ὁμοιόω

ὁμοιόω — homoióō

ὁμοιόω, ὁμοίῳ: future ὁμοιώσω; passive, 1 aorist ὡμοιώθην, and without augment ὁμοιωθην (once Rom 9:29 L marginal reading T editions 2, 7 (but see WHs Appendix, p. 161); cf. Buttmann, 34 (30); Sturz, De dial. Maced. etc., p. 124; (cf.) Lob. ad Phryn., p. 153); 1 future ὁμοιωθήσομαι; (ὅμοιος); from (Homer and) Herodotus down; the Sept. especially for דָּמָה;

a. to make like: τινα τίνι; passive to be or to become like to one: Mat 6:8; Act 14:11; Heb 2:17; ὡμοιώθη ἡ βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν, was made like, took the likeness of, (aorist of the time when the Messiah appeared), Mat 13:24; Mat 18:23; Mat 22:2; ὁμοιωθήσεται (future of the time of the last judgment), Mat 25:1; ὡς τί, to be made like and thus to become as a thing (i. e., a blending of two thoughts; cf. Fritzsche on Mar 4:31; Buttmann, § 133, 10; Winer's Grammar, § 65, 1 a.), Rom 9:29 (כְּ נִדְמָה, Eze 32:2).

b. to liken, compare: τινα τίνι, or τί τίνι, Mat 7:24 (R G (see below));; Mar 4:30 R L text Tr marginal reading; Luk 7:31; Luk 13:18; passive Mat 7:1-29 :( L T WH Tr text),; to illustrate by comparison, πῶς ὁμοιώσωμεν τήν βασσιλειαν τοῦ Θεοῦ, Mar 4:30 T WH Tr text L marginal reading (Compare: ἀφομοιόω.)