Greek

To form

μορφόωStrong’s G3445

morphoō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Morphoō is the Greek word usually translated “may have been formed”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,”

Meaning

Usually translated “may have been formed”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

1 book in all.

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Greek dictionary

μορφόω morphoō · to form

μορφόω, -ῶ (μορφή), [in Aq.: Isa.44:13 * ;] to form: figuratively, Gal.4:19 (cf. μετα-, συμ-μορφόω) (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “form” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

FORM, noun

[Latin forma.]

The shape or external appearance of a body; the figure, as defined by lines and angles; that manner of being peculiar to each body, which exhibits it to the eye as distinct from every other body.“The form of his visage was changed” Daniel 3:19“After that he appeared in another form to two of them, as they walked” Mark 16:12
Manner of arranging particulars; disposition of particular things; as a form of words or expressions.
Model; draught; pattern.“Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me” 2 Timothy 1:13
Beauty; elegance; splendor; dignity.“He hath no form nor comeliness” Isaiah 53:2

All definitions and other forms of “form”

Regularity; method; order.
External appearance without the essential qualities; empty show.
Stated method; established practice; ritual or prescribed mode; as the forms of public worship; the forms of judicial proceeding; forms of civility.
Ceremony; as, it is a mere matter of form
Determinate shape.“The earth was without form and void” Genesis 1:2
Likeness; image.“Who, being in the form of God -” Philippians 2:6
Manner; system; as a form of government; a monarchical or republican form
Manner of arrangement; disposition of component parts; as the interior form or structure of the flesh or bones, or of other bodies.
A long seat; a bench without a back.
In schools, a class; a rank of students.
The seat or bed of a hare.
A mold; something to give shape, or on which things are fashioned.
In printing, an assemblage of types, composed and arranged in order, disposed into pages or columns, and inclosed and locked in a chase, to receive an impression.
Essential form is that mode of existence which constitutes a thing what it is, and without which it could not exist.

FORM, verb transitive

[Latin formo.]

To make or cause to exist.
To shape; to mold or fashion into a particular shape or state; as, to form an image of stone or clay.
To plan; to scheme; to modify.
To arrange; to combine in a particular manner; as, to form a line or square of troops.
To adjust; to settle.
To contrive; to invent; as, to form a design or scheme.
To make; up; to frame; to settle by deductions of reason; as, to form an opinion or judgment; to form an estimate.
To mold; to model by instruction and discipline; as, to form the mind to virtuous habits by education.
To combine; to unite individuals into a collective body; as, to form a society for missions.
To make; to establish.
To compile; as, to form a body of laws or customs; to form a digest.
To constitute; to make.
In grammar, to make by derivation, or by affixes or prefixes.
To enact; to make; to ordain; as, to form a law or an edict.

FORM, verb intransitive

To take a form

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.