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εἰκών
eikṓn · Greek · Strong's G1504 · 23 occurrences
The KJV renders 10 different Hebrew and Greek words as “image”
What it means
a likeness, i.e. (literally) statue, profile, or (figuratively) representation, resemblance
from G1503 (εἴκω);
How the KJV renders it
image
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“image”
also renders chammân (H2553), matstsêbâh (H4676), maskîyth (H4906), çemel (H5566), ʻâtsâb (H6091), tselem (H6754), tselem (H6755), tsaʻtsuaʻ (H6816), tᵉmûwnâh (H8544)
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Where it appears
23 occurrences in the Greek text, first 20 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 11:7 · N-NSF
For a man indeed ought not to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man.
1 Corinthians 15:49 · N-ASF
As we have borne the image of those made of dust, let’s also bear the image of the heavenly.
2 Corinthians 3:18 · N-ASF
But we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 4:4 · N-NSF
in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.
Colossians 1:15 · N-NSF
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
Colossians 3:10 · N-ASF
and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator,
Hebrews 10:1 N-ASFLuke 20:24 N-ASFMatthew 22:20 N-NSFMark 12:16 N-NSFRevelation 13:14 N-ASFRevelation 13:15 N-DSFRevelation 14:9 N-ASFRevelation 14:11 N-ASFRevelation 15:2 N-GSFRevelation 16:2 N-DSFRevelation 19:20 N-DSFRevelation 20:4 N-ASFRomans 1:23 N-GSFRomans 8:29 N-GSF
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.