eikōn · image

What it means

eikōn (εἰκών) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “image”.

Likeness.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A likeness that resembles someone and shows them.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×1
• Luke×1
• Romans×2
• 1 Corinthians×3
• 2 Corinthians×2
• Colossians×2
• Hebrews×1
• Revelation×10

• Matthew 22:20

  And he says to them, “Whose is this image and inscription?”

• Mark 12:16

  And they brought one. And he says to them, “Whose is this image and inscription?” And they said to him, “Caesar’s.”

• Luke 20:24

  “Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?” And they answered and said, “Caesar’s.”

• Romans 1:23

  and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of a corruptible human being and of birds and of four-footed animals and of creeping things.

• Romans 8:29

  because those whom he foreknew he also destined beforehand to be conformed to the image of his Son, so that he might be the firstborn among many brothers;

• 1 Corinthians 11:7

  For a man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.

• 1 Corinthians 15:49

  And just as we bore the image of the one made of dust, we will also bear the image of the heavenly one.

• 2 Corinthians 3:18

  And we all, with unveiled face looking as in a mirror at the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

• 2 Corinthians 4:4

  among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that they would not see the light of the good news of the glory of the Messiah, who is the image of God.

• Colossians 1:15

  He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation,

• Colossians 3:10

  and have put on the new man, which is being renewed for knowledge according to the image of the one who created it,

• Hebrews 10:1

  For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, not the very image of the realities, can never, by the same sacrifices that they offer continually year after year, make those who draw near perfect.

• Revelation 13:14

  And it deceives those who live on the earth by the signs that it was given to perform in the presence of the beast, telling those who live on the earth to make an image for the beast that has the wound of the sword and came to life.

• Revelation 13:15

  And it was given power to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast would even speak and cause that as many as did not worship the image of the beast be killed.

• Revelation 14:9

  And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand,

• Revelation 14:11

  And the smoke of their torment goes up to the ages of the ages, and they have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.”

• Revelation 15:2

  And I saw what looked like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name, standing on the sea of glass, holding harps of God.

• Revelation 16:2

  And the first went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and a harmful and painful sore came on the people who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped its image.

• Revelation 19:20

  And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who performed the signs in its presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. The two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.

• Revelation 20:4

  And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them; and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand. And they came to life and reigned with the Messiah for a thousand years.

And 3 more times.