- πλάσσω
- πλάσσω 1 aor. ἔπλασα; pf. ptc. πεπλακώς. Pass.: 1 aor. ἐπλάσθην; pf. ptc. neut. πεπλασμένον LXX (s. two prec. entries; Hes. et al.; ins [e.g. IAndrosIsis 94]; pap, LXX; pseudepigr.; Philo; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 293; apolog. [Tat. 1, 1 πλάττειν])① to manufacture someth. by molding a soft substance, form, moldⓐ of the manufacture of certain objects Ro 9:20 (s. πλάσμα); Dg 2:3.ⓑ esp. of God’s creative activity in forming humankind (cp. Semonides of Amorgos 7, 21 of a woman as obj. πλάσαντες γηίνην Ὀλύμπιοι; Babrius 66, 2f πλάσσασθαι ἄνθρωπον ἐκ γῆς. Cp. Cornutus 18 p. 31, 20.—Artem. 3, 17 it is said of Prometheus πλ. τοὺς ἀνθρώπους).α. of the first parents, Adam and Eve (Gen 2:7f, 15; cp. 2 Macc 7:23; TestAbr B 8 p. 113, 4 [Stone p. 74]; Philo, Op. M. 137; Jos., Ant. 1, 32; SibOr 3, 24; Just., D. 19, 3 al.) ἄνθρωπον ταῖς ἱεραῖς χερσὶν ἔπλασεν (God) formed humankind with holy hands 1 Cl 33:4 (ἄρσεν καὶ θήλυ vs. 5). Pass. 1 Ti 2:13 ‘Adam’ and ‘Eve’.β. of humans in gener., w. the first parents in mind: οὓς (i.e. the humans) ἐκ τῆς ἰδίας εἰκόνος ἔπλασεν whom (God) formed in his own image Dg 10:2 (Himerius, Or. 64 [=Or. 18], 4 πλ. of forming of figures by a sculptor).γ. of humankind gener., with no special ref. to Adam and Eve (oft. LXX; ApcEsdr 3:9 p. 27, 17 Tdf.; Ath. 31, 3) 1 Cl 38:3; B 19:2; AcPlCor 2:7. Specif. the human heart was formed by God B 2:10 (cp. Ps 32:15).② to direct personal character or cultural formation, shape, in fig. ext. of 1: formation of mental things, in the difficult pass. δεῖξαι αὐτῷ φῶς καὶ πλάσαι τῇ συνέσει show him light and shape him with understanding (?) 1 Cl 16:12 (Is 53:11 LXX, without support in the orig. text as handed down to us.—For the figurative meaning cp. Pla., Rep. 377c πλάττειν τὰς ψυχάς [through education], Leg. 671c παιδεύειν καὶ πλάττειν; Theocr. 7, 44).—B. 617. DELG. M-M. TW.
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