What does ἀφομοιόω (aphomoióō) mean in the Bible?
ἀφομοιόω (aphomoióō): To make resemble or become like, used of Melchizedek's eternal priesthood typology.
Greek · G871
ἀφομοιόω
To assimilate closely
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ἀφομοιόω G871
Pronunciation aphomoióō
What does ἀφομοιόω (aphomoióō) mean in the Bible?
ἀφομοιόω (aphomoióō): To make resemble or become like, used of Melchizedek's eternal priesthood typology.
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How does the BSB render G871?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include like (1).
Where does ἀφομοιόω (aphomoióō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Hebrews 7:3. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (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 like 1× Hebrews 7:3
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First aligned row Hebrews 7:3
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Hebrews 1
Source forms
ἀφωμοιωμένος 1x aphōmoiōmenos Hebrews 7:3
Parsing patterns
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Hebrews 7:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To make resemble or become like, used of Melchizedek's eternal priesthood typology.
Strong's G871
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to assimilate closely
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
To make resemble or become like, used of Melchizedek's eternal priesthood typology.
to make like: pass., Heb.7:3.
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.
Hebrews 7:3 Verb Perfect Passive Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
ἀφωμοιωμένος afwmoiwmenov
I assimilate, make like to
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 mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 1 Aligned forms 1 Tenses Perfect Voices Passive
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Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Perfect Passive Heb 7:3 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
perfect 1
Voice
passive 1
Mood
participle 1
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
ἀφομοιόω is built from these roots:
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