Lexicon
ὁμοιοπαθής
homoiopathēs
G3663
G:A Greek

like

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Occurrences
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Greek
Language

Homoiopathes describes people as sharing the same human kind or condition as those being addressed.

The two occurrences describe a shared human condition: Acts 14:15 applies it to men addressing a crowd, and James 5:17 applies it to Elijah in relation to other human beings.

Senses in use

  1. Sharing the same human condition · dominant

    In Acts 14:15, the nominative plural masculine form describes the speakers in the clause that the APB renders “men of like nature.” In James 5:17, the nominative singular masculine form describes Elijah; the APB renders him as “a human being like” others before recounting his prayer.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with “like nature” in Acts 14:15 and with “a human being like” in James 5:17. These phrases show the clauses’ presentation rather than a precise lexical equivalence.

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Across Scripture