 21:11). These similes safeguard the transcendence of heavenly glory while still offering intelligible pictures for faith. They also expose satanic counterfeits that imitate the Lamb to deceive. Eschatological Hope and the Pattern of Likeness The New Testament moves from creational likeness (humanity made in God’s image) through redemptive likeness (conformity to Christ now by sanctification, Romans 8:29 implied) to consummated likeness (perfected glory at His appearing, 1 John 3:2; Revelation 14:14). Each stage is marked by the same vocabulary, underscoring the unity of God’s purpose. Pastoral and Homiletical Implications 1. Preaching that follows Christ’s model may legitimately employ analogy and everyday imagery, yet must, like His, submit to scriptural boundaries lest resemblance slide into distortion. 2. Ethical exhortation profits from the inclusive scope of “things like these,” reminding believers that holiness cannot be reduced to lists but springs from a renewed nature. 3. Eschatological preaching should preserve both the continuity and the exceeding glory of the age to come: we will be “like Him,” yet He ever remains the unique, worship-worthy Lord. In sum, Strong’s 3664 is a Spirit-guided tool for revelation, instruction, warning and hope, inviting readers to recognize true likenesses and reject deceptive ones until faith becomes sight. Forms and Transliterations ομοια ομοία όμοια ὁμοία ὅμοια ομοιαι όμοιαι ὅμοιαι ομοιας ομοίας ὁμοίας ομοιοι όμοιοι όμοιοί ὅμοιοι ὅμοιοί ομοιον όμοιον ὅμοιον ομοιος ομοιός όμοιος όμοιός ὅμοιος ὅμοιός ομοίω homoia homoía hómoia homoiai hómoiai homoias homoías homoioi hómoioi hómoioí homoion hómoion homoios hómoios hómoiós omoia omoiai omoias omoioi omoion omoiosLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Matthew 11:16 Adj-NNPGRK: γενεὰν ταύτην ὁμοία ἐστὶν παιδίοιςNAS: generation? It is like children KJV: It is like unto children INT: generation this like it is to little children Matthew 13:31 Adj-NFS GRK: αὐτοῖς λέγων Ὁμοία ἐστὶν ἡ NAS: of heaven is like a mustard KJV: is like to a grain INT: them saying Like is the Matthew 13:33 Adj-NFS GRK: ἐλάλησεν αὐτοῖς Ὁμοία ἐστὶν ἡ NAS: of heaven is like leaven, KJV: of heaven is like unto leaven, which INT: spoke he to them Like is the Matthew 13:44 Adj-NFS GRK: Ὁμοία ἐστὶν ἡ NAS: of heaven is like a treasure KJV: of heaven is like unto treasure hid INT: like is the Matthew 13:45 Adj-NFS GRK: Πάλιν ὁμοία ἐστὶν ἡ NAS: of heaven is like a merchant KJV: of heaven is like unto a merchant man, INT: Again like is the Matthew 13:47 Adj-NFS GRK: Πάλιν ὁμοία ἐστὶν ἡ NAS: of heaven is like a dragnet KJV: is like unto a net, INT: Again like is the Matthew 13:52 Adj-NMS GRK: τῶν οὐρανῶν ὅμοιός ἐστιν ἀνθρώπῳ NAS: of heaven is like a head of a household, KJV: is like unto a man INT: of the heavens like is to a man Matthew 20:1 Adj-NFS GRK: Ὁμοία γάρ ἐστιν NAS: of heaven is like a landowner KJV: is like unto a man INT: like indeed is Matthew 22:39 Adj-NFS GRK: δευτέρα δὲ ὁμοία αὕτη Ἀγαπήσεις NAS: The second is like it, 'YOU SHALL LOVE KJV: the second [is] like unto it, INT: [the] second moreover [is] like it You will love Luke 6:47 Adj-NMS GRK: τίνι ἐστὶν ὅμοιος NAS: you whom he is like: KJV: to whom he is like: INT: whom he is like Luke 6:48 Adj-NMS GRK: ὅμοιός ἐστιν ἀνθρώπῳ NAS: he is like a man building KJV: He is like a man which INT: Like he is to a man Luke 6:49 Adj-NMS GRK: μὴ ποιήσας ὅμοιός ἐστιν ἀνθρώπῳ NAS: and has not acted [accordingly], is like a man KJV: not, is like a man that without INT: not having done like is to a man Luke 7:31 Adj-NMP GRK: τίνι εἰσὶν ὅμοιοι NAS: generation, and what are they like? KJV: to what are they like? INT: to what are they like Luke 7:32 Adj-NMP GRK: ὅμοιοί εἰσιν παιδίοις NAS: They are like children who sit KJV: They are like unto children sitting INT: Like are they to little children Luke 12:36 Adj-NMP GRK: καὶ ὑμεῖς ὅμοιοι ἀνθρώποις προσδεχομένοις NAS: Be like men who are waiting KJV: ye yourselves like unto men INT: and you like to men waiting for Luke 13:18 Adj-NFS GRK: οὖν Τίνι ὁμοία ἐστὶν ἡ NAS: of God like, and to what KJV: the kingdom of God like? and whereunto INT: moreover To what like is the Luke 13:19 Adj-NFS GRK: ὁμοία ἐστὶν κόκκῳ NAS: It is like a mustard seed, KJV: It is like a grain of mustard seed, INT: Like it is to a grain Luke 13:21 Adj-NFS GRK: ὁμοία ἐστὶν ζύμῃ NAS: It is like leaven, which KJV: It is like leaven, which INT: Like it is to leaven John 8:55 Adj-NMS GRK: αὐτόν ἔσομαι ὅμοιος ὑμῖν ψεύστης NAS: Him, I will be a liar like you, but I do know KJV: I shall be a liar like unto you: but INT: him I will be like you a liar John 9:9 Adj-NMS GRK: Οὐχί ἀλλὰ ὅμοιος αὐτῷ ἐστίν NAS: No, but he is like him. He kept saying, KJV: [said], He is like him: [but] he INT: no but Like him he is Acts 17:29 Adj-AMS GRK: θεῖον εἶναι ὅμοιον NAS: that the Divine Nature is like gold KJV: that the Godhead is like unto gold, or INT: divine to be like Galatians 5:21 Adj-NNP GRK: καὶ τὰ ὅμοια τούτοις ἃ NAS: carousing, and things like these, KJV: and such like: of the which I tell INT: and things like these as to which 1 John 3:2 Adj-NMP GRK: ἐὰν φανερωθῇ ὅμοιοι αὐτῷ ἐσόμεθα NAS: He appears, we will be like Him, because KJV: we shall be like him; INT: if he appears like him we will be Jude 1:7 Adj-AMS GRK: πόλεις τὸν ὅμοιον τρόπον τούτοις NAS: around them, since they in the same way KJV: them in like manner, INT: cities in like manner with them Revelation 1:13 Adj-AMS GRK: τῶν λυχνιῶν ὅμοιον υἱὸν ἀνθρώπου NAS: of the lampstands [I saw] one like a son KJV: candlesticks [one] like unto the Son INT: of the lampstands [one] like [a] Son of man Strong's Greek 3664 45 Occurrences
ὁμοία — 16 Occ. ὅμοιαι — 1 Occ. ὁμοίας — 1 Occ. ὅμοιοι — 7 Occ. ὅμοιον — 9 Occ. ὅμοιός — 11 Occ.
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