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si-mil´i-tuÌ„d: In the King James Version means either “an exact facsimile†( the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) “likenessâ€; , etc.), or else “the form itself†(; , , for temuÌ„naÌ„h, “form†(so the Revised Version (British and American)); compare LIKENESS. the English Revised Version has retained the word in ; (the American Standard Revised Version “likenessâ€), while the English Revised Version and the American Standard Revised Version have used “similitudes†in (דּמה, daÌ„maÌ„h, “be likeâ€). The meaning is “I have inspired the prophets to speak parables.â€