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G3665 ὁμοιότης (homoiótēs)
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Quick Definition

ὁμοιότης, τητος, ἡ n.f. likeness, resemblance

Strong's Definition

from 3664; resemblance

KJV Usage: like as, similitude

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, f. | -ητος | ὁμοιόω

64.3 · Comparison

similarity, likeness, being similar the state of being similar to something

HEB 4:15 · HEB 7:15

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ὁμοιότης, τητος, 7, (ὅμοιος), likeness: καθ᾽ ὁμοιότητα, in like manner, Heb. iv. 15 [cf. W. 143 (136)]; κατὰ τὴν ὁμοιότητα (Μελχισεδέκ), after the likeness, Heb. vii. 15. (Gen. i. 11; 4 Mace. xv. 4 (3); Plat., Aristot., Isocr., Polyb., Philo, Plut.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ὁμοιότης homoiotēs 2x

likeness, similitude, Heb. 4:15; 7:15*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ὁμοιότης, -ητος, ἡ

(< ὅμοιος), [in LXX: Ge 1:11, 12 (מִין), Wi 14:19, IV Mac 15:4*;]

likeness: καθ’ ὁμοιότητα, in like manner, He 4:15; id. c. gen. (MM, xviii), after the likeness (of), He 7:15.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ὁμοιότης. The phrase καθ᾽ ὁμοιότητα, as in Heb 475, 715, in the somewhat weakened sense of ‘‘in the same way as” is found with a gen. dependent upon it in BGU IV. 102815 «ε ομοιωμα (ii/A.D.) ἐπὶ τῆς ἐξετάσεω[ς] κ[α]7θ᾽ ὁμοιότητία) ἑτέρας ἐξετίάσεως), PSI I. τογξ (end of ii/A.p.) καθ᾽ ὁ[μο]ήιότητα ἑτέρων δούλων, and P Oxy IX. 1202*4 (a.p. 217) κατὰ τὸ ἀναγκαῖον προσφεύγω σοι ἀξιῶν ἐνταγῆναι κἀμοῦ τὸν υἱὸν τῇ τῶν ἐφήβων γραφῇ καθ᾽ ὁμοιότητα τῶν σὺν αὐτῷ, ““1 perforce have recourse to you, requesting that my son too may be entered in the list of the ephebi in the same way as his companions” (Ed.).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ὁμοιότης (homoiotēs) — likeness. ὁμοιό-της, ητος, ἡ, likeness, resemblance, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ αὑτοῖς ὁ. τῆς διαγωγῆς mode of passing life like themselves, [Refs]; ὁμοιότητι τετάχθαι κατά τι correspond to.., [Refs]; so ὁμοιότητι εἶναι κατά τι[Refs]equally, [Refs]: with dative, resemblance to.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τίνι τῶν ζῴων εἰς ὁμοιότητ; in likeness of what animal ? [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καθ᾽ ὁμοιότητα λέγεσθαι, opposed to ἁπλῶς, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; καθ᾽ ὁ. σημειοῦσθαι, ἡ καθ᾽ ὁ. σημείωσις, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; later καθ᾽ ὁμοιότητα with genitive, in the same way as, ἀξιῶν ἐνταγῆναι κἀμοῦ τὸν υἱὸν τῇ τῶν ἐφήβων γραφῇ καθ᾽ ὁ. τῶν σὺν αὐτῷ [NT+2nd c.AD+]

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