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To mold

πλάσσωStrong’s G4111

plassō

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Plassō is the Greek word usually translated “having formed” and “was formed”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“For Adam was first formed, then Eve.”
1 Timothy 2:13 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “having formed” and “was formed”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • having formed 1
  • was formed 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Romans 1
  • 1 Timothy 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

πλάσσω plassō · to mold

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

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

MOLD, noun

[Latin mollis.]

  1. Fine soft earth, or earth easily pulverized, such as constitutes soil; as black mold
  2. A substance like down which forms on bodies which lie long in warm and damp air.
  3. Matter of which any thing is formed.
All definitions and other forms of “mold”

    MOLD, noun

    1. The matrix in which any thing is cast and receives its form.
    2. Cast; form; as a writer of vulgar mold
    3. The suture or contexture of the skull.
    4. In ship-building, a thin flexible piece of timber, used as a pattern by which to form the curves of the timbers and compassing pieces.
    5. Among gold beaters, a number of pieces of vellum or a like substance, laid over one another, between which the leaves of gold and silver are laid for beating.

    MOLD, verb transitive

    To cause to contract mold

    1. To cover with mold or soil.

    MOLD, verb intransitive

    To contract mold; to become moldy.

      MOLD, verb transitive

      To form into a particular shape; to shape; to model.

      1. To knead; as, to mold dough or bread.

      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.