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Strong's G1504 εἰκών (eikon)

Eikon means “image” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H1504 — gazar (“divide”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G1504
Language Greek
Linked Usages 60
Books 21

Strong's G1504 Quick Answer

Strong's G1504 εἰκών (eikon) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. eikon (ei-kone') n. 1. a likeness 2. (literally) statue, profile It has 60 linked Bible usages across 21 books. Visible English usage signals include image. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
eikon (ei-kone') n. 1. a likeness 2. (literally) statue, profile
Usage
60 linked usages
Books
21 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
image

Meaning and Definition

eikon (ei-kone') n. 1. a likeness 2. (literally) statue, profile 3. (figuratively) representation, resemblance [from G1503] KJV: image Root(s): G1503

Original Word
εἰκών
Transliteration
eikon
Derivation
Root: εἴκω R1: 1503
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1504. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

image

Usage: εἰκών, -όνος (cf. ἔοικα), [in LXX chiefly for צֶלֶם ;] an image, likeness: Mat.22:20, Mrk.12:16, Luk.20:24, Rom.1:23, 1Co.15:49, Rev.13:14, 15 14:9, 11 15:2 16:2 19:20 20:4; opposite to σκιά, Heb.10:1; of man, εἰ. θεοῦ, 1 Co 11:7; of the regenerate, εἰ. τ. θεοῦ Col.3:10 (see Lft., in l.); εἰ. τ. υἱοῦ τ. θεοῦ, Rom.8:29, 2Co.3:18; of Christ, εἰ. τ. θεοῦ, 2Co.4:4, Col.1:15.† SYN.: ὁμοίωμα, denoting resemblance, which may however be merely accidental. εἰ.

is a derived likeness and like the head on a coin or the parental likeness in a child, implies an archetype. Cf. also εἶδος, appearance, not necessarily based on reality; σκιά, a shadowed resemblance; χαρακτήρ, the impress of a stamp; μόρφη (which see), the form as indicative of the inner being. (AS)

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How Strong's G1504 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render eikon, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

image Matthew 22:20 20×

How Strong's G1504 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 30 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G1504 (εἰκών) appears 42 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G1504 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G1504 in the New Testament

20 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 22:20 KJV

And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?

Mark 12:16 KJV

And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.

Luke 20:24 KJV

Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar's.

Strong's G1504 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

30 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 1:26 Septuagint / Brenton

And God said, Let us make man according to our image and likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the flying creatures of heaven, and over the cattle and all the earth, and over all the reptiles that creep on the earth.

Genesis 1:27 Septuagint / Brenton

And God made man, according to the image of God he made him, male and female he made them.

Genesis 5:1 Septuagint / Brenton

This is the genealogy of men in the day in which God made Adam; in the image of God he made him:

Strong's G1504 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

8 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Wisdom of Solomon 2:23 Septuagint / Brenton

For God created man to be immortal, And made him to be an image of his own eternity.

Wisdom of Solomon 13:13 Septuagint / Brenton

And taking the very refuse among those which served to no use, Being a crooked piece of wood, and full of knots, Hath carved it diligently when he had nothing else to do, And formed it by the skill of his understanding, And fashioned it to the image of a man;

Wisdom of Solomon 13:16 Septuagint / Brenton

For he provided for it that it might not fall, Knowing that it was unable to help itself; For it is an image, and hath need of help.

Strong's G1504 in 1 Enoch

2 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 99:7 Septuagint / Brenton

And again I swear to you, ye sinners, that sin is prepared for a day of unceasing bloodshed. And they who worship stones, and grave images of gold and silver and wood (and stone) and clay, and those who worship impure spirits and demons, and all kinds of idols not according to knowledge, shall get no manner of help from them.

1 Enoch 106:10 Septuagint / Brenton

have I approached. And now, my father, hear me: unto Lamech my son there hath been born a son, the like of whom there is none, and his nature is not like man's nature, and the colour of his body is whiter than snow and redder than the bloom of a rose, and the hair of his head is whiter than white wool, and his eyes are like the rays of the sun, and he opened his eyes and

Usage Excerpts

First 60 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1504.

Genesis 1:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God said, Let us make man according to our image and likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the flying creatures of heaven, and over the cattle and all the earth, and over all the reptiles that creep on the earth.
Genesis 1:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God made man, according to the image of God he made him, male and female he made them.
Genesis 5:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This is the genealogy of men in the day in which God made Adam; in the image of God he made him:
Genesis 5:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Adam lived two hundred and thirty years, and begot a son after his own form, and after his own image, and he called his name Seth.
Genesis 9:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He that sheds man’s blood, instead of that blood shall his own be shed, for in the image of God I made man.
Deuteronomy 4:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
lest ye transgress, and make to yourselves a carved image, any kind of figure, the likeness of male or female,
4 Kingdoms 11:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and tore it down, and completely broke in pieces his altars and his images, and they slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed overseers over the house of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 33:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he set the graven image, the molten statue, the idol which he made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever;
Psalms 38:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Surely man walks in a shadow; Nay, he is disquieted in vain: He lays up treasures, and knows not for whom he shall gather them.
Psalms 72:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As the dream of one awakening, O Lord, in thy city thou wilt despise their image.
Isaiah 40:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Has not the artificer made an image, or the goldsmith having melted gold, gilded it over, and made it a similitude?
Isaiah 40:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the artificer chooses out a wood that will not rot, and will wisely inquire how he shall set up his image, and that so that it should not be moved.
Ezekiel 7:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As for their choice ornaments, they employed them for pride, and they made of them images of their abominations: therefore have I made them uncleanness to them.
Ezekiel 16:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou tookest thy fair ornaments of my gold and of my silver, of what I gave thee, and thou madest to thyself male images, and thou didst commit whoredom with them.
Ezekiel 23:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she increased her fornication, and she saw men painted on the wall, likenesses of the Chaldeans painted with a pencil,
Daniel 2:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou, O king, sawest, and behold an image: that image was great, and the appearance of it excellent, standing before thy face; and the form of it was terrible.
Daniel 2:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
It was an image, the head of which was of fine gold, its hands and breast and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of brass,
Daniel 2:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou sawest until a stone was cut out of a mountain without hands, and it smote the image upon its feet of iron and earthenware, and utterly reduced them to powder.
Daniel 2:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then once for all the earthenware, the iron, the brass, the silver, the gold, were ground to powder, and became as chaff from the summer threshing floor; and the violence of the wind carried them away, and no place was found for them: and the stone which had smitten the image became a great mountain, and filled all the earth.
Daniel 3:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In his eighteenth year Nebuchadnezzar the king made a golden image, its height was sixty cubits, its breadth six cubits: and he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
Daniel 3:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he sent forth to gather the governors, and the captains, and the heads of provinces, chiefs, and princes, and those who were in authority, and all the rulers of districts, to come to the dedication of the image.
Daniel 3:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So the heads of provinces, the governors, the captains, the chiefs, the great princes, those who were in authority, and all the rulers of districts, were gathered to the dedication of the image which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up; and they stood before the image.
Daniel 3:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
at what hour ye shall hear the sound of the trumpet, and pipe, and harp, and sackbut, and psaltery, and every kind of music, ye shall fall down and worship the golden image which King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.
Daniel 3:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when the nations heard the sound of the trumpet, and pipe, and harp, and sackbut, and psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the nations, tribes, and languages, fell down and worshiped the golden image which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
Daniel 3:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and shall not fall down and worship the golden image, shall be cast into the burning fiery furnace.
Daniel 3:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
There are certain Jews whom thou hast appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who have not obeyed thy decree, O king: they serve not thy gods, and worship not the golden image which thou hast set up.
Daniel 3:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Nebuchadnezzar answered and said to them, Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that ye serve not my gods, and worship not the golden image which I have set up?
Daniel 3:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now then if ye be ready, whensoever ye shall hear the sound of the trumpet, and pipe, and harp, and sackbut, and psaltery, and harmony, and every kind of music, to fall down and worship the golden image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, in the same hour ye shall be cast into the burning fiery furnace; and who is the God that shall deliver you out of my hand?
Daniel 3:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if not, be it known to thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the image which thou hast set up.
Hosea 13:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now they have sinned increasingly, and have made for themselves a molten image of their silver, according to the fashion of idols, the work of artificers accomplished for them: they say, Sacrifice men, for the calves have come to an end.
Matthew 22:20 New Testament, KJV
And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?
Mark 12:16 New Testament, KJV
And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.
Luke 20:24 New Testament, KJV
Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar's.
Romans 1:23 New Testament, KJV
And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
Romans 8:29 New Testament, KJV
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
1 Corinthians 11:7 New Testament, KJV
For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
1 Corinthians 15:49 New Testament, KJV
And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
2 Corinthians 3:18 New Testament, KJV
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 4:4 New Testament, KJV
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
Colossians 1:15 New Testament, KJV
Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
Colossians 3:10 New Testament, KJV
And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
Hebrews 10:1 New Testament, KJV
For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
Revelation 13:14 New Testament, KJV
And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
Revelation 13:15 New Testament, KJV
And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
Revelation 14:9 New Testament, KJV
And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
Revelation 14:11 New Testament, KJV
And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
Revelation 15:2 New Testament, KJV
And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
Revelation 16:2 New Testament, KJV
And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
Revelation 19:20 New Testament, KJV
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
Revelation 20:4 New Testament, KJV
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Wisdom of Solomon 2:23 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For God created man to be immortal, And made him to be an image of his own eternity.
Wisdom of Solomon 13:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And taking the very refuse among those which served to no use, Being a crooked piece of wood, and full of knots, Hath carved it diligently when he had nothing else to do, And formed it by the skill of his understanding, And fashioned it to the image of a man;
Wisdom of Solomon 13:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For he provided for it that it might not fall, Knowing that it was unable to help itself; For it is an image, and hath need of help.
Wisdom of Solomon 14:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For a father afflicted with untimely mourning, When he hath made an image of his child soon taken away, Now honored him as a god, which was then a dead man, And delivered to those that were under him ceremonies and sacrifices.
Wisdom of Solomon 14:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Whom men could not honor in presence, because they dwelt far off, They took the counterfeit of his visage from far, And made an express image of a king whom they honored, To the end that by this their forwardness they might flatter him that was absent, as if he were present.
Wisdom of Solomon 15:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The sight whereof enticeth fools to lust after it, And so they desire the form of a dead image, that hath no breath.
Wisdom of Solomon 17:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For the whole world shined with clear light, And none were hindered in their labor:
Wisdom of Sirach 17:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He endued them with strength by themselves, And made them according to his image,
1 Enoch 99:7 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
And again I swear to you, ye sinners, that sin is prepared for a day of unceasing bloodshed. And they who worship stones, and grave images of gold and silver and wood (and stone) and clay, and those who worship impure spirits and demons, and all kinds of idols not according to knowledge, shall get no manner of help from them.
1 Enoch 106:10 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
have I approached. And now, my father, hear me: unto Lamech my son there hath been born a son, the like of whom there is none, and his nature is not like man's nature, and the colour of his body is whiter than snow and redder than the bloom of a rose, and the hair of his head is whiter than white wool, and his eyes are like the rays of the sun, and he opened his eyes and

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1504, grouped by book.

Genesis 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 14 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
Romans 2 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 2 usages, New Testament
2 Corinthians 2 usages, New Testament
Colossians 2 usages, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 8 usages, New Testament
Wisdom of Solomon 7 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 2 usages, 1 Enoch

Strong's G1504 FAQ

What does eikon (εἰκών) mean?

Eikon (Strong's G1504) is a Greek word most simply glossed "image". eikon (ei-kone') n. 1. a likeness 2. (literally) statue, profile

How many times is eikon (εἰκών) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 60 linked usages for Strong's G1504 across 21 books.

Where can I study eikon (εἰκών) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1504 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate eikon (εἰκών)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as image. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G1504 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 30 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 8 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 2 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G1504, with linked reader references where each row is available.