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an image, likeness G1504 G1504 = G1504 εἰκών eikōn G:N-F image εἰκών, -όνος (cf. ἔοικα), [in LXX chiefly for צֶלֶם ;] an image, likeness: Mt 22:20, Mk 12:16, Łk 20:24, Rz 1:23, 1Kor 15:49, Obj 13:14, 15 14:9, 11 15:2 16:2 19:20 20:4; opposite to σκιά, Hbr 10:1; of man, εἰ. θεοῦ, 1 Co 11:7; of the regenerate, εἰ. τ. θεοῦ Kol 3:10 (zob. Lft., in l.); εἰ. τ. υἱοῦ τ. θεοῦ, Rz 8:29, 2Kor 3:18; of Christ, εἰ. τ. θεοῦ, 2Kor 4:4, Kol 1:15.† SYN.: ὁμοίωμα, denoting resemblance, which may however be merely accidentitd. εἰ. is a derived likeness and like the head on a coin or the parental likeness in a child, implies an archetype. Cf. also εἶδος, appearance, not necessarily based on reality; σκιά, a shadowed resemblance; χαρακτήρ, the impress of a stamp; μόρφη (which see), the form as indicative of the inner being. (AS)