"equal, like, Mt. 20:12; Lk. 6:34; on an equality, Phil. 2:6; met. correspondent, consistent, Mk. 14:56, 59"
Definition and meaning
equal, like, Mt. 20:12; Lk. 6:34; on an equality, Phil. 2:6; met. correspondent, consistent, Mk. 14:56, 59
In the original Greek the word is written: ἴσος
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of isos (G2470) across the King James Bible.
Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together.
But neither so did their witness agree together.
And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
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Common questions
Strong's G2470 (isos) is a Greek word that means: equal, like, Mt. 20:12; Lk. 6:34; on an equality, Phil. 2:6; met. correspondent, consistent, Mk. 14:56, 59 It appears 8 times in the King James Bible.
The word isos (G2470) appears 8 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G2470 is isos, a Greek word defined as: equal, like, Mt. 20:12; Lk. 6:34; on an equality, Phil. 2:6; met. correspondent, consistent, Mk. 14:56, 59. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
isos is a Greek word found in the New Testament.