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likeness

Meaning of “likeness”

Resemblance, similarity, correspondence, form, appearance, image, or representation by which one person or thing is like another.

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34 occurrences28 verses9 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:26

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Genesis 1:26
¶ And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 1:26 · retained source text

¶ And God said, Let vs make man in our Image, after our likenesse: and let them haue dominion ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the aire, and ouer the cattell, and ouer all the earth, and ouer euery creeping thing that creepeth vpon the earth.

1611 marginal noteChap. 5.1. and 9.6. 1.corin. 11.7. ephes. 4.14. col. 3.10.

Genesis 5:1
THIS is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 5:1 · retained source text

¶ This is the booke of the generations of Adam: In the day that God created man, in the likenes of God made he him.

1611 marginal note1.Chron. 1.1.

Genesis 5:3
¶ And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 5:3 · retained source text

¶ And Adam liued an hundred and thirtie yeeres, and begate a sonne in his owne likenesse, after his image; and called his name Seth.

Exodus 20:4
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 20:4 · retained source text

Thou shalt not make vnto thee any grauen Image, or any likenesse of any thing that is in heauen aboue, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water vnder the earth.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 26.1. psal. 97.7.

Deuteronomy 4:17
The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 4:17 · retained source text

The likenesse of any beast that is on the earth, the likenes of any winged foule that flieth in the aire,

Deuteronomy 4:18
The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 4:18 · retained source text

The likenesse of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likenesse of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:

Deuteronomy 4:23
Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 4:23 · retained source text

Take heed vnto your selues, lest ye forget the couenant of the LORD your God, which hee made with you, and make you a grauen image, or the likenes of any thing which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.

Deuteronomy 4:25
¶ When thou shalt beget children, and children’s children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the Lord thy God, to provoke him to anger:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 4:25 · retained source text

¶ When thou shalt beget children, and childrens children, and shalt haue remained long in the land, and shal corrupt your selues, & make a grauen image, or the likenes of any thing, and shall doe euil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to prouoke him to anger:

Deuteronomy 5:8
Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 5:8 · retained source text

Thou shalt not make thee any grauen image, or any likenesse of any thing that is in heauen aboue, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth.

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