Strong G4976σχῆμα

form

Transliteration
schēma
Pronunciation
skhay'-mah
Morphology
Greek Noun Neuter

Definition

From the alternate of G2192; a figure (as a mode or circumstance) that is (by implication) external condition: - fashion.

Detailed definition

σχῆμα, -τος, τό
(ἔχω), [in LXX: Isa.3:17 (פֹּת) *;]
figure, fashion: 1Co.7:31, Php.2:8.†
SYN.: see: μορφή (AS)

In the Bible

Strong G4976 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • fashion2

First verses

  1. 1 Corinthians 7:31
    And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
  2. Philippians 2:8
    And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
σχῆμα, ατος, τό,
(ἔχω, σχεῖν) form, shape, figure, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 238, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1170, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 601a, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Igne” 52, etc.; καθ᾽ Ἡρακλέα τὸ σ. καὶ τὸ λῆμ᾽ ἔχων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 463; διερεισαμένη τὸ σ. τῇ βακτηρίᾳ [prev. author] “Ec.” 150; Ἱππομέδοντος σ. καὶ μέγας τύπος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 488: in Trag. frequently in periphrastic, ὦ σ. πέτρας, ={πέτρα}, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 952; σ. καὶ πρόσωπον εὐγενὲς τέκνων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1072; σ. δόμων [prev. author] Alcaeus911 (_anapaest meter_), compare “Hec.” 619)]; Ἀσιάτιδος γῆς σ. [Refs ([prev. author] “Andr.” 1: in _plural_, of one person, φωτὸς κακούργου σχήματ᾽ [prev. author] “fragment” 210)]; μορφῆς σχῆμα or σχήματα, [NT+5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ion” 992, “IT” 292, compare “IG” 3.1417.14; τὴν αὐτὴν τοῦ σ. μορφήν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 640b34 (but ἐν μορφῇ θεοῦ ὑπάρχων, opposed to σχήματι εὑρεθεὶς ὡς ἄνθρωπος, NT.Phil.2.6 and 8); τὰ σ. καὶ χρώματα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 373b; σχήμασι καὶ χρώμασι μιμεῖσθαι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1447a19)]; κατὰ χρόαν ἢ ὄγκον ἢ σ. [τοῦ προσώπου] [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).309)]; ὅσα παθήματα γίνεται ἀπὸ σχημάτων caused by peculiar conformations, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 22.)]
b atom, imagined as differing from other atoms mainly in shape, ἐκ περιφερῶν συγκεῖσθαι σχημάτων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus cited in 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Sensu” 65; ἐκ μεγάλων σ. καὶ πολυγωνίων [prev. work] 66, compare 67, +others, “Od.” 64.)]
2 appearance, opposed to the reality, οὐδὲν ἄλλο πλὴν.. σ. a mere outside, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 25, compare 360.27, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 365c)]; show, pretence, ἦν δὲ τοῦτο.. σ. πολιτικὸν τοῦ λόγου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.89; οὐ σχήμασι, ἀλλὰ ἀληθείᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epinomis” 989c)]; σχήματι ξενίας under the show of.., [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Dio” 16, etc.)]
3 bearing, air, mien, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.60; τύραννον σ. ἔχειν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1169)]; ἄφοβον δεικνὺς σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.4.20; ταπεινὸν σ. [prev. work] 5.1.5)]; ὑπηρέτου σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.210; τῷ σχήματι, τῷ βλέμματι, τῇ φωνῇ [prev. author] 21.72)]; ὄμμασι καὶ σχήμασι καὶ βαδίς ματι φαιδρός gestures, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Apologia Socratis” 27, compare “Mem.” 3.10.5)]; especially outside show, pomp, τὸ τῆς ἀρχῆς σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 685c)]; dignity, rank, οὐ κατὰ σ. φέρειν τι in a manner not dignified or seemly, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.85.9, compare 5.56.1, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.44a, 631c, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Peregr.” 25)]; πρεσβείας, ἱερείας σ., [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.490 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, “Inscription Olymp.” 941)]; ἔχει τι σ., with infinitive, there's something to be said for.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 470, compare “IA” 983)]; of the stately air of a horse, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 1.8, 7.10.)]
4 fashion, manner, ἑτέρῳ σ. ζητεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 2)]; σ. μὲν γὰρ Ἑλλάδος στολῆς ὑπάρχει fashion of dress, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 223; σ. τοῦ κόσμου 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 832, NT.1Cor.7.31)]; σ. βίου, μάχης, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1039, “Ph.” 252 (Lyric poetry))]; τούτῳ.. κατῴκουν τῷ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 112d.)]
4.b dress, equipment, ἀρχαίῳ σ. λαμπρός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1331)]; βαβαιὰξ τοῦ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ach.” 64, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 2.4, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 10.35, 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 1.16)]; τὸ τῆς πορφύρας σ., = Latin latus clavus, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae ad res Romanas pertinentes 3.1422 (from Prusias))]; ἐν τῷ σ. ἱερέ[ως] [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work] 69.17 ([prev. passage],compare “Glotta” 14.80), compare “Sammelb.” 7449.10 (V 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus), “PLond.” 5.1729.25 (6th c.AD).)]
5 character, role, μεταβαλεῖν τὸ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus1.135d; πάντα σ. ποιεῖν [prev. author] “R.” 576a; ἐν μητρὸς σχήματι [prev. author] “Lg.” 918e, compare 859a)]; ἀπολαβεῖν τὸ ἑαυτῶν σ. to recover their proper character, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.1.49.)]
6 character, characteristic propetry of a thing, [πόλεως] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.89; πολιτείας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 291d)]; βάσιλείας σ. ἔχει the form of monarchy, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1160b25; τὸ σ. τῆς λέξεως δεῖ μήτε ἔμμετρον εἶναι μήτε ἄρρυθμον [prev. author] “Rh.” 1408b21 (but τὰ σ. τῆς λέξεως)] the forms (modes) used in poetry, such as entreaty, threat, command, [Refs ([prev. author] “Po.” 1456b9))]; τὰ τῆς κωμῳδίας σ. its characteristic forms, [Refs ([prev. work] 1448b36)]; ἐν σχήματι νόμου in form of law, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 718b)]; ἐν ἀπολογίας σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.8)]; ἐν μύθου σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1074b2, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 22c)]; τὸ τῆς διαίτης σ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.582; αἱ κατὰ σχήματα πυρετῶν διαφοραί [prev. author] 19.183.)]
7 a figure in Dancing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1485)]: mostly in plural, figures, gestures (compare σχημάτιον), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 221, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 323, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 669d, epigram cited in 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.732f, etc.; σχήματα πρὸς τὸν αὐλὸν ὀρχεῖσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 7.5)]; ἐν.. μουσικῇ καὶ σχήματα.. καὶ μέλη ἔνεστι figures and tunes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 655a)]; also of the postures of an athlete, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.183)]: generally, posture, position, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “κατ᾽ ἰητρεῖον” 11, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 538 (Lyric poetry), 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lassitudine” 3, 14)]; of the foetus, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.55)]; τὸ τῆς κατακλίσεως σ. the patient's attitude as he lies in bed, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 16.578, compare 665; compare σχηματίζω 11.3.)]
7.b Rhet., figure of speech, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ion” 536c, 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Brutus.” 37.141, etc.; [ἡ τοῦ Θουκυδίδου φράσις] πλήρης σχημάτων 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Epistula ad Pompeium” 5, compare “Amm.” 2.2)]; for σ. Πινδαρικόν, etc., see [Refs (Herodianus Rhetor “de Figuris - Rhet.” p.100S.)]
7.c in Logic, figure of a syllogism, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 26b33, +others, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 59.)]
7.d τὸ σ. τῆς λέξεως, both the grammatical form of a sentence, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Sophistici Elenchi” 166b10, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 16.709, etc.)]; and its rhythmical form, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rh.” [prev. cited] above 6, etc.)]
7.e grammatical form of a word, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 1.23, 2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus 635.21, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 17.25, +others)]
8 geometrical figure, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 414b20, +others, 1st c.AD: Onosander (Onasander) Tacticus 10.28; μονωτάτη πάντων ἀριθμῶν δυὰς σχήματος οὐκ ἔστιν ἐπιδεκτική “Theologumena Arithmeticae” 7.)]
8.b phase of the moon, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 21, 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 106.28.)]
8.c Astrology texts, aspect, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 2.3.1, 4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 3.5, 212, +others)]
8.d configuration of birds in augury, τοῖς τῶν γυναικῶν σχήμασι σῷ ζεσθαι to be saved by the configurations (of birds) appropriate to women, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.445.)]
9 in Tactics, military formation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.10.10.)]
10 ={τὸ αἰδοῖον} [LXX (LXX.Isa.3.17.)]