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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
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¶ 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
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THIS is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
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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
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¶ And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
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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.

Complete reference index — all 28 verses
Genesis 1:26Genesis 5:1Genesis 5:3Exodus 20:4Deuteronomy 4:16Deuteronomy 4:17Deuteronomy 4:18Deuteronomy 4:23Deuteronomy 4:25Deuteronomy 5:8Psalms 17:15Isaiah 40:18Ezekiel 1:5Ezekiel 1:10Ezekiel 1:13Ezekiel 1:16Ezekiel 1:22Ezekiel 1:26Ezekiel 1:28Ezekiel 8:2Ezekiel 10:1Ezekiel 10:10Ezekiel 10:21Ezekiel 10:22Acts 14:11Romans 6:5Romans 8:3Philippians 2:7

Where “likeness” appears

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Genesis3 occurrences
3 versesExodus1 occurrence
1 verseDeuteronomy8 occurrences
6 versesPsalms1 occurrence
1 verseIsaiah1 occurrence
1 verseEzekiel15 occurrences
12 versesActs1 occurrence
1 verseRomans3 occurrences
2 versesPhilippians1 occurrence
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