What does ὁμοίωσις (homoíōsis) mean in the Bible?
ὁμοίωσις (homoíōsis): Becoming like or resemblance achieved through transformation, emphasizing process over static similarity
Greek · G3669
ὁμοίωσις
Likeness
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ὁμοίωσις G3669
Pronunciation homoíōsis
What does ὁμοίωσις (homoíōsis) mean in the Bible?
ὁμοίωσις (homoíōsis): Becoming like or resemblance achieved through transformation, emphasizing process over static similarity
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How does the BSB render G3669?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include likeness (1).
Where does ὁμοίωσις (homoíōsis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at James 3:9. Its strongest book concentrations include James (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It likeness 1× James 3:9
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row James 3:9
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
James 1
Source forms
ὁμοίωσιν 1x homoiōsin James 3:9
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x James 3:9
Evidence Summary
Creation
Greek word. Becoming like or resemblance achieved through transformation, emphasizing process over static similarity
Strong's G3669
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Study link James 3:7–12 Source Gloss
likeness
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Becoming like or resemblance achieved through transformation, emphasizing process over static similarity
(ὁμοιόω) [in LXX chiefly for דְּמוּת, Psa.58:4, al. ;]
1a making like, becoming like (Plat.).
2likeness: Jas.3:9 (LXX).
Synonymssee: ὁμοίωμα, and cf. Tr., Syn., § xv
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
James 3:9 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ὁμοίωσιν omoiwsin
making like, likeness
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Singular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Jas 3:9 1×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
New Testament Witnesses
likeness
Word Origins
ὁμοίωσις is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Affirms humanity’s creation in God’s image, intensifying the seriousness of harmful speech. James 3:7–12
Canonical Themes
Creation
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain