Tim...
Louw & Nida have this on MORPHE
58:2--the nature or character of something, with emphasis upon both the
internal and eternal form--"nature, character" (p.586).
58:15--a visual form of something--"visual form, appearance" (p.587).
on SXHMA:
58:7--the form or nature of something, with special reference to its
outer form or structure--"form, nature, structure"
58:17--appearance as an element of outward form--'appearance, form'
the one overlap that does appear is in your definition of MORPHE. It
appears to have similar semantics as SXHMA, as well as appear in the
same two semantic sub domains.
What would this indicate about the incarnation of Christ? Well that's
theology but....I will say this. That it is not so much the nuance of
meaning between the both words as much as the inclusion...Christ is in
Character and form of God and man.
Ronald Wong,
O'Brien, FL.