Lexical Definition

‎ὁμοιόω‎ homoióō (hom-oy-o'-o) to liken ^G:V
from ‎ὅμοιος‎

be (make) like, (in the) liken(-ess), resemble.

• to assimilate, i.e. compare
• passively, to become similar

Abbott-Smith

ὁμοιόω, -ῶ (< ὅμοιος), [in LXX chiefly for דּמה;]
1. to make like, c. gen. et dat.; pass., to be made or become like: Mt 6:8 13:24 18:23 22:2 25:1, Ac 14:11, He 2:17; seq. ὡς (cf. Ez 32:2, Heb.), Ro 9:29.
2. to liken, compare: c. dat., acc., Mt 11:16, Lk 7:31 13:18, 20; πῶς ὁμοιώσωμεν, Mk 4:30; pass., Mt 7:24, 26 (cf. ἀφ-ομοιόω).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ὁμοιόω-όω,

[Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ὡμοίωσα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— middle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—mostly in passive, future ὁμοιόωωθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+], or in middle form ὁμοιόωώσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ὡμοιώθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect infinitive ὁμοιόωωθήμεναι (see. below): perfect ὡμοίωμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—make like, ὁμοιόωώσασ᾽ ἐμοὶ εἴδωλον ἔμπνουν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς τὰ παρόντα τὰς ὀργὰς τῶν πολλῶν ὁ. makes them correspond to prevailing conditions, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be made like, become like, in [Refs 8th c.BC+] only in aorist infinitive passive, ὁμοιόωωθήμεναι ἄντην [ὁμοιόωωθέντ᾽ Ἀφροδίτῃ 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 22.5; ὀργὰς πρέπει θεοὺς οὐχ ὁμοιόωοῦσθαι βροτοῖς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1348, compare “Med.” 890; ἐς τὴν εὐβουλίαν.. ἄλλοις ὁ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.97, compare 5.103, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.158; κατὰ τὸ ἦθος ὁ. τοῖς ἐκείνου βουλήμασιν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.114. ">Refs 8th c.BC+]

__2 liken, compare, in middle, τὰς πάθας τὰς Κύρου τῇσι ἑωυτοῦ -ούμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+] —later in active, τίνι ὁμοιόωώσω τὴν γενεὰν ταύτη; [ὁμοιόωοῦσα “BSA” 29.35 (Sparta, 4th c.AD). ">NT+4th c.AD+]
__II intransitive, to be like, interpolated in [Refs 1st c.AD+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Matt.11.16}