Like

The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: like, likes, liked. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.

At a glance

How often each original word is translated “like” or one of its forms.

• ὡς hōs125
• כְּמוֹ kemô82
• ὅμοιος hómoios43
• אֲשֶׁר ăsher21
• מַיִם mayim17
• אֵשׁ êsh16
• צֹאן tsôn15
• אֲרִי ărî14
• אֶחָד echâd12
• מַרְאֶה mareh10
• כֹּל kôl10
• יָלַד yâlad10

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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)

• כְּמוֹ kemôlike, as, whentranslated this way 82 times of its 127 uses · Strong’s H3644Preposition  ·  Translated: like 77, as 11, as you 4, equal 3

  Genesis 34:15 We will consent to this on one condition, that you become circumcised like us — every one of your males.

  Exodus 9:14 Otherwise, I will send all My plagues against you and your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.

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• אֲשֶׁר ăsherparticle of relationtranslated this way 21 times of its 3,225 uses · Strong’s H834Pronoun  ·  Translated: that 886, who 451, as 247, which 160Full study and all 2,844 verses →
• מַיִם mayimwater, juice, urinetranslated this way 17 times of its 533 uses · Strong’s H4325Noun  ·  Translated: water 298, waters 176, like water 15, flood 3

  Deuteronomy 12:16 but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.

  Joshua 7:5 And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of them, chasing them from the gate as far as the quarries and striking them down on the slopes. So the hearts of the people melted and became like water.

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• אֵשׁ êshfiretranslated this way 16 times of its 313 uses · Strong’s H784Noun  ·  Translated: fire 256, like fire 11, fiery 8, burning 6

  Numbers 9:15 On the day that the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it and appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning.

  Psalm 118:12 They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

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• צֹאן tsônsmall cattle, sheep and goats, flock, flockstranslated this way 15 times of its 259 uses · Strong’s H6629Noun  ·  Translated: sheep 89, flock 76, flocks 63, like sheep 8

  Numbers 27:17 who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”

  1 Kings 22:17 So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”

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• אֲרִי ărîliontranslated this way 14 times of its 78 uses · Strong’s H738Noun  ·  Translated: lion 40, lions 16, like a lion 12, lion's 3

  Genesis 49:9 Judah is a young lion— my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?

  Numbers 23:24 Behold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.”

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• אֶחָד echâdonetranslated this way 12 times of its 855 uses · Strong’s H259Number  ·  Translated: one 278, first 43, and one 43, a 36

  Genesis 3:22 Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”

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• מַרְאֶה marehsight, appearance, visiontranslated this way 10 times of its 76 uses · Strong’s H4758Noun  ·  Translated: appearance 16, vision 8, appear 6, sight 5

  Leviticus 13:43 The priest is to examine him, and if the swelling of the infection on his bald head or forehead is reddish-white like a skin disease,

  Judges 13:6 So the woman went and told her husband, “A man of God came to me. His appearance was like the angel of God, exceedingly awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.

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• כֹּל kôlthe whole, alltranslated this way 10 times of its 5,107 uses · Strong’s H3605Noun  ·  Translated: all 1,589, and all 471, whole 223, every 196Full study and all 4,112 verses →
• יָלַד yâladbear, bring forth, begettranslated this way 10 times of its 484 uses · Strong’s H3205Verb  ·  Translated: father 111, born 57, bore 52, gave birth 44Full study and all 395 verses →
• דָּמָה dâmâhbe like, resembletranslated this way 10 times of its 30 uses · Strong’s H1819Verb  ·  Translated: like 9, compare 4, liken 3, planned 2

  Psalm 89:6 For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?

  Song of Solomon 2:9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.

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• קוֹל qôlsound, voicetranslated this way 10 times of its 425 uses · Strong’s H6963Noun  ·  Translated: voice 197, sound 63, voices 22, thunder 11

  Ecclesiastes 7:6 For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.

  Ezekiel 1:24 When the creatures moved, I heard the sound of their wings like the roar of many waters, like the voice of the Almighty, like the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings.

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• זֹאת zôththistranslated this way 9 times of its 559 uses · Strong’s H2063Pronoun  ·  Translated: this 333, of this 33, in this 26, and this 15

  Deuteronomy 4:8 And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?

  Judges 19:30 And everyone who saw it said, “Nothing like this has been seen or done from the day the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt until this day. Think it over, take counsel, and speak up!”

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• צִפּוֹר tsippôrbirdtranslated this way 9 times of its 39 uses · Strong’s H6833Noun  ·  Translated: bird 14, birds 10, like a bird 7, bird's 2

  Job 41:5 Can you pet him like a bird or put him on a leash for your maidens?

  Psalm 11:1 For the choirmaster. Of David. In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!

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• אֶרֶץ eretsearth, landtranslated this way 8 times of its 2,375 uses · Strong’s H776Noun  ·  Translated: land 1,483, earth 564, ground 119, lands 41

  Genesis 13:10 And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

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• עָפָר âphârdry earth, dusttranslated this way 8 times of its 110 uses · Strong’s H6083Noun  ·  Translated: dust 73, soil 6, like dust 5, like the dust 3

  Genesis 13:16 I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.

  2 Kings 13:7 Jehoahaz had no army left, except fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.

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• חוֹל chôlsandtranslated this way 8 times of its 23 uses · Strong’s H2344Noun  ·  Translated: sand 13, like the sand 7, grains of sand 1, as 1

  Genesis 32:12 But You have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.’”

  2 Samuel 17:11 Instead, I advise that all Israel from Dan to Beersheba— a multitude like the sand on the seashore— be gathered to you, and that you yourself lead them into battle.

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• גִּבּוֹר gibbôrstrong, mightytranslated this way 8 times of its 156 uses · Strong’s H1368Adjective  ·  Translated: mighty men 50, mighty 45, warriors 13, mighty man 12

  Job 16:14 He breaks me with wound upon wound; He rushes me like a mighty warrior.

  Psalm 19:5 Like a bridegroom emerging from his chamber, like a champion rejoicing to run his course,

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• אִישׁ îshmantranslated this way 8 times of its 1,399 uses · Strong’s H376Noun  ·  Translated: man 650, men 198, one 79, each 79Full study and all 1,278 verses →
• יוֹנָה yônâhdovetranslated this way 8 times of its 31 uses · Strong’s H3123Noun  ·  Translated: dove 10, pigeons 8, like doves 5, like a dove 3Full study and all 31 verses →
• קַשׁ qashstubble, chafftranslated this way 7 times of its 16 uses · Strong’s H7179Noun  ·  Translated: stubble 5, like stubble 4, like chaff 3, chaff 2Full study and all 16 verses →
• רִאשׁוֹן rishônformer, first, chieftranslated this way 7 times of its 171 uses · Strong’s H7223Adjective  ·  Translated: first 85, beginning 10, former 9, former things 6Full study and all 164 verses →
• בַּיִת bayithhousetranslated this way 7 times of its 1,913 uses · Strong’s H1004Noun  ·  Translated: house 1,132, temple 176, palace 117, household 93Full study and all 1,624 verses →
• אִשָּׁה ishshâhwoman, wife, femaletranslated this way 7 times of its 711 uses · Strong’s H802Noun  ·  Translated: wife 251, woman 172, wives 92, women 88Full study and all 638 verses →
• שׁוּשַׁן shûshanlilytranslated this way 7 times of its 17 uses · Strong’s H7799Noun  ·  Translated: lilies 8, like lilies 3, like a lily 3, Lily 2Full study and all 17 verses →
• אֵלֶּה êl-lehthesetranslated this way 7 times of its 693 uses · Strong’s H428Pronoun  ·  Translated: these 377, things 36, of these 28, this 25Full study and all 655 verses →
• עִם imwithtranslated this way 7 times of its 940 uses · Strong’s H5973Preposition  ·  Translated: with 246, with you 84, with him 61, against 39Full study and all 838 verses →
• נֶשֶׁר neshergriffon-vulture, eagletranslated this way 7 times of its 26 uses · Strong’s H5404Noun  ·  Translated: eagle 14, eagles 4, like an eagle 2, like the eagle 2Full study and all 26 verses →
• יְאֹר yeôrstreamtranslated this way 7 times of its 62 uses · Strong’s H2975Noun  ·  Translated: Nile 26, river 10, streams 8, like the nile 6Full study and all 48 verses →
• זֶה zehthis, thattranslated this way 6 times of its 984 uses · Strong’s H2088Pronoun  ·  Translated: this 478, in this 42, these 39, of this 27Full study and all 913 verses →
• לָבִיא lâbîlionesstranslated this way 6 times of its 14 uses · Strong’s H3833Noun  ·  Translated: lioness 7, like a lioness 3, like a lion 2, lions 1Full study and all 14 verses →
• טַל ṭalnight-mist, dewtranslated this way 6 times of its 31 uses · Strong’s H2919Noun  ·  Translated: dew 24, like dew 3, like the dew 3, away from the dew 1Full study and all 30 verses →
• אוֹר ôrlighttranslated this way 6 times of its 119 uses · Strong’s H216Noun  ·  Translated: light 86, lightning 5, dawn 3, daylight 3Full study and all 108 verses →
• מֹץ môtschafftranslated this way 6 times of its 8 uses · Strong’s H4671Noun  ·  Translated: like chaff 6, chaff 2Full study and all 8 verses →
• כֶּסֶף kesephsilver, moneytranslated this way 6 times of its 386 uses · Strong’s H3701Noun  ·  Translated: silver 293, money 58, price 8, like silver 4Full study and all 337 verses →
• כְּפִיר kephîryoung liontranslated this way 6 times of its 32 uses · Strong’s H3715Noun  ·  Translated: young lion 9, young lions 9, lion 4, like a young lion 3Full study and all 32 verses →
• חָצִיר châtsîrgreen grass, herbagetranslated this way 6 times of its 21 uses · Strong’s H2682Noun  ·  Translated: grass 11, like grass 5Full study and all 20 verses →
• עֵדֶר êderflock, herdtranslated this way 6 times of its 36 uses · Strong’s H5739Noun  ·  Translated: flocks 13, flock 8, like a flock 6, herds 6Full study and all 33 verses →
• גַּן ganenclosure, gardentranslated this way 5 times of its 42 uses · Strong’s H1588Noun  ·  Translated: garden 34, like the garden 4, gardens 2, toward beth-haggan 1Full study and all 37 verses →
• עָשָׁן âshânsmoketranslated this way 5 times of its 25 uses · Strong’s H6227Noun  ·  Translated: smoke 17, like smoke 4, smoking 1, like the smoke 1Full study and all 24 verses →
• כֵּן kênright, veritable, honesttranslated this way 5 times of its 461 uses · Strong’s H3651Adverb  ·  Translated: Therefore 159, so 111, this 24, way 13Full study and all 451 verses →
• גּוֹי gôynation, peopletranslated this way 5 times of its 553 uses · Strong’s H1471Noun  ·  Translated: nations 406, nation 114, people 4, peoples 3Full study and all 507 verses →
• אָרַג âragweavetranslated this way 5 times of its 12 uses · Strong’s H707Verb  ·  Translated: like a weaver's 4, weavers 2, weaver 2, weave 2Full study and all 12 verses →
• דֹּמֶן dômendungtranslated this way 5 times of its 6 uses · Strong’s H1828Noun  ·  Translated: like dung 5, dung 1Full study and all 6 verses →
• אָב âbfathertranslated this way 5 times of its 1,167 uses · Strong’s H1Noun  ·  Translated: father 518, fathers 341, father's 129, families 72Full study and all 1,040 verses →
• צֵל tsêlshadowtranslated this way 5 times of its 48 uses · Strong’s H6738Noun  ·  Translated: shade 18, shadow 17, like a shadow 3, protection 2Full study and all 47 verses →
• יוֹם yômdaytranslated this way 5 times of its 2,013 uses · Strong’s H3117Noun  ·  Translated: day 1,009, days 524, today 141, time 72Full study and all 1,744 verses →
• חֹמֶר chômercement, mortar, claytranslated this way 5 times of its 30 uses · Strong’s H2563Noun  ·  Translated: homer 10, clay 7, like clay 5, mortar 3Full study and all 26 verses →
• זַיִת zayitholive-tree, olivetranslated this way 5 times of its 38 uses · Strong’s H2132Noun  ·  Translated: olive 8, olive groves 7, olives 6, olive trees 5Full study and all 36 verses →
• עֵץ êtstree, trees, woodtranslated this way 5 times of its 307 uses · Strong’s H6086Noun  ·  Translated: wood 103, trees 66, tree 58, timber 12Full study and all 277 verses →
• עָב âbdark cloud, cloud-mass, thickettranslated this way 5 times of its 30 uses · Strong’s H5645Noun  ·  Translated: clouds 18, cloud 3, like a cloud 3, thick clouds 2Full study and all 30 verses →
• נָהָר nâhârstream, rivertranslated this way 5 times of its 114 uses · Strong’s H5104Noun  ·  Translated: River 34, Euphrates 24, rivers 24, streams 6Full study and all 108 verses →
• בֶּגֶד begedtreacherytranslated this way 5 times of its 213 uses · Strong’s H899Noun  ·  Translated: clothes 76, garments 61, clothing 16, garment 13Full study and all 189 verses →
• סוּפָה sûphâhstorm-windtranslated this way 5 times of its 16 uses · Strong’s H5492Noun  ·  Translated: tempest 3, like a whirlwind 3, whirlwind 3, storm 2Full study and all 16 verses →

Greek words (New Testament)

• ὡς hōsas, like as, how, while, so thattranslated this way 125 times of its 438 uses · Strong’s G5613Adverb  ·  Translated: as 161, like 124, when 31, just as 15Full study and all 396 verses →
• ὅμοιος hómoioslike, similar totranslated this way 43 times of its 44 uses · Strong’s G3664Adjective  ·  Translated: like 43, as 1Full study and all 40 verses →
• οὕτω hoútōthus, so, in this mannertranslated this way 10 times of its 163 uses · Strong’s G3779Adverb  ·  Translated: so 67, way 33, this 10, like 8Full study and all 161 verses →
• ὡσεί hōseías if, as it were, like, abouttranslated this way 8 times of its 21 uses · Strong’s G5616Adverb  ·  Translated: about 10, like 8, of about 1, at about 1Full study and all 20 verses →
• ὁμοιόω homoióōI make like, liken, comparetranslated this way 8 times of its 15 uses · Strong’s G3666Verb  ·  Translated: like 7, compare 5, human form 1, resembled 1Full study and all 15 verses →
• ὥσπερ hṓsperjust as, astranslated this way 6 times of its 34 uses · Strong’s G5618Adverb  ·  Translated: as 13, just as 13, like 6, for just as 1Full study and all 34 verses →

Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.