Words the Bible translates as compare
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 7 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- arakhעָרַךְto lay out in good order: to set things in their proper places, piece by piece
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- to set a fixed price on something: to assess its worth
- homoioōὁμοιόωto bring into likeness: to set one thing beside another as its like, either by comparing them in words or by actually making one resemble the other.
- damahדָּמָהto be like something, or to treat one thing as like another: to resemble, to liken or compare, and so to picture in the mind, imagine, or plan
- shavahשָׁוָהto be or make even: to be equal or comparable to something, worth as much as it, or to level a thing out.
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- to set, place, or lay something in position, or lay it upon someone.
- sugkrinōσυγκρίνωto comparenot studied yet
- mashalמָשַׁלto be like something, or to set two things side by side as alike: to resemble or to compare
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- to utter a figurative saying: to quote a proverb, or to compose a parable or taunt
- analogizomaiἀναλογίζομαιto reckon something up in the mind: to weigh it point by point and set it against something else
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