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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(
likeness
). As in
Genesis 1:26-27
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.
27
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. (Genesis 1:26‑27)
;
Colossians 1:15
15
Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: (Colossians 1:15)
. Also Idol.
“Image” From
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
Besides
the
many
references to graven and molten images connected
with
idolatry
, which the
law
strictly forbade the Israelites to
make
,
the word
is
used
in several important connections:
for
instance,
God
said, “
Let
us make
man
in our image, after our
likeness
: and let them
have
dominion....so God created man in his own image, in the image of God created He
him
” (
Gen. 1:26-27
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.
27
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. (Genesis 1:26‑27)
;
Gen. 5:1
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; (Genesis 5:1)
;
Gen. 9:6
6
Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. (Genesis 9:6)
). The word translated “image” is
tselem
, which is the same that is used for idolatrous images, and for the
great
image in
Daniel
: (Dan. 2).
It
might
naturally
have been thought that man at his fall would have ceased to be in the image and likeness of God, but it is not so represented in
scripture
. On speaking of man as the
head
of the
woman
, it says he ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as “he is the image and
glory
of God” (
1 Cor. 11:7
7
For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. (1 Corinthians 11:7)
). Again, in
James 3:9,
9
Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. (James 3:9)
we find “made after the
similitude
(or likeness,
ὁμοίωσις
) of God.” In
what
respects man is the image and likeness of God may not be fully grasped, but it is at least obvious that an image is a
representation
. The
Lord
when shown a
penny
asked “whose image” is
this
?
They
said,
Caesar
’s. It may not have been well executed, and so not have been a likeness. It may
also
have been very much battered, as
money
often
is,
yet
that would not have interfered with its being the image of Caesar: it represented him, and no one else. So man as the head of created beings in connection with the
earth
represents God: to him was given dominion over every living thing that moveth upon the earth and in
the
sea
and in the
air
. This was of
course
in subjection to God, and so man was in His image.
This is seen in perfection in
the
second
Man, who has in
resurrection
superseded
Adam
, who was in this sense a
figure
or
type
of
Christ
(
Rom. 5:14
14
Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. (Romans 5:14)
). Man may be a battered and soiled image of his
Creator
, but that does not touch the question of his having been made in the image of God.
Likeness goes further; but was
there
not in man a
certain
moral and mental likeness to God? He not
only
represents God on earth, but, as one has said, he thinks for others, refers to and delights in what God has wrought in
creation
, and in what is good, having his moral
place
among those who do. The likeness, alas, may be very much blurred; but the features are there: such as reflection, delight,
love
of goodness and beauty; none of which are found in a mere animal. With Christ
all
is of course
perfect
: as man He is “the image of God”; “the image of the invisible God” (
2 Cor. 4:4
4
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. (2 Corinthians 4:4)
;
Col. 1:15
15
Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: (Colossians 1:15)
).
“16. Image. Likeness. Similitude” From
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
The word
εἰκών
(from
ἔοικα, ‘
to seem, resemble') is translated ‘
image
,' and the words
ὀμοίωσις
and
ὁμοίωμα
(from
ὅμοιος, ‘
like') are translated '
likeness
,
similitude
.'
In
Gen. 1:26
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. (Genesis 1:26)
both
εἰκών
and
ὀμοίωσις
occur in the LXX: "Let us make
man
in our image (εἰ.) and after our likeness (ὀμ)" In the N. T. these two words occur, in a similar use, with reference to man: he has this place in responsibility still: thus man "is the image (εὶ.) and
glory
of
God
" (
1 Cor. 11:7
7
For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. (1 Corinthians 11:7)
.); and "men are made after the likeness (ὁμ.) of God."
Jas. 3:9
9
Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. (James 3:9)
.
To be true to the image there must be moral likeness; but this involves for us a
new
creation
. Hence (
Col. 3:10
10
And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: (Colossians 3:10)
): "the
new man
is renewed unto full
knowledge
after the image (εἰ.) of him that created him;" and
Eph. 4:24
24
And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. (Ephesians 4:24)
supplies the likeness (though the word is not used) "the new man which after God is created in
righteousness
and true
holiness
."
In
Rom. 1:23
23
And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. (Romans 1:23)
the words
ὁμοίωμα
and εἰκών both occur. It is said that men "changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness (ὀμ.) of an image (εἰ)
of corruptible man, and of
birds
," &c. Both words will also be found in reference to the
Lord
, He is the image (εἰ.) of God (
2 Cor. 4:4
4
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. (2 Corinthians 4:4)
;
Col. 1:15
15
Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: (Colossians 1:15)
); and He took a place "in the
likeness
(ὁμ.)
of men" (Phi. 2:7);
see also
Rom. 8:3
3
For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: (Romans 8:3)
.
‘Similitude' in
Heb. 7:15
15
And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest, (Hebrews 7:15)
is the rendering of another word
ὁμοιότης,
"after the similitude of
Melchizedek
."
For further remarks, see IMAGE in this Dictionary.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
6754
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
tselem
Phonic:
tseh’-lem
Meaning:
from an unused root meaning to shade; a phantom, i.e. (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence, a representative figure, especially an idol
KJV Usage:
image, vain shew
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“Study to show thyself approved unto God, … rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15).
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