image
eikon denotes a representation: a made object, an identifying likeness, or a true form contrasted with a shadow.
The dominant use denotes a visible representation identified by its owner or made and worshiped in connection with the wild animal. Other verses use the noun for the relation of persons to God, Christ, a creator, or a heavenly man, including transformation or conformity according to such an image; Hebrews 10:1 contrasts the true image of realities with a shadow.
Senses in use
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Made or marked representation · dominant
In Matthew 22:20, Mark 12:16, and Luke 20:24, nominative and accusative forms occur in the question about the image and inscription on a denarius; the APB identifies it as Caesar's. In Revelation 13:14 and Revelation 13:15, accusative and dative forms occur where an image is made for the wild animal, given spirit, said to speak, and treated as an object of worship.
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Image expressing conformity or relation · common
Nominative εἰκὼν identifies a man in relation to God in 1 Corinthians 11:7 and Christ in relation to God in 2 Corinthians 4:4 and Colossians 1:15. Accusative εἰκόνα occurs where people bear the image of the man of dust or of heaven, are transformed into the same image, or are conformed to the image of God's Son; the APB renders these clauses with "image."
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True representation contrasted with a shadow · rare
In Hebrews 10:1, accusative εἰκόνα stands in the contrast between the law's shadow of coming good things and the true image of the realities; the APB renders the phrase "the true image of the realities."
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB usually presents the noun with "image," while Romans 1:23 has "likeness of an image" and Hebrews 10:1 has "true image." Because the APB translates whole verses rather than aligning individual words, these expressions indicate the verse contexts rather than fixed one-to-one renderings.