Quick Definition
I form, mould
Strong's Definition
to mould, i.e. shape or fabricate
Derivation: a primary verb;
KJV Usage: form
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πλάσσω: 1 aorist participle πλάσας; 1 aorist passive ἐπλασθην; ((perhaps akin to πλατύς; Curtius, § 367 b)); from Hesiod down; the Sept. chiefly for ιΘφΗψ; to form, mould (properly, something from clay, wax, etc.): used of a potter, Rom_9:20; of God as Creator ( Genesis 2:7 f, 19 etc.), passive, 1Ti_2:13.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πλάσσω plassō 2x
to form, fashion, mould, Rom_9:20 ; 1Ti_2:13
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πλάσσω ,
[in LXX chiefly for H3335 ;]
to form , mould: Rom_9:26 ( LXX ), 1Ti_2:13 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πλάσσω [page 516]
mould, form ( Rom_9:20 LXX) : cf. P Tebt II. 342 .22 (late ii/A.D.) πεπλ̣α̣σμένα πλάσεως χειμερινῆς , being of winter manufacture (Edd.), with reference to pots, and PSI V. 472 .8 (A.D. 295) τῆς πλασσομ (ένης ) πλίνθου . Cf. Artem. p. 175 .15 ἀνθρώπους πλάσσειν , and Test. xii. patr. Reub. iii. 5 πλάττειν λόγους (cf. 2Pe_2:3 ).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
πλάσσω "to form, mould, shape", Lat. fingere, properly of the artist who works in clay or wax, Hes. , Hdt. ; τὴν ὑδρίαν πλάσαι "to mould" the water-jar, Ar. ; ἔπλαττεν οἰκίας "made clay" houses, id=Ar. :—Pass. "to be moulded, made", ὁ μὲν πλάσσεται one "is a-moulding", Hdt. generally, "to mould and form" by education, training, Plat. "to form in the mind, form a notion of" a thing, id=Plat. "to put in a certain form": Mid., πλασάμενος τῆι ὄψει "having formed himself" in face, i. e. composed his countenance, Thuc. metaph. "to make up, fabricate, forge", Soph. , Dem. :— absol., πλάσας λέγειν to speak "from invention", i. e. not the truth, Hdt. :—so in Mid., Xen. , etc.:—Pass., οὐ πεπλασμένος ὁ κόμπος not "fictitious", Aesch.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
πλάσσω
[in LXX chiefly for יָצַר ;]
to form, mould: Rom.9:26 (LXX), 1Ti.2:13.†
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