to mold

Greek Verb

πλάσσω [in LXX chiefly for יָצַר;] to form, mould: Rom.9:26 (LXX), 1Ti.2:13. (AS)

to mold

Greek Verb

πλάσσω, Attic dialect πλάττω [Refs 5th c.BC+]future πλάσω (ἀνα-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]:aorist ἔπλᾰσα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect πλάσσα [Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect πέπλᾰκα [Refs 1st c.BC+]: 3rd.pers. singular pluperfect ἐπεπλάκει [Refs 1st c.AD+]: —middle, future πλάσομαι [Refs 4th c.AD+]: aorist ἐπλασάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, future πλασθήσομαι [Refs 1st c.BC+]: aorist ἐπλάσθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect πέπλασμαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—form, mould, properly of the artist who works in soft substances, such as earth, clay, wax, ἐκ γαίης π. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of Prometheus, ὃν λέγουσ᾽ ἡμᾶς πλάσαι καὶ τἄλλα. ζῷα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to γράφειν, as sculpture to painting, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (so in passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν ὑδριαν πλάσαι mould the water-jar, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. κηρία, of bees, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἔπλαττεν ἔνδον οἰκίας made clay houses, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; knead bread, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] —middle, σχῆμα πλασάμενος having formed oneself a figure, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— passive, to be moulded, made, τὸ δὲ ἐν τῇσι μήτρῃσι πλάσσεται [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) plaster, τὸν. ναὸν χρίσαντες καὶ πλάσαντες [Refs] II) generally, mould, form by education, training, etc, π. τὰς ψυχὰς τοῖς μύθοις, τὰ σώματα ταῖς χερσίν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παιδεύειν τε καὶ π. [Refs]:—passive, τοὔνομ᾽ ἀνὰ χρόνον πεπλασμένον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the voice, to be trained, [Refs 4th c.BC+] III) form an image of a thing in the mind, imagine, πλάττομεν οὔτε ἰδόντες οὔτε. νοήσαντες ἀθάνατόν τι ζῷον [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive [Refs] IV) put in a certain form, τὸ στόμα π. (so as to pronounce more elegantly) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [κόμιον] [Refs 1st c.AD+] —middle, ἀδήλως τῇ ὄψει πλυσάμενος πρὸς τὴν ξυμφοράν having formed himself in face, i.e. composed his countenance, [Refs 5th c.BC+] V) metaphorically, fabricate, forge, λόγους ψιθύρους πλάσσων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί λόγους πλάττει; [Refs 5th c.BC+] I shall be thought to speak from invention, i.e. not the truth, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, πλάσασθαι τὸν τρόπον τὸν αὑτοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; προφάσεις π. [Refs 4th c.BC+]infinitive, Νέρων εἶναι πλασάμενος pretending to be N, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] —passive, οὐ πεπλασμένος ὁ κόμπος not fictitious, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πεπλάσθαι φάσκοντες saying it was a forgery, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Verb

to mould, i.e. shape or fabricate; form; a primary verb