Strong's Lexicon

G1503

G1503 — εἴκω

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekeikoverbOccurrences: 2

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G1503
Word:εἴκω
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:apparently a primary verb (perhaps akin to G1502 through the idea of faintness as a copy)
Language:Greek
Occurrences:2
Transliteration:eiko
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:ei'-ko
Meaning:1. to resemble
KJV Renderings:be like

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἘΙΚΩ: whence 2 perfect ἔοικα with the force of a present (Winers Grammar, 274 (257)); to be like: τίνι, Jas 1:6; Jas 1:23. (From Homer down.)

STRONGS NT 1503: ἔοικαἔοικα, see ἘΙΚΩ.

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

εἴκω (be like)

James 1:6

KJV: But let him ask in faith nothing wavering For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed
GK: αιτείτω δε εν πίστει μηδέν διακρινόμενος ο γαρ διακρινόμενος έοικε κλύδωνι θαλάσσης ανεμιζομένω και ριπιζομένω

James 1:23

KJV: For if any be a hearer of the word and not a doer he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass
GK: ότι ει ακροατής λόγου εστί και ου ποιητής ούτος έοικεν ανδρί κατανοούντι το πρόσωπον της γενέσεως αυτού εν εσόπτρω
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