The Greek verb aphomoioō means to make like, to liken, or to cause to resemble. It combines apo (from/thoroughly) and homoioō (to make like, to resemble). The word carries the sense of thorough likening — being fully conformed to a pattern. In the New Testament it appears only once, in Hebrews 7:3, in the description of Melchizedek.
Hebrews 7:3 describes Melchizedek as being "made like (aphomoiōmenos) the Son of God." The theological direction is profound: Melchizedek is not the original — Christ is. Melchizedek is the shadow; Christ is the substance. The priest of Salem is deliberately described as a type, lacking genealogy and recorded death, so that in the narrative he resembles the eternal Son whose priesthood knows no beginning or end. Aphomoioō is the language of typology — God pre-shaping history to point to Christ.