Quick Definition
ἔοικα v. I am like, resemble
Strong's Definition
to resemble
Derivation: apparently a primary verb (perhaps akin to G1502 (εἴκω) through the idea of faintness as a copy);
KJV Usage: be like
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἔοικα eoika 2x
see εἴκω (1634a), dat., to be like, Jas. 1:6, 23*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἔοικα
pf. with pres. sense, [Jb 6:3, 25;*]
to be like : c. dat., Ja 1:6, 23.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἔοικα. P Oxy VI. S99!8 (A.D. 200) ἀνδράσι γὰρ ἔοικεν τὰ τῆς γεωργίας, ‘‘ for men are the pases suitable for undertaking the cultivation” (Edd.). For εἰκός cf. BGU IV. 12081* (B.C. 27-6) εἰκός σε μετειληφέναι κτλ.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
εἴκω (eikō) — to resemble. ἔοικα, as, ε, etc., perfect with present sense, to be like: rarely in other tenses, 3rd.pers. singular imperfect εἶκε it was opportune, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future εἴξω will be like, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; perfect 3rd.pers. dual ἔϊκτον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; 1st pers. plural ἔοιγμεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. plural εἴξασι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive εἰκέναι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; participle εἰκώς (also ἐϊκώς [Refs 8th c.BC+], participle οἰκώς [Refs]; but ἔοκια, ἐοικώς are found in other Ionic writers, as [Refs 7th c.BC+]; 2nd pers. singular εἶκας (variant{οἶκας}) [Refs 7th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἐῴκειν, εις, ει, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. plural ἐῴκεσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+], Epic dialect ἐοίκεσαν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. dual ἐΐκτην [Refs 8th c.BC+] codices: Attic dialect pluperfect ᾔκειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, 3rd.pers. singular perfect ἤϊκται [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: pluperfect ἤϊκτο [Refs 8th c.BC+]
I. to be like, look like, with dative, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so εἶδός τε μέγεθός τε, δέμας, etc., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μελαίνῃ κηρὶ ἔοικε is considered like, i.e. hated like, death, [Refs 8th c.BC+]participle, αἰεὶ γὰρ δίφρου ἐπιβησομένοισιν ἐΐκτην seemed always just about to set foot upon the chariot, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔοικε σημαίνοντι seems to indicate, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὐναντίον ἔοικεν σπεύδοντι seems to urge the opposite, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔοικεν τοῦτο ἀτόπῳ this is like an absurdity, seems absurd, [Refs 5th c.BC+]participle εἰκώς like, with dative, [Refs]
I.2. ἐοικέναι κατά τι to be analogous to, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
II. seem, with infinitive (where we make the Verb impersonal): with infinitive present, methinks, ἔοικα δέ τοι παραείδειν ὥς τε θεῷ I seem to sing (i. e. methinks I sing) to thee, as to a god, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χλιδᾶν ἔοικας methinks thou art delicate, [Refs 5th c.BC+]future infinitive, θέλξειν μ᾽ ἔοικας it seems likely that thou wilt.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist infinitive, πικροὺς ἔοιγμεν.. ἀγῶνας κηρῦξαι methinks we proclaimed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with perfect infinitive, ἔοικεν ἐπωνομάσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]participle, ἔοικε κεκλημένη seems to be called, [Refs]; ἐοίκατε ἡδόμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. impersonal, ἔοικε it seems: ὡς ἔοικε as it seems, [Refs 5th c.BC+] merely to modify a statement, probably, I believe, Phd.61c, [Refs]; ἔοικεν in answers, so it seems, [Refs]
II.3. personal in the same sense, ὡς ἔοικας [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. beseem, befit, with dative person, τὸ μὲν ἀπιέναι.. οὐδενὶ καλῷ ἔοικε [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνδράσι ἔοικεν τὰ τῆς γεωργίας [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: with dative et infinitive, τὰ μὲν οὔ τι καταθνητοῖσιν ἔοικεν ἄνδρεσσιν φορέειν [Refs 8th c.BC+]
III.2. most frequently impersonal, ἔοικε it is fitting, reasonable, mostly with negative and followed by infinitive, οὐκ ἔστ᾽ οὐδὲ ἔοικε τεὸν ἔπος ἀρνήσασθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]infinitive, [Refs]; in [Refs 8th c.BC+]infinitive must be supplied, εὐνῇ ἔνι μαλακῇ καταλέγμενος, ὥς σε ἔοικεν (i.e. καταλέξασθαι); ἐπεὶ οὐδὲ ἔοικε (i.e. εἶναι) [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—rare in Attic dialect, ἔοικεν νέῳ.. ὀργὴν ὑποφέρειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV. participle ἐοικώς, εἰκώς, Ionic dialect οἰκώς, υῖα, ός,
IV.1. seeming like, like, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—the longer form is found in Attic dialect Prose, φόβος οὐδενὶ ἐοικώς [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV.2. fitting, seemly, μῦθοί γε ἐοικότες.., ὧδε ἐοικότα μυθήσασθαι, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐϊκυῖαν ἄκοιτιν a suitable wife, 'a help meet for him', [Refs 8th c.BC+]
IV.3. likely, probable, εἰκός ἐστι, ={ἔοικε}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially ὡς εἰκός, Ionic dialect ὡς οἰκός, ={ὡς ἔοικε}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ εἰκότες λόγοι, μῦθοι, [Refs]; ἀδύνατα εἰκότα plausible miracles, opposed to δυνατὰ ἀπίθανα, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
IV.4. καὶ τὰ ἐοικότα and the like, αἶγες, αἴλουροι, καὶ τὰ ἐ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
IV.5. neuter substantive εἰκός (which see).