homoioō · be like, compare

What it means

homoioō (ὁμοιόω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “be like, compare”.

Make like, become like; compare.

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. To become like another, to take on their likeness.
2. To say what something is like.

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

How it is translated

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

• shall I compare ×4
• has become like ×3
• will be like ×3
• be like ×1
• be made like ×1
• have become like ×1
• shall we compare ×1
• would have been made ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×8
• Mark×1
• Luke×3
• Acts×1
• Romans×1
• Hebrews×1

• Matthew 6:8

  So do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

• Matthew 7:24

  “So everyone who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

• Matthew 7:26

  And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

• 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 13:24

  He put before them another parable, saying, “The kingdom of heaven has become like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

• Matthew 18:23

  For this reason the kingdom of heaven has become like to a man, a king, who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves.

• Matthew 22:2

  “The kingdom of heaven has become like a man, a king, who made a wedding feast for his son.

• Matthew 25:1

  “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who, taking their lamps, went out to meet the bridegroom.

• Mark 4:30

  And he was saying, “How shall we compare the kingdom of God, or in what parable shall we put it?

• Luke 7:31

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

• Luke 13:18

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

• Luke 13:20

  And again he said, “To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?

• Acts 14:11

  And the crowds, seeing what Paul had done, lifted up their voice, saying in Lycaonian, “The gods have become like men and have come down to us.”

• Romans 9:29

  And as Isaiah said beforehand: If the Lord Tsevaot had not left us offspring, we would have become like Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah.

• Hebrews 2:17

  Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every way, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the things relating to God, to make expiation for the sins of the people.