εἰκών
eikōn
image
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredBased on the provided data, the Greek word εἰκών (eikōn) means "image." As the lemma for 23 occurrences in the Bible, it appears to be a versatile term used across various contexts. Its frequency suggests that the concept of an "image" holds significant importance in early Christian thought. The definition of εἰκών encompasses a visual representation, possibly a likeness or a duplicate of something or someone. It could connote a physical image, as well as a symbolic or metaphorical representation. This ambiguity indicates that the concept of an image is used to convey a range of meanings, from the physical to the abstract. Given its multiple occurrences, εἰκών likely plays a crucial role in articulating theological ideas, such as the nature of God, humanity's relationship with the divine, or the connection between Christ's divinity and humanity. However, the specific significance of εἰκώn can only be understood by examining its usage within each context where it appears.
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Occurrences in Scripture
23 total occurrences across the text
He asked them, “Whose is this image and inscription?”
Mark 12:16They brought it. He said to them, “Whose is this image and inscription?” They said to him, “Caesar’s.”
Luke 20:24Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” They answered, “Caesar’s.”
Romans 1:23and traded the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, four-footed animals, and creeping things.
Romans 8:29For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
1 Corinthians 11:7For 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 15:49As we have borne the image of those made of dust, let’s also bear the image of the heavenly.
1 Corinthians 15:49As we have borne the image of those made of dust, let’s also bear the image of the heavenly.
2 Corinthians 3:18But 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 4:4in 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 1:15He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
Colossians 3:10and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator,
Hebrews 10:1For the law, having a shadow of the good to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near.
Revelation 13:14He deceives my own people who dwell on the earth because of the signs he was granted to do in front of the beast, saying to those who dwell on the earth that they should make an image to the beast who had the sword wound and lived.
Revelation 13:15It was given to him to give breath to it, to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause as many as wouldn’t worship the image of the beast to be killed.
Revelation 13:15It was given to him to give breath to it, to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause as many as wouldn’t worship the image of the beast to be killed.
Revelation 13:15It was given to him to give breath to it, to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause as many as wouldn’t worship the image of the beast to be killed.
Revelation 14:9Another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a great voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead, or on his hand,
Revelation 14:11The smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. They have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.
Revelation 15:2I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who overcame the beast, his image, and the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God.
Revelation 16:2The first went, and poured out his bowl into the earth, and it became a harmful and evil sore on the people who had the mark of the beast, and who worshiped his image.
Revelation 19:20The beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who worked the signs in his sight, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
Revelation 20:4I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as didn’t worship the beast nor his image, and didn’t receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.