Greek noun (feminine) · G3446
μόρφωσις
morphosismor'-fo-sis
a forming, shaping (Theophr.).; form, outline, semblance
2 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: mórphōsis
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3446is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 1spelling
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3446
formation, i.e. (by implication), appearance (semblance or (concretely) formula)
The King James renders it: form.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
morphosis is rendered "a forming, shaping (Theophr.).; form, outline, semblance". It stands 2 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- One of the uses stand in Romans, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "a forming, shaping (Theophr.).".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Romans 2:20an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—
The first use
an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—
Romans 2:20μόρφωσιν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
One of the word's two uses is in Romans.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: a forming, shaping (Theophr.)., and form, outline, semblance.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a forming, shaping (Theophr.). | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereRomans 2:20an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants… |
| form, outline, semblanceRom.2:20; opposite to δύναμις, 2Ti.3:5.† | Tagged as
| WhereRomans 2:20an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 2, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
1 spelling and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- μόρφωσιν2
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular2N-ASF
Romans
one use
an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—
- μόρφωσινmorphosinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: embodiment
2 Timothy
one use
having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!
- μόρφωσινmorphosinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: a form
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.