noun · neuter

homoiōmem

Greekὁμοίωμα (homoiōma)

Strong’sG3667

a likeness, form, similitude

stem homoiōm-6 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 6 forms occur

Translated as

likeness4×appearance1×resembling1×

What it means

ὁμοίωμα, -τος, τό

(< ὁμοιόω), [in LXX for דְּמוּת, תַּבְנִית, תְּמוּנָה, etc.;]

that which is made like something;

(a) concrete, an image, likeness (Ps 105 (106):20, Ez 1:5, I Mac 3:48, al.): Re 9:7;

(b) abstract, likeness, resemblance: Ro 5:14 6:5 8:3, Phl 2:7; ἐν ὁ. εἰκόνος, Ro 1:23.†

SYN.: εἰκών (q.v.), ὁμοίωσις.

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3667 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidhom-oy'-o-mah

a form; abstractly, resemblance

Fromfrom G3666;

King Jamesmade like to, likeness, shape, similitude.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject or object direct	homoiōmem	homoiōmeim1×ὁμοιώματα
of, belonging to genitive	homoiōmeu	homoiōmeiu
to, for dative	homoiōme5×ὁμοιώματι	homoiōmei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

homoiōmstem+egender+mu—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

homoiōme is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

6 occurrences, every one of them listed

homoiōme“likeness”to, fordative singular5×

Romans 1:23“resembling”kai allassala tan doxan tou afthartou theou en homoiōme eikōnau fthartou anthrōpou kai peteineiu kai tetrapodeiu kai herpeteiu.and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.

Romans 5:14“likeness”alla basilata tos thanatos apo Adam mechris Mōusou kai epi toin mē hamartaratoin epi te homoiōme tau parabasiau Adam, hos atō tupos tou mellarōtou.Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not sin in the way that Adam transgressed. He is a pattern of the One to come.

Romans 6:5“likeness”Ei gar sumfutois ginanē te homoiōme tou thanatou autou, alla kai tau anastasiau eni;For if we have been united with Him like this in His death, we will certainly also be united with Him in His resurrection.

Romans 8:3“likeness”tem gar adunatem tou nomou, en he asthenate dia tau sarxau, tos theos ton heautou huion pemparatos en homoiōme sarxau hamartau kai peri hamartau katakrinata tan hamartan en ta sarxa,For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,

Philippians 2:7“likeness”alla heauton kenata morfan doulou lambaratos, en homoiōme anthrōpoiu gineratos; kai schēme heuriskiratos hōs anthrōposbut emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness.

homoiōmeim“appearance”subject or objectdirect plural1×

Revelation 9:7“appearance”Kai teim homoiōmeim taiu akriaiu homoieim hippoi hetoimazirētoi eis polemon, kai epi tain kefalain autaiu hōs stefanois homoiois chruso, kai teim prosōpeim autaiu hōs prosōpeim anthrōpoiu,And the locusts looked like horses prepared for battle, with something like crowns of gold on their heads; and their faces were like the faces of men.