1 Timothy 2:13 - Exposition

Was formed ( ἐπλάσθη ). The word used in the LXX . in Genesis 2:7 , ἔπλασεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον κ . τ . λ ., "The Lord God formed man out of the dust of the ground;" and in Genesis 2:19 of the beasts of the field; whence the word πρωτόπλαστος (Wis. 7:1; 10:1), "first made;" "first formed," A.V. So in Romans 9:20 man is called τὸ πλάσμα , "the thing made;" and God is ὁ πλάσας , "he that made it." "Plaster," "plastic," "protoplasm," are, of course, from the same root. (For the argument, see the very similar one in 1 Corinthians 11:8 , 1 Corinthians 11:9 .)