εἰκὼν
eikṓn
image
Visual representation; a form or figure resembling a person or thing. εἰκών primarily denotes something that is made to look like or correspond to an original—often in a visual or physical form, such as a statue, portrait, or image. It can further extend to abstract or figurative senses, denoting a representation, manifestation, or likeness—whether physical (e.g., a coin’s press), visual (e.g., a painting), or conceptual (e.g., a moral or spiritual likeness). Its semantic range includes: 1) a material object fashioned to represent a being or thing (statue, portrait, effigy); 2) a visible likeness or outward form; 3) a symbolic, conceptual, or spiritual representation (as of qualities, virtues, or character).
Mark 12:16 · Word #9
Lexicon G1504
| Lemma | εἰκών |
| Transliteration | eikṓn |
| Strong's | G1504 |
| Definition | Visual representation; a form or figure resembling a person or thing. εἰκών primarily denotes something that is made to look like or correspond to an original—often in a visual or physical form, such as a statue, portrait, or image. It can further extend to abstract or figurative senses, denoting a representation, manifestation, or likeness—whether physical (e.g., a coin’s press), visual (e.g., a painting), or conceptual (e.g., a moral or spiritual likeness). Its semantic range includes: 1) a material object fashioned to represent a being or thing (statue, portrait, effigy); 2) a visible likeness or outward form; 3) a symbolic, conceptual, or spiritual representation (as of qualities, virtues, or character). |
Morphology N NOM F SG
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Case | NOM — Nominative — The subject of the sentence |
| Gender | F — Feminine — Grammatical feminine |
| Number | SG — Singular — One |
Common Translation
| Phrase | image |
| Literal | image |
Lexical Info
| Lemma | εἰκών |
| Strong's | G1504 |
SIBI-P1 Translation G1504-01
likeness-image
| Morphological Notes | Noun, nominative feminine singular (Gr,N,,,,,NFS): a single feminine noun in subject form. |
| Rendering Rationale | "Likeness-image" preserves the root idea of resemblance (from εἴκω, "to be like") while retaining the concrete sense of a visible or formed representation. The nominative feminine singular form presents the noun in its base lexical function as a singular subject or identifier. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
image
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | 'Image' is the standard and contextually expected rendering here; P1's 'likeness-image' is unnecessarily complex in context, where only 'image' is needed. |