Homoiosis means “similitude” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3669 — kenaani (“Canaanite”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3669 ὁμοίωσις (homoiosis) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. homoiosis (hom-oy'-o-sis) n. 1. assimilation, i.e. resemblance [from G3666] It has 7 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include similitude. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
homoiosis (hom-oy'-o-sis) n. 1. assimilation, i.e. resemblance [from G3666] KJV: similitude Root(s): G3666
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likeness
Usage: ὁμοίωσις, -εως, ἡ (ὁμοιόω) [in LXX chiefly for דְּמוּת, Psa.58:4, al. ;] __1. a making like, becoming like (Plat.). __2. likeness: Jas.3:9 (LXX).† SYN.: see: ὁμοίωμα, and cf. Tr., Syn., § xv (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render homoiosis, 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.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and New Testament. 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.
Strong's G3669 (ὁμοίωσις) appears 6 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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1 indexed usage in New Testament.
Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
6 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
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.
Their venom is like that of a serpent; As that of a deaf asp, and that stops her ears;
And the likeness of their faces was the face of a man, and the face of a lion on the right to the four; and the face of a calf on the left to the four; and the face of an eagle to the four.
First 7 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3669.
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.
Their venom is like that of a serpent; As that of a deaf asp, and that stops her ears;
And the likeness of their faces was the face of a man, and the face of a lion on the right to the four; and the face of a calf on the left to the four; and the face of an eagle to the four.
And as for the likeness of their faces, these are the same faces which I saw under the glory of the God of Israel by the river of Chebar: and they went each straight forward.
Son of man, take up a lamentation for the prince of Tyre, and say to him, Thus saith the Lord God; Thou art a seal of resemblance, and crown of beauty.
And, behold, as it were the likeness of a son of man touched my lips; and I opened my mouth, and spoke, and said to him that stood before me, O my lord, at the sight of thee my bowels were turned within me, and I had no strength.
Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3669, grouped by book.
Homoiosis (Strong's G3669) is a Greek word most simply glossed "similitude". homoiosis (hom-oy'-o-sis) n. 1. assimilation, i.e. resemblance [from G3666]
This page currently indexes 7 linked usages for Strong's G3669 across 5 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3669 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as similitude. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 6 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G3669, with linked reader references where each row is available.