πλάσμα

ποίημα poíēma · G4161 · product, what is made

Greek noun from ποιέω 'to make', denotes something made or created; broader than πλάσμα (which emphasizes molding/shaping) but semantically overlapping as both refer to the product of creative activity (Eph 2:10, Rom 1:20)

κτίσμα ktísma · G2938 · creation, creature, what has been created

Greek noun from κτίζω 'to create', denotes something created; broader than πλάσμα but overlaps in referring to the product of God's creative work, emphasizing the created status rather than the molding process

יֵצֶר yêtser · H3336 · what is formed, thought, tendency

Hebrew noun from יצר 'to form/fashion', denotes something formed or fashioned, especially by a potter; direct translation equivalent for πλάσμα in Rom 9:20 (cf. Isaiah 29:16 LXX where πλάσμα translates יֵצֶר)

מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh · H4639 · deed, deeds, practices

Hebrew noun denoting something made or fashioned; broader than πλάσμα but can translate contexts where God's creative work/formation is in view, especially in pottery metaphors (Isaiah 64:8)

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πλάσμα names an object shaped by a craftsman, used figuratively of a created person. Paul answers an imagined objector: “On the contrary, who are you, you foolish person, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, ‘Why did you make me like this,’ will it?” (Romans 9:20).

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.