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STRONGS NUMBER G2158

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Word Summary
euschēmōn: comely
Original Word: εὐσχήμων
Transliteration: 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: εὐσχήμων

εὐσχήμων, 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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