ἴσοςísos
similar (in amount and kind)
Greek (New Testament) · G2470
Meanings
equal, the same in size, number, quality, etc.: δωρεά, Acts 11:17; μαρτυρίαι, Mark 14:56, Mark 14:59; ἴ. ποιεῖν, with accusative et dative, Matthew 20:12; ἑαυτὸν τ. θεῷ, John 5:18; τὰ ἴ. ἀπολαβεῖν, Luke 6:34, n. plural, ἴσα, adverbially, Revelation 21:16; τ. θεῷ, Philippians 2:6.
Same root
- εἴδωeídō · G1492used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι) and G3708 (ὁράω); properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by implication, (in the perfect tense only) to know
- ἰσόψυχοςisópsychos · G2473of similar spirit
- ἰσότιμοςisótimos · G2472of equal value or honor
- ἴσωςísōs · G2481likely, i.e. perhaps
- ἰσάγγελοςisángelos · G2465like an angel, i.e. angelic
Where it appears
Appears 8 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 20:12 ‘Those people worked only one hour, and yet you’ve paid them just as much as you paid us who worked all day in the scorching heat.’
- Mark 14:56 Many false witnesses spoke against him, but they contradicted each other.
- Mark 14:59 But even then they didn’t get their stories straight!
- Luke 6:34 And if you lend money only to those who can repay you, why should you get credit? Even sinners will lend to other sinners for a full return.
- John 5:18 So the Jewish leaders tried all the harder to find a way to kill him. For he not only broke the Sabbath, he called God his Father, thereby making himself equal with God.
- Acts 11:17 And since God gave these Gentiles the same gift he gave us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to stand in God’s way?”
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.