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ὁμοί-ωσις

omoiosis · ἡ

a being made like

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Where it lives

James 1 · 5.85/10k
Daniel (LXX) 2 · 1.9/10k
Epinomis 1 · 1.59/10k
Ezechiel 3 · 1.04/10k
Theaetetus 2 · 0.89/10k
Enneads 16 · 0.75/10k
Genesis 1 · 0.33/10k
Psalmi 1 · 0.29/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

ὁμοί-ωσις · homoi-ōsis — LSJ

a being made like

a being made like, θεῷ Pl. Tht. 176b.

2 likeness, resemblance

likeness, resemblance, Thphr. Lap. 41 ; opp. ἀλλοίωσις, Pl. R. 454c ; καθʼ ὁμοίωσιν θεοῦ Ep.Jac. 3.9, cf. LXX Ge. 1.26.

3 establishment of a resemblance

establishment of a resemblance, τῆς ὁ. ἕνεκεν αὐτῆς λαμβάνεσθαι τὰς μεταφοράς Phld. Rh. 1.177 S.

b comparison

Gramm., comparison, -ώσεως ἐπιρρήματα D.T. 642.6.

4 simile

simile, Ps.-Plu. Vit.Hom. 84, al.

5 nine

Pythag. name for nine, Theol.Ar. 57.

In the wild

ὁμοίωσιν · homoiōsin New Testament, James 3.9 (DIORISIS sentence 67)
ὁμοίωσις · homoiōsis Plato, Epinomis 990
ὁμοιώσεως · homoiōseōs Plato, Republic 5.454 (DIORISIS sentence 2894)
ὁμοίωσις · homoiōsis Plato, Theaetetus 176
ὁμοίωσις · homoiōsis Plato, Theaetetus 176
ὁμοίωσις · homoiōsis Plotinus, Enneads 1.2 (DIORISIS sentence 143)

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Where it came from

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