εἰκών

εἰκών, -όνος (cf. ἔοικα),

[in LXX chiefly for צֶלֶם ;]

an image, likeness: Matt 22,20, Mark 12,16, Luk 20,24, Rom 1,23, 1 Kor 15,49, Åb 13,14, 15; 14,9, 11; 15,2; 16,2; 19,20; 20,4; opposite to σκιά, Hebr 10,1 of man, εἰ. θεοῦ, 1 Kor 11,7; of the regenerate, εἰ. τ. θεοῦ Kol 3,10 (see Lft., in l.); εἰ. τ. υἱοῦ τ. θεοῦ, Rom 8,29, 2 Kor 3,18; of Christ, εἰ. τ. θεοῦ, 2 Kor 4,4, Kol 1,15.† SYN.: ὁμοίωμα, denoting resemblance, which may however be merely accidental. εἰ. is a derived likeness and like the head on a coin or the parental likeness in a child, implies an archetype. Cf. also εἶδος, appearance, not necessarily based on reality; σκιά, a shadowed resemblance; χαρακτήρ, the impress of a stamp; μόρφη (which see), the form as indicative of the inner being.