noun · feminine

homoiōsias

Greekὁμοίωσις (homoiōsis)

Strong’sG3669

making like, likeness

stem homoiōsi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

likeness1×

What it means

ὁμοίωσις, -εως, ἡ

(ὁμοιόω), [in LXX chiefly for דְּמוּת, Ps 57 (58):4, al.;]

1. a making like, becoming like (Plat.).

2. likeness: Ja 3:9(LXX).†

SYN.: v.s. ὁμοίωμα, and cf. Tr., Syn., § xv.

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

Strong’s G3669 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidhom-oy'-o-sis

assimilation, i.e. resemblance

Fromfrom G3666;

King Jamessimilitude.

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 nominative	homoiōsias	homoiōsiais
object accusative	homoiōsian1×ὁμοίωσιν	homoiōsiain
direct address vocative	homoiōsiar	homoiōsiair
of, belonging to genitive	homoiōsiau	homoiōsiaiu
to, for dative	homoiōsia	homoiōsiai

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

homoiōsistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

homoiōsia 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

homoiōsian“likeness”objectaccusative singular1×

James 3:9“likeness”en auta euloganō ton kurion kai patēron, kai en auta katarenō toin anthrōpoin toin kata homoiōsian theou ginarētoin;With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness.