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μορφή (G3444)

morphḗ

mor-fay'

perhaps from the base of μέρος (through the idea of adjustment of parts); shape; figuratively, nature:--form.

Abbott–Smith

μορφή, -ῆς, ἡ, [in LXX: Jg 8:18 A (תֹּאַר), Jb 4:16 (תְּמוּנָה), Is 44:13 (תַּבְנִית), Da LXX 3:19 (צְלֵם), Da TH 4:33 5:6, 9, 10 7:28 (זִיו), To 1:13, Wi 18:1, IV Mac 15:4*;]
form, shape, appearance (Hom., Eur., Æsch., al.); in philos. lang. the specific character or essential form (Arist., v. Gifford, Inc., 26 ff.): Mk 16:[12], Phl 2:6, 7.†

SYN.: μόρφωσις, the outline, delineation, semblance of the μορφή, as distinct from the μ. itself (Lft., Notes, 262); σχῆμα, shape, fashion, disting. from μορφή as the outward and accidental from the inward and essential (cf. Tr., Syn., § LXX; Lft., Phl., 125 ff.; Gifford., Inc., 126 ff.).

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), in the public domain.


3 occurrences

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  • Mark 16:12
    After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country.
  • Philippians 2:6
    Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
  • Philippians 2:7
    But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: