Lexical Summary euschēmōn: comely Original Word: εὐσχήμωνTransliteration: euschēmōn Phonetic Spelling: (yoo-skhay'-mone) Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: comely Meaning: comely Strong's Concordance comely, honorable. From eu and schema; well-formed, i.e. (figuratively) decorous, noble (in rank) -- comely, honourable. see GREEK eu see GREEK schema Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2158: εὐσχήμωνεὐσχήμων, εὔσχημον (εὖ, and σχῆμα the figure, Latinhabitus); 1. of elegant figure, shapely, graceful, comely, bearing oneself becomingly in speech or behavior (Euripides, Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato): τά εὐσχήμονα ἡμῶν, the comely parts of the body that need no covering (opposed to τά ἀσχήμονα ἡμῶν, verse 23), 1 Corinthians 12:24; of morals: πρός τό εὔσχημον, to promote decorum, 1 Corinthians 7:35. 2. in later usage (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 333), of good standing, honorable, influential, wealthy, respectable (R. V. of honorable estate): Mark 15:43; Acts 13:50; Acts 17:12. (Josephus, de vita sua §9; Plutarch, parallel. Graec. et Rom c. 15, p. 309 b.) |
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