Isaiah 40:18
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
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Luke 13:20
And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?
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ὁμοιόω
homoióō · hom-oy-o'-o
5 times translated as this KJV form17 total Strong's occurrences
to assimilate, i.e. compare; passively, to become similar
Strong's KJV usage: :--be (make) like, (in the) liken(-ess), resemble.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 7:24Strong's last: Luke 13:20
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dâmâh · daw-maw'
4 times translated as this KJV form29 total Strong's occurrences
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
Strong's KJV usage: compare, devise, (be) like(-n), mean, think, use similitudes.
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Strong's first: Isaiah 40:18Strong's last: Lamentations 2:13
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H1819
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
H1819
To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
H1819
To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
H1819
What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?
G3666
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
G3666
But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
G3666
And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
G3666
And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
G3666
And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?
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liken
LIKEN, verb transitive li'kn.
To compare; to represent as resembling or similar.
Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, that built his house on a rock. Matthew 6:1.
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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