UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: likeness, image

Semantic entry: 6.96

Semantic domains: Artifacts

Subdomains: Images and Idols

Definition: an object (not necessarily three-dimensional) which has been formed to resemble a person, god, animal, etc.

Notes: In certain contexts the referents of εἰκών[a], τύπος [source selector 000001][b], and χάραγμα [source selector 000001][b] may have special religious significance in that they may refer to idols, but the focal component for the translator is that of a likeness or resemblance (see 58.35: εἰκών). In contexts such as RV MAT 22:20 · LV MAT 22:20 · Read together MAT 22:20 an equivalent translation may be simply ‘a picture,’ but in RV ROM 1:23 · LV ROM 1:23 · Read together ROM 1:23 and RV ACT 7:43 · LV ACT 7:43 · Read together ACT 7:43 one may use the same expression as is employed to render εἴδωλον[a] ‘idol’ (6.97: εἴδωλον).

Further resources: realia:4.6

Sense 2: same form, likeness

Semantic entry: 58.35

Semantic domains: Nature, Class, Example

Subdomains: Same or Equivalent Kind or Class

Definition: that which has the same form as something else

Notes: Since the expressions τοῦ χοϊκοῦ and τοῦ ἐπουρανίου refer to individuals, it is much more satisfactory to translate RV CO1 15:49 · LV CO1 15:49 · Read together CO1 15:49 as ‘just as we have the likeness of the man made of earth, so we will have the likeness of the Man from heaven.’|In RV CO1 15:49 · LV CO1 15:49 · Read together CO1 15:49 εἰκών designates similarity in class or kind, while in RV ROM 1:23 · LV ROM 1:23 · Read together ROM 1:23 εἰκών indicates a fashioned object (see 6.96: εἰκών / 6.96: τύπος / 6.96: χάραγμα).

Sense 3: representation, pattern

Semantic entry: 58.61

Semantic domains: Nature, Class, Example

Subdomains: Pattern, Model, Example, and Corresponding Representation

Definition: that which represents something else in terms of basic form and features