πλάσμα G4110
something formed or molded; a created thing or artifact
This term denotes anything fashioned or shaped, especially objects molded from clay or wax. In Romans 9:20, Paul invokes the potter-clay metaphor, asking whether the thing formed can question its maker. The word carries both literal meaning (a physical artifact) and theological weight (humanity as God's creation). Ancient usage included everything from clay figurines to the human body itself, understood as divinely fashioned.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The molded object that has no right to question its creator in Romans 9:20. Paul's rhetorical question draws on the ancient image of a potter and clay vessels. Cross-linguistic evidence shows consistent recognition of the forming/molding process ('thing-formed', 'formado', 'formation', 'Gebilde'), emphasizing the dependent relationship between creator and creation. 1×
AR["الْمَصْنُوعُ"]·ben["নির্মিত-বস্তু"]·DE["Gebilde"]·EN["thing-formed"]·FR["formation"]·heb["יְצִיר"]·HI["रचना"]·ID["yang-dibentuk"]·IT["creazione"]·jav["pepanggih,"]·KO["빚어진-것이"]·PT["coisa-formada,"]·RU["меня"]·ES["formado"]·SW["kilichoumbwa"]·TR["yapıt"]·urd["بنائی-گئی-چیز"]
Related Senses
G0846 1. third-person pronoun reference (5552×)H???? 1. (4670×)H6213a 1. do, perform, act (2383×)G4160 1. do, act, perform (473×)H5221 1. Hifil: to strike in battle, smite enemies (362×)H0899b 1. garment, article of clothing (216×)H6213a 2. make, construct, fabricate (148×)H3772 1. cut a covenant / make a pact (97×)H5060 1. touch physically (Qal) (96×)H3615 1. complete a task (Piel) (85×)H3772 2. cut off / destroy (Hifil causative) (81×)H3920 1. capture, seize (Qal) (76×)H???? 12. (76×)H3772 3. be cut off / be eliminated (Niphal) (74×)H6213a 3. be done, be made (Niphal) (73×)G4160 2. make, construct, create (62×)H3847 1. Qal: put on, wear (60×)H8210 1. pour out (liquid/libation) (59×)G2440 1. garment or clothing (general) (54×)H4191 4. kill / put to death (Hifil causative) (50×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
πλάσμα, ατος, τό, anything formed or moulded, image, figure, πλάσματα πηλοῦ Refs 5th c.BC+; κήρινον.. οὐκ οἶδ᾽ ὅ τι π. as it were a piece of wax-work, Refs 5th c.BC+; of figures made by bakers, Refs 4th c.BC+: plural, cakes of incense, Refs 3rd c.AD+ __b the body, as fashioned by the Creator, Refs __II counterfeit, forgery, π. ὅλον ἐστὶν ἡ διαθήκη Refs 4th c.BC+ __II.b figment, fiction, πλάσματα…