'Likeness of God' in the Bible
So God created man in His own image, in the image and likeness of God He created him; male and female He created them.
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
A man ought not to have his head covered, for he has been from the beginning 'the likeness of God' and the reflection of his glory, but woman is the reflection of man's glory.
among them the god of this world [Satan] has blinded the minds of the unbelieving to prevent them from seeing the illuminating light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.