1. like, similar, resembling — Adjective expressing resemblance or likeness, used extensively in parables ('the kingdom of heaven is like...') and comparative descriptions. Spanish 'semejante/semejantes' is invariant across all three clusters, confirming a single meaning. Hindi 'समान' (equal/similar) and 'सदृश' (resembling) are standard synonyms for likeness. Arabic 'شَبيهٌ/شَبِيهَةٌ' (similar, masc/fem) and 'مثل' (like) are inflectional and stylistic variants. Korean '같은/같다/비슷하다' (same/is-like/is-similar) all express comparison. Swahili 'kama' (like), 'mfano' (example/likeness), and 'unafanana' (it resembles) are all equivalents. The three clusters represent purely grammatical variation (nominative, accusative, plural) of one adjective sense across all 45 occurrences. 45×
AR["شَبيهانِ","شَبيهاً","شَبيهًا","شَبيهٌ","شَبيهٍ","شَبيهَةً","شَبيهَتانِ","شَبِيهَةٌ","مُشَابِهَةٌ","مِثل","مِثلَهُ","مِثلُ"]·ben["সদৃশ","সমান"]·DE["aehnlich"]·EN["is-like","like","one-like"]·FR["semblable"]·heb["דּוֹמִים","דּוֹמֶה","דּוֹמָה","דּוֹמוֹת","כָּמוֹ"]·HI["जैसा","जैसे","सदृश","समान","समान-था","समान-थी"]·ID["mirip","sama","seperti","serupa"]·IT["simile"]·jav["ingkang-kados","kados","sami"]·KO["같았다","같으니","같은","같은-자들","같은가","같이","비슷한-사람"]·PT["semelhante","semelhantes"]·RU["подобен","подобная","подобного","подобное","подобны","подобные","подобных","похожий"]·ES["semejante","semejantes"]·SW["anafanana-na","kama","kama-yeye","mfano-wa","mfano-wake"]·TR["benzer","benziyordu","gibi","oturan","tahtın"]·urd["مانند","مشابہ"]
Matt 11:16, Matt 13:31, Matt 13:33, Matt 13:44, Matt 13:45, Matt 13:47, Matt 13:52, Matt 20:1, Matt 22:39, Luke 6:47, Luke 6:48, Luke 6:49 (+33 more)
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
ὅμοιος or (as in Refs 8th c.BC+ ὁμοῖος, α, ον (compare ἐρῆμος, ἑτοῖμος): later Epic dialect also ὁμοίιος (B, which see); Aeolic dialect ὔμοιος Refs 3rd c.BC+ (adverb -ωςRefs 4th c.AD+ ὑμοῖος Refs 4th c.BC+: (ὁμός):—like, resembling, ὡς αἰεὶ τὸν ὁ. ἄγει θεὸς ὡς τὸν ὁ. 'birds of a feather flock together', Refs 8th c.BC+; ὡς ἐπὶ τῶν ὁ. as in similar cases (of persons), Refs 2nd c.AD+, etc.:…