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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Liken

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: No
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: No
  • Included in Smiths: No
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: Yes
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance:

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Liken

LIKEN, verb transitive li'kn.

To compare; to represent as resembling or similar.

Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, that built his house on a rock. Matthew 6:1.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Likened

LI'KENED, participle passive Compared.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Likeness

LI'KENESS, noun

1. Resemblance in form; similitude. The picture is a good likeness of the original.

2. Resemblance; form; external appearance. Guard against an enemy in the likeness of a friend.

3. One that resembles another; a copy; a counterpart.

I took you for your likeness Chloe.

4. An image, picture or statue, resembling a person or thing. Exodus 20:4.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Likening

LI'KENING, participle present tense Comparing; representing as similar.