Strong's Greek: 871. ἀφομοιόω (aphomoioó) -- To make like, to resemble, to be made like

Strong's Lexicon

aphomoioó: To make like, to resemble, to be made like

Original Word: ἀφομοιόω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: aphomoioó
Pronunciation: af-o-moy-OH-o
Phonetic Spelling: (af-om-oy-o'-o)
Definition: To make like, to resemble, to be made like
Meaning: I assimilate, make like to.

Word Origin: From the Greek prefix ἀπό (apo, meaning "from" or "away") and the root ὁμοιόω (homoioo, meaning "to make like" or "to resemble").

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for ἀφομοιόω, the concept of likeness or resemblance can be found in Hebrew words such as דָּמָה (damah, Strong's H1819), which means "to be like" or "to resemble."

Usage: The verb ἀφομοιόω is used to describe the action of making something similar or causing it to resemble something else. In the New Testament, it often conveys the idea of likeness or conformity to a particular pattern or example.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of likeness or resemblance was significant in philosophical and religious contexts. The idea of being made like or conforming to a divine or ideal form was a common theme. In the context of early Christianity, this concept was often applied to the transformation of believers into the likeness of Christ, reflecting a spiritual and moral conformity to His image.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from apo and homoioó
Definition
to make like
NASB Translation
made like (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 871: ἀφομοιόω

ἀφομοιόω, ἀφομοιῶ: (perfect passive participle ἀφωμοιωμένος (on augment see WH's Appendix, 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 facsimile: τά καλά εἴδη, of painters, Xenophon, mem. 3, 10, 2; often in Plato. Passive to be made like, rendered similar: so Hebrews 7:3. (Epistle Jeremiah 4 (5), 62 (63), 70 (71); and in Plato.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

make like.

From apo and homoioo; to assimilate closely -- make like.

see GREEK apo

see GREEK homoioo

Forms and Transliterations

αφωμοιωμενος αφωμοιωμένος ἀφωμοιωμένος aphomoiomenos aphomoioménos aphōmoiōmenos aphōmoiōménos

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