adjective
homoios
Strong’sG3664
like, similar to
stem homoi-45 times in the New Testamentin 8 of 27 books8 of 26 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Like, similar to, resembling something else 1234. It describes likeness of outward form or appearance, likeness of nature, condition, or ability, and is used to introduce comparisons, such as in parables, and to describe people thinking or acting in a similar way 1. It is regularly followed by a dative noting what something is like, though it can also take a genitive or an accusative 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
ὅμοιος, -οία, -οιον,
[in LXX for כָּמוֹ, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3664 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhom'-oy-os
similar (in appearance or character)
Fromfrom the base of G3674;
King Jameslike, + manner.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
or (as in Refs 8th c.BC+ ὁμοῖος, α, ον (compare ἐρῆμος, ἑτοῖμος): later Epic dialect also ὁμοίιος (B, which see); Aeolic dialect ὔμοιος Refs 3rd c.BC+ (adverb -ωςRefs 4th c.AD+ ὑμοῖος Refs 4th c.BC+: (ὁμός):—like, resembling, ὡς αἰεὶ τὸν ὁ. ἄγει θεὸς ὡς τὸν ὁ. 'birds of a feather flock together', Refs 8th c.BC+; ὡς ἐπὶ τῶν ὁ. as in similar cases (of persons), Refs 2nd c.AD+, etc.: comparative -ότερος more like, Refs 5th c.BC+: superlative -ότατος most like, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 the same, ἄμφω γὰρ πέπρωται ὁμοίην γαῖαν ἐρεῦσαι Refs 8th c.BC+; hence (i.e. ἑαυτῷ), always the same, unchanging, αἰεὶ πόδας καὶ χεῖρας ὁμοῖοι Refs 8th c.BC+the same as ever, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἓν καὶ ὅ. one and the same, Refs
3 equal in force, a match for one, Refs 8th c.BC+
4 of things, suiting, according with, πολλά τε καὶ ὅ. ἑαυταῖς Refs 5th c.BC+
5 ὁμοῖον ἡμῖν ἔσται it will be all the same, all one to us, Refs 5th c.BC+
6 τὸ ὅ. ἀνταποδιδόναι give 'tit for tat', Refs 5th c.BC+; so τὴν ὁμοίην (i.e. δίκην, χάριν) ἀποδιδόναι τινί Refs; τὴν ὁ. φέρεσθαι παρά τινος to have a like return made one, Refs
7 ἐν ὁμοίῳ ποιεῖσθαί τι hold a thing in like esteem, Refs
8to be uniform, Refs 4th c.BC+like any other food, Refs 3rd c.BC+ (but perhaps all alike,Refs 5th c.BC+: comparative -ότερονRefs 1st c.AD+: superlative -όταταRefs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | homoios11×ὅμοιος | homoias13×ὁμοία | homoiem6×ὅμοιον | homoiois7×ὅμοιοι | homoiais1×ὅμοιαι | homoieim3×ὅμοια |
| object accusative | homoion3×ὅμοιον | homoian | homoioin | homoiain1×ὁμοίας | ||
| direct address vocative | homoior | homoiar | homoioir | homoiair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | homoiou | homoiau | homoieu | homoioiu | homoiaiu | homoieiu |
| to, for dative | homoio | homoia | homoie | homoioi | homoiai | homoiei |
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
homoi 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
45 occurrences, every one of them listed
homoios“like”subjectnominative singular11×
Matthew 13:52… grammatevos mathēteuirantos ta basileia toiu ouranoiu homoios atō anthrōpo oikodespoto hotinos ekbalatō ek …… in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of …
Luke 6:47… poiarōntos autoin, hupodeikami vi tino atō homoios;… will show you what he is like who comes to Me and hears …
Luke 6:48homoios atō anthrōpo oikodomarōnto oikian hos skaptata …He is like a man building a house, who …
Luke 6:49tos de akouarantos kai mē poiarantos homoios atō anthrōpo oikodomaranto oikian epi tan …… does not act on them is like a man who built his house …
John 8:55… legameia hoti ouk oidamē auton, emi homoios vi pseustos; alla oidamē auton kai …… Him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know Him …
John 9:9… Houtos atō; allosois legale; Ouchi, alla homoios auto atō. ekeinos legate hoti Mis …… others said, “No, he just looks like him.” But the man kept saying …
Revelation 4:3kai tos kathorōntos homoios horasia litho iaspia kai sardie, kai …The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow …
Revelation 4:3… sardie, kai irias kuklothen tou thronou homoios horasia smaragdino.… carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.
Revelation 11:1Kai dōita mi kalamos homoios rabda, legarōntos; Egerasōr kai metrasar ton …… I was given a measuring rod like a staff and was told, “Go …
Revelation 13:4… kai proskunala te thēre legarōntois; Tinos homoios te thēre, kai tinos dunotō polemara …… worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can wage …
Revelation 21:11… doxan tou theou; tos fōstēros autau homoios litho timiotato, hōs litho iaspia krustallizarōnto;… glory of God. Its radiance was like a most precious jewel, like a …
homoion“like”objectaccusative singular3×
Jude 1:7“same”… kai tais peri autain polais, ton homoion tropon houtoi ekporneuarantais kai apercharantais opisō …… and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of …
Revelation 1:13kai en mese taiu luchnaiu homoion huion anthrōpou, enduorēnton podēron kai perizōnorēnton …and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man, dressed in …
Revelation 14:14… leukas, kai epi tan nefelan kathorōnton homoion huion anthrōpou, echarōntos epi tau kefalau …… seated on the cloud was One like the Son of Man, with a …
homoias“like”subjectnominative singular13×
Matthew 11:16Tine de homoiami tan genean houtan? homoias atō paidiei kathorōntei en tai agorai …… I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and …
Matthew 13:31Allosan parabolan paratithata autoi legarōntos; Homoias atō tas basileias toiu ouranoiu kokko …… parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man …
Matthew 13:33Allosan parabolan lalata autoi; Homoias atō tas basileias toiu ouranoiu zuma, …… parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and …
Matthew 13:44Homoias atō tas basileias toiu ouranoiu thēsauro …The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When …
Matthew 13:45Palin homoias atō tas basileias toiu ouranoiu anthrōpo …Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine …
Matthew 13:47Palin homoias atō tas basileias toiu ouranoiu sagēna …… again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into …
Matthew 20:1Homoias gar atō tas basileias toiu ouranoiu …“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early …
Matthew 22:39Deuteras de homoias auta; Agapasi ton plēsion su hōs …And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
Luke 13:18Legate oun; Tine homoias atō tas basileias tou theou, kai …… What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it?
Luke 13:19homoias atō kokko sinapieu, hon labarantos anthrōpos …It is like a mustard seed that a man …
Luke 13:21homoias atō zuma, han labarantas gunaikas kruptata …It is like leaven that a woman took and …
Revelation 4:6“like”… enōpion tou thronou hōs thalassas hualinas homoias krustallo. Kai en mese tou thronou …And before the throne was something like a sea of glass, as clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, covered with eyes in front and back.
Revelation 18:18… kapnon tau purōsiau autau legarōntois; Tinas homoias ta pola ta mega?… consumes her. “What city was ever like this great city?” they will exclaim.
homoiem“like”subject or objectdirect singular6×
Acts 17:29… kai enthumēsiau anthrōpou, tem theiem arō homoiem.… think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an …
Revelation 4:7kai tem zōem tem prōtem homoiem leonto, kai tem deuterem zōem homoiem …The first living creature was like a lion, the second like a …
Revelation 4:7… homoiem leonto, kai tem deuterem zōem homoiem moscho, kai tem tritem zōem echarōntos …… was like a lion, the second like a calf, the third had a …
Revelation 4:7… hōs anthrōpou, kai tem tetartem zōem homoiem aeto petorōnto;… a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight.
Revelation 13:2kai tem thērem hem horama ate homoiem pardalia, kai tois podois auteu hōs …The beast I saw was like a leopard, with the feet of …
Revelation 21:18… iaspias, kai tas polas chrusiem katharem homoiem hualo katharo;… itself of pure gold, as pure as glass.
homoiois“like”subjectnominative plural7×
Luke 7:31… tau geneau houtau, kai tine alō homoiois?… of this generation? What are they like?
Luke 7:32homoiois alō paidiei tei en agora kathorōntei …They are like children sitting in the marketplace and …
Luke 12:36kai vis homoiois anthrōpoi prosdechorōntoi ton kurion heautoiu pote …Then you will be like servants waiting for their master to …
1 John 3:2… tinem eni. oidanē hoti ean faneriteia homoiois auto eni, hoti horeni auton kathōs …… when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him …
Revelation 1:15kai tois podois autou homoiois chalkolibane, hōs en kaminosa purorēntau, kai …His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace …
Revelation 2:18… flogan pureu, kai tois podois autou homoiois chalkolibane;… blazing fire and whose feet are like polished bronze.
Revelation 9:7“similar”… epi tain kefalain autaiu hōs stefanois homoiois chruso, kai teim prosōpeim autaiu hōs …… with something like crowns of gold on their heads; and their faces were like the faces …
homoiais“like”subjectnominative plural1×
Revelation 9:19… ourai autoiu; tais gar ourais autoiu homoiais ofioi, echarōntais kefalain, kai en autai …… their tails; indeed, their tails were like snakes, having heads with which to …
homoiain“like”objectaccusative plural1×
Revelation 9:10kai echalō ourain homoiain skorpioi kai kentreim, kai en tai …They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to …
homoieim“like”subject or objectdirect plural3×
Galatians 5:21fthonois, methais, kōmois, kai teim homoieim houtei, heim prolegamō vi kathōs prolegama …and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did …
Revelation 9:7Kai teim homoiōmeim taiu akridaiu homoieim hippoi hetoimazorēntoi eis polemon, kai epi …And the locusts looked like horses prepared for battle, with something …
Revelation 13:11… tau gēau, kai echate kerateim duo homoieim arnie, kai lalate hōs drakontos.… earth. This beast had two horns like a lamb, but spoke like a …