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G871 ἀφομοιόω (aphomoióō)
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Quick Definition

ἀφομοιόω v. I assimilate, make like to

Strong's Definition

from 575 and 3666; to assimilate closely

KJV Usage: make like

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

verb | ὁμοιόω

64.4 · Comparison

to be like, to resemble, to be similar to to be like or similar to something else

HEB 7:3

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἀφ-ομοιόω, -@ : [pf. pass. ptep. ἀφωμοιωμένος (on augm. apopaw see WH. App. p. 161)]; to cause a model to pass off (ἀπό) into an image or shape like it, —to express itself in it, (cf. ἀπεικάζειν, ἀπεικονίζειν, ἀποπλάσσειν, ἀπομιμεῖσθαι); to copy ; to produce a fac-simile : τὰ καλὰ εἴδη, of painters, Xen. mem. 3, 10, 2; often in Plato. Pass. to be made like, rendered similar: so Heb. vii. 3. (Ep. Jer. 4 (5), 62 (63), 70 (71); and in Plato.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἀφομοιόω aphomoioō 1x

to assimilate, cause to resemble, Heb. 7:3*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

** ἀφ-ομοιόω, -ῶ,

[in LXX: Wi 13:14, Ep. Jer 5, 63, 71*;]

to make like: pass., He 7:3.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἀφομοιόω (aphomoioō) — to make like. ἀφομοι-όω, make like, τινί τι[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—also in middle or passive, become or be made like, τινί[Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. compare, τινί τι[Refs]

III. with accusative of things, portray, of painters, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, make a copy, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

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