Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)
to mold
Usage: πλάσσω [in LXX chiefly for יָצַר ;] to form, mould: Rom.9:26 (LXX), 1Ti.2:13.† (AS)
Plasso means “form” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4111 — mahalalel (“Mahalaleel”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4111 πλάσσω (plasso) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. plasso (plas'-so) v. 1. to mould, i.e. shape or fabricate [a primary verb] It has 51 linked Bible usages across 16 books. Visible English usage signals include formed, made, lord, thee, and god. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
plasso (plas'-so) v. 1. to mould, i.e. shape or fabricate [a primary verb] KJV: form
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to mold
Usage: πλάσσω [in LXX chiefly for יָצַר ;] to form, mould: Rom.9:26 (LXX), 1Ti.2:13.† (AS)
Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G4111 (πλάσσω) appears 52 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
2 indexed usages in New Testament.
Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
42 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And God formed the man of dust of the earth, and breathed upon his face the breath of life, and the man became a living soul.
And God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and placed there the man whom he had formed.
And the Lord God took the man whom he had formed, and placed him in the garden of Delight, to cultivate and keep it.
7 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
but doubtless the Creator of the world, who formed the generation of man, and found out the beginning of all things, will also of his own mercy give you breath and life again, as ye now regard not your own selves for his laws’ sake.
In which these brothers having remained an equal time, and having been formed for the same period, and been increased by the same blood, and having been perfected through the same principle of life,
For the potter, tempering soft earth, Fashioneth every vessel with much labor for our service: Yea, of the same clay he maketh Both the vessels that serve for clean uses, And likewise also all such as serve to the contrary: But what is the use of either sort, the potter himself is the judge.
First 51 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4111.
And God formed the man of dust of the earth, and breathed upon his face the breath of life, and the man became a living soul.
And God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and placed there the man whom he had formed.
And the Lord God took the man whom he had formed, and placed him in the garden of Delight, to cultivate and keep it.
And God formed yet farther out of the earth all the wild beasts of the field, and all the birds of the sky, and he brought them to Adam, to see what he would call them, and whatever Adam called any living creature, that was the name of it.
And he received them at their hands, and formed them with a graving tool; and he made them a molten calf, and said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.
I have brought about the matter, I have brought it to a conclusion; and it is come to the destruction of the bands of warlike prisoners, even of strong cities.
Thy hands have formed me and made me; Afterward thou didst change thy mind, and smite me.
Remember that thou hast made me as clay, And thou dost turn me again to earth.
All flesh would die together, And every mortal would return to the earth, whence also he was formed.
Or didst thou take clay of the ground, and form a living creature, And set it with the power of speech upon the earth?
Who fashioned their hearts alone; Who understands all their works.
Thou hast made all the borders of the earth; Thou hast made summer and spring.
Before the mountains existed, And before the earth and the world were formed, Even from age to age, thou art.
He that planted the ear, does he not hear? Or he that formed the eye, does not he perceive?
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, Which frames mischief by an ordinance?
For the sea is his, and he made it: And his hands formed the dry land.
There go the ships; And this dragon whom thou hast made to play in it.
Thy hands have made me, and fashioned me: Instruct me, that I may learn thy commandments.
the last and the first: Thou hast fashioned me, and laid thy hand upon me.
Thine eyes saw my unwrought substance, And all men shall be written in thy book; They shall be formed by day, though there should for a time be no one among them.
But if thou shouldest say, I know not this man; Know that the Lord knows the hearts of all; And he that formed breath for all, he knows all things, Who renders to every man according to his works.
And after a time there shall be in it no green thing because of the grass being parched. Come hither, ye women that come from a sight; for it is a people of no understanding; therefore he that made them shall have no pity upon them, and he that formed them shall have no mercy upon them.
Shall ye not be counted as clay of the potter? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Thou didst not form me? or the work to the maker, Thou hast not made me wisely?
And now thus saith the Lord God that made thee, O Jacob, and formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
even all who are called by my name: for I have prepared him for my glory, and I have formed him, and have made him:
Thus saith the Lord God that made thee, and he that formed thee from the womb; Thou shalt yet be helped: fear not, my servant Jacob; and beloved Israel, whom I have chosen.
But they that framed false gods did not then hearken; and they that graved images are all vain, performing their own desires, which shall not profit them, but they shall be ashamed
that form a god, and all that grave worthless things:
Remember these things, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant; I have formed thee to be my servant: and do thou, Israel, not forget me.
Thus saith the Lord that redeems thee, and who formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that performs all things: I stretched out the heaven alone, and established the earth.
And now, thus saith the Lord that formed me from the womb to be his own servant, to gather Jacob to him and Israel. I shall be gathered and glorified before the Lord, and my God shall be my strength.
the Lord also is pleased to take away from the travail of his soul, to show him light, and to form him with understanding; to justify the just one who serves many well; and he shall bear their sins.
Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee; and before thou camest forth from the womb, I sanctified thee; I appointed thee a prophet to the nations.
The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.
And now say to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Behold, I prepare evils against you, and devise a device against you: let every one turn now from his evil way, and amend your practices.
Then said the Lord to me, Go and get an earthen bottle, the work of the potter, and thou shalt bring some of the elders of the people, and of the priests;
Not such is Jacob’s portion; for he that formed all things, he is his inheritance; the Lord is his name.
Thus saith the Lord, who made the earth and formed it, to establish it; the Lord is his name;
Art not thou from the beginning, O Lord God, my Holy One? and surely we shall not die. O Lord, thou hast established it for judgment, and he has formed me to chasten with his correction.
What profits it the graven image, that they have graven it? one has made it a molten work, a false image; for the maker has trusted in his work, to make dumb idols.
The burden of the word of the Lord for Israel; saith the Lord, that stretches out the sky, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him.
Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
but doubtless the Creator of the world, who formed the generation of man, and found out the beginning of all things, will also of his own mercy give you breath and life again, as ye now regard not your own selves for his laws’ sake.
In which these brothers having remained an equal time, and having been formed for the same period, and been increased by the same blood, and having been perfected through the same principle of life,
For the potter, tempering soft earth, Fashioneth every vessel with much labor for our service: Yea, of the same clay he maketh Both the vessels that serve for clean uses, And likewise also all such as serve to the contrary: But what is the use of either sort, the potter himself is the judge.
And employing his labors lewdly, he maketh a vain god of the same clay, Even he which a little before was made of earth himself, And within a little while after returneth to the same, out of the which he was taken, When his life which was lent him shall be demanded.
Notwithstanding his care is, not that he shall have much labor, Nor that his life is short: But striveth to excel goldsmiths and silversmiths, And endeavoreth to do like the workers in brass, And counteth it his glory to make counterfeit things.
Forasmuch as he knew not his Maker, And him that inspired into him an active soul, And breathed in a living spirit.
For man made them, And he that borrowed his own spirit fashioned them: But no man can make a god like unto himself.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4111, grouped by book.
Plasso (Strong's G4111) is a Greek word most simply glossed "form". plasso (plas'-so) v. 1. to mould, i.e. shape or fabricate [a primary verb]
This page currently indexes 51 linked usages for Strong's G4111 across 16 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4111 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as formed, made, lord, thee, god, and earth. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 42 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 7 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4111, with linked reader references where each row is available.