Isaiah 40:18
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
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2 Corinthians 10:12
For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.
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παραβάλλω
parabállō · par-ab-al'-lo
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to throw alongside, i.e. (reflexively) to reach a place, or (figuratively) to liken
Strong's KJV usage: :--arrive, compare.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Mark 4:30Strong's last: Mark 4:30
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synkrínō · soong-kree'-no
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
to judge of one thing in connection with another, i.e. combine (spiritual ideas with appropriate expressions) or collate (one person with another by way of contrast or resemblance)
Strong's KJV usage: :--compare among (with).
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Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 10:12Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 10:12
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mâshal · maw-shal'
1 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences
to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble
Strong's KJV usage: be(-come) like, compare, use (as a) proverb, speak (in proverbs), utter.
Strong's first: Isaiah 46:5Strong's last: Isaiah 46:5
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ʻârak · aw-rak'
1 times translated as this KJV form78 total Strong's occurrences
to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
Strong's KJV usage: put (set) (the battle, self) in array, compare, direct, equal, esteem, estimate, expert (in war), furnish, handle, join (battle), ordain, (lay, put, reckon up, set) (in) order, prepare, tax, value.
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Strong's first: Isaiah 40:18Strong's last: Isaiah 40:18
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To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
H4911
To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
G3846
And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
G4793
For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.
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compare
COMPARE, verb transitive
1. To set or bring things together in fact or in contemplation, and to examine the relations they bear to each other, with a view to ascertain their agreement or disagreement; as, to compare two pieces of cloth, two tables, or coins; to compare reasons and arguments; to compare pleasure with pain.
in comparing movable things, it is customary to bring them together, for examination. In comparing thins immovable or remote, and abstract ideas, we bring them together in the mind, as far as we are able, and consider them in connection. Comparison therefore is really collation, or it includes it.
2. To liken; to represent as similar, for the purpose of illustration.
Solon compared the people to the sea, and orators and counselors to the winds; for that the sea would be calm and quiet, it the winds did not trouble it.
In this sense compare is followed by to.
3. To examine the relations of thins to each other, with a view to discover their relative proportions, quantities or qualities; as, to compare two kingdoms, or two mountains with each other; to compare the number ten with fifteen; to compare ice with crystal; to compare a clown with a dancing master or a dandy.
In this sense compare is followed by with.
4. In grammar, to form an adjective in the degrees of comparison; as blackish, black, blacker, blackest.
5. To get; to procure; to obtain; as in Latin.
COMPARE, verb intransitive
1. To hold comparison; to be like or equal.
2. Simile; similitude; illustration by comparison.
[This noun is in use, but cannot be considered as elegant.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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