Greek verb · G3666
ὁμοιόω
homoioohom-oy-o'-o
to make like, with genitive and dative; to liken, compare
15 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: homoióō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3666is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 8spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3666
to assimilate, i.e. compare; passively, to become similar
The King James renders it: be (make) like, (in the) liken(-ess), resemble.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
homoioo is rendered "to make like, with genitive and dative; to liken, compare". It stands 15 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to make like, with genitive and dative".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 6:8Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.
Matthew 6:8ὁμοιωθῆτε
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to make like, with genitive and dative, and to liken, compare.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to make like, with genitive and dativepass., to be made or become like | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 6:8Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him. |
| to liken, compare | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 7:24Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 15, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ὁμοιώσω4
- ὁμοιωθήσεται3
- ὡμοιώθη3
- ὁμοιωθέντες1
- ὁμοιωθῆναι1
- ὁμοιωθῆτε1
- ὁμοιώσωμεν1
- ὡμοιώθημεν.¶1
The grammar of each form
- verb · future active, indicative · 1st person singular4V-FAI-1S
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singular3V-API-3S
- verb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singular3V-FPI-3S
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person plural1V-AAS-1P
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 1st person plural1V-API-1P
- verb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)1V-APN
- verb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-APP-NPM
- verb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 2nd person plural1V-APS-2P
Matthew
eight uses
Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.
- ὁμοιωθῆτεhomoiotheteverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: may be like
Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
- ὁμοιωθήσεταιhomoiothesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he will be like
But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
- ὁμοιωθήσεταιhomoiothesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he will be likened
To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:
- ὁμοιώσωhomoiosoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: will I compare
Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
- ὡμοιώθηhomoiotheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Has become like
Because of this, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.
- ὡμοιώθηhomoiotheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has become like
“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
- ὡμοιώθηhomoiotheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Has become like
“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
- ὁμοιωθήσεταιhomoiothesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be likened
Mark
one use
Then He asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? With what parable shall we present it?
- ὁμοιώσωμενhomoiosomenverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: shall we liken
Luke
three uses
“To what, then, can I compare the men of this generation? What are they like?
- ὁμοιώσωhomoiosoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: will I liken
Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it?
- ὁμοιώσωhomoiosoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: will I liken
Again He asked, “To what can I compare the kingdom of God?
- ὁμοιώσωhomoiosoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: will I liken
Acts
one use
When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices in the Lycaonian language: “The gods have come down to us in human form!”
- ὁμοιωθέντεςhomoiothentesverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having become like
Romans
one use
It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.”
- ὡμοιώθημεν.¶homoiothemenverb · aorist passive, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we have been made
Hebrews
one use
For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.
- ὁμοιωθῆναιhomoiothenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be made like
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.