εὐπροσωπέω
euprosōpéō · G2146 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to wish to show off, to make a good showing
To make a good showing, particularly with regard to outward appearances
ExamplesGalatians 6:12 All who want to make a good showing in the flesh try to compel you to be circumcised, simply so that they will not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated (infinitive) 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐνin+ σάρξflesh, body, physical body 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- θέλωto want, to wish, to desire 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- ἐπιδείκνυμι epideíknymi · G1925 · to show, to show to be true, to prove
- ἐπιδείκνυμι means to display or show openly, which closely parallels the idea of making a display inherent in εὐπροσωπέω. Both verbs involve presenting something for view, though ἐπιδείκνυμι is more neutral while εὐπροσωπέω specifically emphasizes making a good appearance.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To wish to show off, to make a good showing88.236
- In Galatians 6:12, Paul warns, “All who want to make a good showing in the flesh try to compel you to be circumcised,” using this verb for putting on an impressive outward display.
Word family 32 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐυπροσώπω: 1 aorist infinitive εὐπροσωπῆσαι; (εὐπρόσωπος fair of face, of good…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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