homoios · like

What it means

homoios (ὅμοιος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “like”.

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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. Like something or someone.

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

Word study

Like, similar: having the same form, the same nature or the same value as something else. Jesus uses it to introduce his comparisons of the kingdom.

• “The kingdom of heaven is like” Matthew 13:31Matthew 13:44Matthew 20:1
• “A second is like it” Matthew 22:39
• “We will be like him” 1 John 3:2
• Visions: “one like a son of man” Revelation 1:13Revelation 4:3Revelation 13:4
• “He is like him”; “things like these” John 9:9Galatians 5:21Acts 17:29

Historical and cultural background

Jesus compares his generation with children: “They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another” (Luke 7:32; Matthew 11:16). In Revelation the word describes what the seer can hardly name: “one like a son of man” (1:13).

How we translate it

“Like” 44 times, in the parables almost always in the formula “is like” (“The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard”, Matthew 13:31). In John 8:55, “I would be like you, a liar”.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• like ×44
• which in the same ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×9
• Luke×9
• John×2
• Acts×1
• Galatians×1
• 1 John×1
• Jude×1
• Revelation×21

• Matthew 11:16

  But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call out to the others,

• Matthew 13:31

  He put before them another parable, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard, which a man took and sowed in his field;

• Matthew 13:33

  He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.”

• Matthew 13:44

  The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid; and in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

• Matthew 13:45

  Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls;

• Matthew 13:47

  Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet thrown into the sea and gathering fish of every kind;

• Matthew 13:52

  And he said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple for the kingdom of heaven is like a man, a master of a house, who brings out of his treasure new things and old.”

• Matthew 20:1

  For the kingdom of heaven is like a man, a master of a house, who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

• Matthew 22:39

  And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

• Luke 6:47

  Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you whom he is like:

• Luke 6:48

  he is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood came, the river burst against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.

• Luke 6:49

  But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation; the river burst against it, and at once it collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great.”

• Luke 7:31

  “To what, then, shall I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like?

• Luke 7:32

  They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another, who say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a lament, and you did not weep.’

• Luke 12:36

  and you be like people waiting for their master, to see when he will return from the wedding feast, so that when he comes and knocks they may at once open to him.

• Luke 13:18

  So he was saying, “What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it?

• Luke 13:19

  It is like a grain of mustard, which a man took and put in his own garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky nested in its branches.”

• Luke 13:21

  It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour until it was all leavened.”

• John 8:55

  And you have not known him, but I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be like you, a liar. But I know him and I keep his word.

• John 9:9

  Others were saying, “It is he”; others were saying, “No, but he is like him.” He kept saying, “I am the one.”

• Acts 17:29

  Being then God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the divine is like gold or silver or stone, a sculpture of human art and imagination.

• Galatians 5:21

  envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these, about which I tell you beforehand, as I told you before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

• 1 John 3:2

  Beloved, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when he is revealed, we will be like him, because we will see him as he is.

• Jude 1:7

  just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, which in the same way as these indulged in sexual immorality and went after other flesh, are set forth as an example, undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.

• Revelation 1:13

  and in the middle of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed in a robe reaching to the feet and wrapped around the chest with a golden sash.

• Revelation 1:15

  and his feet were like burnished bronze, as if refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of many waters.

• Revelation 2:18

  And to the angel of the assembly in Thyatira write: This is what the Son of God, who has his eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze, says:

• Revelation 4:3

  And the one who sat there was like jasper and carnelian in appearance, and there was a rainbow around the throne like an emerald in appearance.

• Revelation 4:6

  and before the throne there was something like a sea of glass, like crystal. And in the middle of the throne and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind.

• Revelation 4:7

  And the first living creature was like a lion, and the second living creature like a calf, and the third living creature had the face as of a man, and the fourth living creature like an eagle in flight.

• Revelation 9:7

  And the appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle; and on their heads were what looked like crowns like gold, and their faces were like human faces;

• Revelation 9:10

  And they have tails like scorpions’ and stingers, and in their tails is their authority to harm people for five months.

• Revelation 9:19

  For the authority of the horses is in their mouth and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents, having heads, and with them they do harm.

• Revelation 11:1

  And a measuring reed like a staff was given to me, saying, “Get up and measure the sanctuary of God and the altar and those who worship in it.

• Revelation 13:2

  And the beast that I saw was like a leopard, and its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth like a lion’s mouth. And the dragon gave it his power and his throne and great authority.

• Revelation 13:4

  And they worshiped the dragon, because he had given the authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?”

• Revelation 13:11

  And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and it had two horns like a lamb’s, and it was speaking like a dragon.

• Revelation 14:14

  And I looked, and look, a white cloud, and on the cloud one who sat like a son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

• Revelation 18:18

  and cried out as they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, “What city is like the great city?”

• Revelation 21:11

  having the glory of God. Its radiance was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.

And 5 more times.