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Lexicon :: Strong's G3444 - morphē

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μορφή
Transliteration
morphē (Key)
Pronunciation
mor-fay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps from the base of μέρος (G3313) (through the idea of adjustment of parts)
mGNT
3x in 2 unique form(s) TR
3x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
8x in 3 unique form(s)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:742,607

Trench's Synonyms: lxx. μορφή, σχῆμα, ἰδέα.

Strong’s Definitions

μορφή morphḗ, mor-fay'; perhaps from the base of G3313 (through the idea of adjustment of parts); shape; figuratively, nature:—form.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G3444 in the following manner: form (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G3444 in the following manner: form (3x).

  1. the form by which a person or thing strikes the vision

  2. external appearance

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μορφή morphḗ, mor-fay'; perhaps from the base of G3313 (through the idea of adjustment of parts); shape; figuratively, nature:—form.
STRONGS G3444:
μορφή, μορφῆς, ἡ (from root signifying 'to lay hold of', 'seize' (cf. German Fassung); Fick, Part i., p. 174; Vanicek, p. 719), from Homer down, the form by which a person or thing strikes the vision; the external appearance: children are said to reflect ψυχῆς τέ καί μορφῆς ὁμοιότητα (of their parents), 4 Macc. 15:3 (4); ἐφανερώθη ἐν ἑτέρα μορφή, Mark 16:12; ἐν μορφή Θεοῦ ὑπάρχων, Philippians 2:6; μορφήν δούλου λαβών, Philippians 2:7; — this whole passage (as I have shown more fully in the Zeitschr. f. wissensch. Theol. for 1873, pp. 33ff, with which compare the different view given by Holsten in the Jahrbb. f. protest. Theol. for 1875, p. 449ff) is to be explained as follows: who, although (formerly when he was λόγος ἄσαρκος) "he bore the form (in which he appeared to the inhabitants of heaven) of God (the sovereign, opposed to μορφή δούλου), yet did not think that this equality with God was to be eagerly clung to or retained (see ἁρπαγμός, 2), but emptied himself of it (see κενόω, 1 BLB DISCLAIMER) so as to assume the form of a servant, in that he became like unto men (for angels also are δοῦλοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, Revelation 19:10; Revelation 22:8f) and was found in fashion as a man". (God μένει ἀεί ἁπλῶς ἐν τῇ αὐτοῦ μορφή, Plato, de rep. 2, p. 381 c., and it is denied that God φαντάζεσθαι ἄλλοτε ἐν ἀλλαις ἰδέαις... καί ἀλλαττοντα τό αὐτοῦ εἶδος εἰς πολλάς μορφας... καί τῆς ἑαυτοῦ ἰδεας ἐκβαίνειν, p. 380 d.; ἡκιστ' ἄν πολλάς μορφας ἰσχοι ὁ Θεός, p. 381 b.; ἑνός σώματος οὐσίαν μετασχηματίζειν καί μεταχαράττειν εἰς πολυτροπους μορφας, Philo leg. ad Gaium § 11; οὐ γάρ ὥσπερ τό νόμισμα παρακομμα καί Θεοῦ μορφή γίνεται, ibid. § 14 at the end; God ἔργοις μέν καί χαρισιν ἐνεργής καί παντός ὁυτινοσουν φανερωτερος, μορφήν δέ καί μέγεθος ἡμῖν ἀφανεστατος, Josephus, contra Apion 2, 22, 2.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Disclaimer

Thayer’s Lexical entry for κενόω stating that Christ "laid aside equality with or the form of God" is confusing and erroneous if understood as the removal of Christ’s divine nature. Such interpretation is not supported here nor elsewhere in Scripture. The text does not state that Christ "emptied himself" of anything, but rather that he "emptied Himself" by taking the form of a human and a servant to the point of death, for our good and for our salvation. Beginning in Philippians 2:5, Paul sets forth Christ as the consummate example of the very kind of selflessness to which he exhorts believers in 2:3–4, and which he himself exemplifies in 2:17.

BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Mark
16:12
Philippians
2:6; 2:7; 2:5; 2:2-3; 2:17
Revelation
19:10; 22:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3444 matches the Greek μορφή (morphē),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:16 - It stood still,
but I could not discern its appearance.
A form was before my eyes;
there was silence, then I heard a voice:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:13 - The carpenter stretches a line; he marks it out with a pencil.[fn] He shapes it with planes and marks it with a compass. He shapes it into the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:6 - Then the king’s color changed, and his thoughts alarmed him; his limbs gave way, and his knees knocked together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:9 - Then King Belshazzar was greatly alarmed, and his color changed, and his lords were perplexed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:10 - The queen,[fn] because of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banqueting hall, and the queen declared, “O king, live forever! Let not your thoughts alarm you or your color change.

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