εἰκών: Difference between revisions

|txtha=εἰκόνος (accusative ἐικοναν, [[ἄρσην]], ἡ (ἘΙΚΩ [[which]] [[see]]); (from [[Aeschylus]] and [[Herodotus]] down); the Sept. [[mostly]] for צֶלֶם; an [[image]], [[figure]], [[likeness]];<br /><b class="num">a.</b> ἡ [[εἰκών]] τῶν πραγμάτων, the [[image]] of the things ([[namely]], the [[heavenly]] things), in ἡ [[σκιά]], [[just]] as in [[Cicero]], de [[off]]. 3,17 solida et expressa effigies is opposed to umbra; [[εἰκών]] τοῦ Θεοῦ is used of the [[moral]] [[likeness]] of renewed men to God, [[εἰκών]] τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ the [[image]] of the Son of God, [[into]] [[which]] true Christians are transformed, is [[likeness]] [[not]] [[only]] to the [[heavenly]] [[body]] (cf. [[εἰκών]] τίνος, the [[image]] of [[one]]; [[one]] in whom the [[likeness]] of anyone is [[seen]]: [[εἰκών]] Θεοῦ is applied to Prayer of Manasseh, on [[account]] of his [[power]] of [[command]] ([[see]] [[δόξα]], III:3a. α.), Lightfoot and Meyer on Colossians, the [[passage]] cited). [ SYNONYMS: [[εἰκών]], [[ὁμοίωμα]]: [[ὁμοίωμα]] denotes [[often]] [[not]] [[mere]] [[similarity]] [[but]] [[likeness]] ([[see]] [[ὁμοίωμα]], b. and cf. Meyer on [[εἰκών]] adds to the [[idea]] of [[likeness]] the suggestions of [[representation]] (as a [[derived]] [[likeness]]) and [[manifestation]]. Cf. Trench, § xv.; Lightfoot as [[above]]]