Quick Definition
μόρφωσις, εως, ἡ n.f. form, outline
Strong's Definition
from 3445; formation, i.e. (by implication), appearance (semblance or (concretely) formula)
KJV Usage: form
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -εως | μορφόω
58.3 · Nature, Class, Example · Nature, Character
embodiment, full content, essential features the embodiment of the essential features and qualities of something In some languages there may not be a substantive corresponding to ‘features’ or ‘essential features.’ It may therefore be important to restructure this expression in ROM 2:20 as ‘to possess correctly the knowledge and truth in the Law’ or ‘to truly possess the knowledge and truth in the Law’ or even ‘in the Law to know fully the truth.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μόρφωσις, -cws, ἧ, (μορφόω); img: τῶν δένδρων, Theophr. e. pl. 3, 7, 4. i.e. a. the mere form, semblance: εὐσεβείας, 2 Tim. iii. 5. b. the form befitting the thing or truly expressing the fact, the very form: τῆς γνώσεως x. τῆς ἀληθείας, Ro. ii. 20.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μόρφωσις morphōsis 2x
pr. a shaping, moulding; in NT external form, appearance, 2 Tim. 3:5; a settled form. prescribed system, Rom. 2:20*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† μόρφωσις, -εως, ἡ
(< μορφόω),
a forming, shaping (Theophr.).
form, outline, semblance: Ro 2:20; opp. to δύναμις, II Ti 3:5.†
SYN.: μορφή (q.v.), σχῆμα.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μόρφωσις. Pallis ad Rom 259 regards μόρφωσιν as probably a Stoical term -- παίδευσιν, “education,” and compares μορφωμένος in MGr applied toa well-educated person. With 2 Tim 3° cf. Philo De Plantat. 70 (ed. Wendland) ἐπεὶ καὶ νῦν εἰσί τινες τῶν ἐπιμορφαζόντων εὐσέβειαν, οἱ TO πρόχειρον τοῦ λόγου παρασυκοφαντοῦσι φάσκοντες οὔθ᾽ ὅσιον οὔτ᾽ ἀσφαλὲς εἶναι λέγειν ἀνθρώπου θεὸν κλῆρον. The subst. μβόρφωμα is found gezzguies in Aquila’s version of the OT: see HR s.z.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
μόρφωσις (morphōsis) — form. μόρφ-ωσις, εως, ἡ, shaping, bringing into shape, σχηματισμὸς καὶ μ. τῶν δένδρων [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. form, semblance, [NT]