μορφή

μορφή, -ῆς, ἡ

[in LXX: Dom 8,18 A (תֹּאַר), Job 4,16 (תְּמוּנָה), Es 44,13 (תַּבְנִית), Dan LXX 3:19 (צֶלֶם), Da TH Dan 4,33; 5,6, 9-10; 7,28 (זִיו), Tob 1,13, Wis 18,1, 4Ma 15,4 * ;]

form, shape, appearance (Hom., Eur., . sch., al.); in philos. lang. the specific character or essential form (Arist., see Gifford, Inc., 26 ff.) : Mark 16,12, Fil 2,6-7.†

SYN.: μόρφωσις, the outline, delineation, semblance of the μορφή, as distinct from the μ. itself (Lft., Notes, 262); σχῆμα, shape, fashion, disting. from μορφή as the outward and accidental from the inward and essential (cf. Tr., Syn., § LXX; Lft., Phi., 125 ff.; Gifford., Inc., l.with)