Word Summary
homoiōsis: a making like, likeness
Original Word: ὁμοίωσιςTransliteration: homoiōsis
Phonetic Spelling: (hom-oy'-o-sis)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a making like, likeness
Meaning: a making like, likeness
Strong's Concordance
resemblance
From homoioo; assimilation, i.e. Resemblance -- similitude.
see GREEK homoioo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3669: ὁμοίωσιςὁμοίωσις,
ὁμοιώσεως,
ἡ (
ὁμοιόω);
1. a making like: opposed to ἀλλοίωσις, Plato, rep. 5, 454 c.
2. likeness (Plato, Aristotle, Theophrastus): καθ' ὁμοίωσιν Θεοῦ, after the likeness of God, James 3:9 from Genesis 1:26. (Cf. Trench, § xv.)