| Lexical Summary schēma: figure, shapeOriginal Word: σχῆμα Transliteration: schēma Phonetic Spelling: (skhay'-mah) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: figure, shape Meaning: figure, shape Strong's Concordanceoutward appearance, form, shape From the alternate of echo; a figure (as a mode or circumstance), i.e. (by implication) external condition -- fashion. see GREEK echo Thayer's Greek LexiconSTRONGS NT 4976: σχῆμα σχῆμα, σχηματος, τό (ἔχω, σχεῖν), from Aeschylus down, Latinhabitus (cf. English haviour (from have)), A. V. fashion, Vulg.figura (but in Phil.habitus) (tacitly opposed to the material or substance): τοῦ κόσμου τούτου, 1 Corinthians 7:31; the habitus, as comprising everything in a person which strikes the senses, the figure, bearing, discourse, actions, manner of life, etc., Philippians 2:7(8). (Synonym: see μορφή at the end, and Schmidt, chapter 182, 5.) | 



