UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: μορφή; -ῆς

Related lemmas: μορφόω

Sense 1: nature, character

Semantic entry: 58.2

Semantic domains: Nature, Class, Example

Subdomains: Nature, Character

Definition: the nature or character of something, with emphasis upon both the internal and external form

Notes: In view of the lack of a closely corresponding lexical item such as ‘nature,’ it may be necessary to restructure the form of RV PHP 2:7 · LV PHP 2:7 · Read together PHP 2:7 as ‘he became truly a servant.’

PHP 2:6: RV PHP 2:6 · LV PHP 2:6 · Read together PHP 2:6

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OET-RV PHP 2:6

6 Yeshua, though he was in the form of God, didn’t take advantage of being considered equal with God,

OET-LV PHP 2:6

6 who in the_form of_god being, not advantage considered which to _be equal with_god,

PHP 2:7: RV PHP 2:7 · LV PHP 2:7 · Read together PHP 2:7

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OET-RV PHP 2:7

7 but emptied himself and becoming like a human, took on the form of a slave. Then in that human form,

OET-LV PHP 2:7

7 but himself emptied, the_form of_a_slave having _taken, in the_likeness of _humans having _become.
And in _form having _been _found as a_human,

Sense 2: visual form, appearance

Semantic entry: 58.15

Semantic domains: Nature, Class, Example

Subdomains: Appearance as an Outward Manifestation of Form

Definition: a visual form of something

MRK 16:12: RV MRK 16:12 · LV MRK 16:12 · Read together MRK 16:12

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OET-RV MRK 16:12

12 Later on, Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) appeared in a different form to two of his followers on the path as they left Yerushalem (Jerusalem) and headed out to the countryside,

OET-LV MRK 16:12

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

μορφή

Form 1

Sense 1: nature, character

Sense 2: visual form, appearance