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and
(see
IMAGE
) serves to enhance the contrast between the idol and
“the glory of the incorruptible God,” and is expressive of contempt; in 5:14, “(the)
likeness of Adam’s transgression” (
KJV
, “similitude”); in 6:5, “(the) likeness (of His
death); in 8:3, “(the) likeness (of sinful flesh); in Phil. 2:7, “the likeness of men.” “The
expression ‘likeness of men’ does not of itself imply, still less does it exclude or
diminish, the reality of the nature which Christ assumed. That … is declared in the words
‘form of a servant.’ ‘Paul justly says
7
, because, in fact, Christ,
although certainly perfect Man (Rom. 5:15; 1 Cor. 15:21; 1 Tim. 2:5), was, by reason of
the Divine nature present in Him, not simply and merely man … but the Incarnate Son of
God’” (Gifford, quoting Meyer). See
SHAPE
.¶ Cf. LIKE, B, (b).
2.
(
3 &
, 3669), “a making like,” is translated “likeness” in Jas. 3:9,
RV
(
KJV
, “similitude”).¶
3.
(
3
, 3665) is translated “likeness” in Heb. 7:15,
RV
(
KJV
,
“similitude”).
4.
$
(
&
, 499) is rendered “after a true likeness,” in 1 Pet. 3:21,
RV
(marg., “in the antitype”). See
FIGURE
, No. 2.
LIKEWISE
1.
(
3 &
, 3668), “in like manner” (from the adjective
, see
LIKE
,
A, No. 1), is rendered “likewise” in the
KJV
of Matt. 22:26; 27:41, Luke 10:32; 16:25;
John 5:19; Jas. 2:25; 1 Pet. 3:1, 7; Jude 8; Rev. 8:12 (in all these the
RV
has “in like
manner”); in the following,
KJV
and
RV
have “likewise”; Matt. 26:35; Luke 5:33; 6:31;
10:37; 17:28, 31; 22:36; John 6:11; 21:13; Rom. 1:27; 1 Pet. 5:5.¶ See
MANNER
,
SO
.
2.
$
(
. "
, 5615), a strengthened form of
, “as,” denotes “in like
manner, just so, likewise”; it is sometimes translated “likewise,” e.g., Matt. 20:5; 21:30.
3.
(
&
, 2532), “and, even,” is translated “likewise” in the
KJV
and
RV
of Matt.
20:10 (last
in the verse), more lit., “even they”; elsewhere the
RV
has “also,” for the
KJV
, “likewise,” Matt. 18:35; 24:33; Luke 3:14; 17:10; 19:19; 21:31; Acts 3:24; 1 Cor.
14:9; Col. 4:16; 1 Pet. 4:1; in Matt. 21:24, the
KJV
has “in like wise” (
RV
, “likewise”).
4.
(
$
&
, 3898), from
, “beside,” and the adjective
,
“near” (akin to the adverb
, “near, hard by”), is used in Heb. 2:14,
KJV
, “likewise”
(
RV
, “in like manner”), expressing the true humanity of Christ in partaking of flesh and
blood.¶
Notes:
(1) In Matt. 17:12 and Rom. 6:11,
KJV
, the adverb
$
, “thus, so,” is
translated “likewise” (
RV
, “so”); in Luke 15:7 and 10,
KJV
, “likewise,”
RV
, “even so”, in
Luke 14:33,
KJV
, followed by
$
, “therefore,” it is rendered “so likewise” (
RV
, “so
therefore”).
LILY
(
$&
, 2918) occurs in Matt. 6:28 and Luke 12:27; in the former the Lord
speaks of “the lilies of the field”; the “lily” referred to was a flower of rich color,
probably including the gladiolus and iris species. The former “grow among the grain,