Words the Bible translates as likeness
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 8 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- eikōnεἰκώνimage: a representation that not only resembles its original but actually brings it to presence
- homoiōmaὁμοίωμαlikeness: the matching form one thing takes toward another, whether an image made to stand for it or a real sharing of the same condition
- demutדְּמוּתa likeness: a copy or resemblance that points back to the original it is patterned on
- tavnitתַּבְנִיתa model or figure of a thing's shape: either a plan to build from or a likeness of something that already exists
- temunahתְּמוּנָהthe visible shape of something: the outline the eye actually takes in, and therefore the thing an image would have to copy
- homoiōsisὁμοίωσιςlikenessnot studied yet
- homoiotēsὁμοιότηςlikenessnot studied yet
- dimyonדִּמְיֹןlikenessnot studied yet
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