DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Liken

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9exact KJV occurrences 4Old Testament 5New Testament 5books containing the word 2mapped Strong's IDs 9occurrence-specific Strong's links

FIRST OCCURRENCE

Isaiah 40:18

To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Luke 13:20

And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?

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HEAVIEST BOOK

Isaiah

3 occurrences in 3 verses.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where liken appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Isaiah 33 verses Lamentations 11 verses Matthew 22 verses Mark 11 verses Luke 22 verses

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

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GreekG3666

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

like 3 shall I liken 3 Be 1 I will liken 1 shall be likened 1 is likened unto 1 is 1 likened 1

Strong's first: Matthew 7:24Strong's last: Luke 13:20

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HebrewH1819

דָּמָה

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.

Other KJV renderings

like 14 thought 4 devised 1 Think 1 thoughtest 1 likened 1 compared 1 meaneth 1

Strong's first: Isaiah 40:18Strong's last: Lamentations 2:13

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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Mark 4:30

G3666

And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

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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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