μορφή, -ῆς, ἡ

[in LXX: Jdg.8:18 A (תֹּאַר), Job.4:16 (תְּמוּנָה), Isa.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.) : Mrk.16:12, Php.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) (AS)

form; shape; appearance