εὐσχήμων
euschḗmōn · G2158 · Greek · 5 occurrences
Meanings
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attractive, presentable
Pertaining to having an attractive form
Examples1 Corinthians 7:35 I say this for your own benefit, not to put a restraint on you, but to promote what is appropriate and to secure undistracted devotion to the Lord.
1 Corinthians 12:24 whereas our more presentable parts have no need of it. But God has so composed the body, giving more abundant honor to that part which lacked,
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esteemed, honored
Pertaining to having special prestige or honor
ExamplesMark 15:43 Joseph of Arimathea came, a prominent member of the Council, who was himself also waiting for the kingdom of God; and he gathered up courage and went in before Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.
Acts 13:50 But the Jews incited the devout women of prominence and the leading men of the city, and instigated a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their region.
Acts 17:12 Therefore, many of them believed, along with a significant number of prominent Greek women and men.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐγώI, we 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἔχωto have 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- λέγωto say 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πρόςto, toward, with 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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Semantic domains 2 entries
- Attractive, presentable79.15
- In 1 Corinthians 12:24, Paul contrasts this with the body's less presentable parts, noting “our more presentable parts have no need of it,” using this word for what is outwardly attractive and fitting to display.
- Esteemed, honored87.33
- In Acts 13:50, the Jews who opposed Paul and Barnabas incited “the devout women of prominence and the leading men of the city,” using this word for people of honored, esteemed social standing.
Word family 51 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon εὔσχημον (εὖ, and σχῆμα the figure, Latinhabitus); 1. of elegant figure, shapely,…
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 Cor 12:24; of morals: πρός τό εὔσχημον, to promote decorum, 1 Cor 7:35.
2. in later usage (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 333), of good standing, honorable, influential, wealthy, respectable (R. V. of honorable estate): Mk 15:43; Acts 13:50; Acts 17:12. (Josephus, de vita sua §9; Plutarch, parallel. Graec. et Rom c. 15, p. 309 b.)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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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