Word study · Greek

eikṓn

image, likeness

Say it: eye-KONE (approximate)

εἰκών

What it means

An image. Christ "is the image of the invisible God" (1:15), and the new self is renewed "after the image of him who created him" (3:10).

Range of meaning

  • ImageA likeness.
  • RepresentationA true reflection.

In Colossians

  • Chapter 1

    "Who is the image of the invisible God" (1:15).

  • Chapter 3

    "After the image of his creator" (3:10).

Every verse (2)

Verses where G1504 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources