Quick Definition
πλάσσω v. I form, mould
Strong's Definition
a primary verb; to mould, i.e. shape or fabricate
KJV Usage: form
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πλάσσω: 1 aor. ptep. πλάσας ; 1 aor. pass. ἐπλάσθην ; [(perh. akin to πλατύς; Curtius § 367 b)]; fr. Hes. down; Sept. chiefly for ὝΧ᾽ ; to form, mould, (prop. something from clay, wax, etc.): used of a potter, Ro. ix. 20; of God as Creator (Gen. ii. 7 sq. 19 etc.), pass. 1 Tim. ii. 13.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πλάσσω plassō 2x
to form, fashion, mould, Rom. 9:20; 1 Tim. 2:13*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πλάσσω,
[in LXX chiefly for יצר;]
to form, mould: Ro 9:20(LXX), I Ti 2:13.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πλάσσω, ‘Smould,? “form?” (Rom 92° lxXcx): ‘ch P Tebt ΠῚ 34222 (late ii/A.D.) πεπλασμένα πλάσεως χειμερινῆς, ‘‘being of winter manufacture ’’ (Edd.), with reference to pots, and PSI V. 4728 (a.p. 295) τῆς πλασσομί(ένης) πλίνθου. Cf. Artem. p. 1751° ἀνθρώπους πλάσσειν, and Zest. xiz. patr. Reub. iii. 5 πλάττειν λόγους (cf. 2 Pet 23).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πλάσσω (plassō) — to mold. 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+]