euschēmōnos

Strong’sG2158

comely, honorable

stem euschēmōn-5 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books5 of 26 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

εὐσχήμων, -ον

(εὖ, σχῆμα), [in LXX: Pr 11:25 *;]

1. elegant, graceful, comely (Eur., Plat., al.): τὰ εὐ. ἡμῶν (opp. to τὰ ἀσχ- ἡμ-), I Co 12:24; in moral sense, seemly, becoming, I Co 7:35.

2. Also in late Gk. (v. Swete, Mk., l.c.; MM, Exp., xiv), wealthy, influential (RV, of honourable estate): Mk 15:43, Ac 13:50 17:12.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2158 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidyoo-skhay'-mone

well-formed, i.e. (figuratively) decorous, noble (in rank)

Fromfrom G2095 and G4976;

King Jamescomely, honourable.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

εὐσχήμ-ων, ον,
genitive ονος, (σχῆμα) elegant in figure, mien and bearing, graceful, opposed to ἀσχήμων, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ εὐ. ἡμῶν (i.e. μόρια) NT: comparative -έστερος more respectable, Refs 5th c.BC+: superlative -έστατοι, πονεῖν ἵπποι Refs 5th c.BC+
2 in bad sense, with an outside show of goodness, specious in behaviour, εἴς τινα Refs 5th c.BC+
II of things, decent, becoming, λόγοι Refs 4th c.BC+; τὸ εὔσχημον decorum, Refs 5th c.BC+ adverb -μόνως with grace and dignity, like a gentleman, Refs 5th c.BC+: Comp -έστερον, ἔχειν Refs 5th c.BC+: superlative -έστατα Refs
II.2 later also, noble, honourable, in rank (condemned by NT+1st c.AD+; ἡ εὐ. the noble lady, Refs 3rd c.AD+
II.2.b title of a village magistrate, in plural, εὐ. κώμης Refs 2nd c.AD+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

prominent3×presentable1×proper1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	euschēmōnos1×εὐσχήμων	euschēmōnas	euschēmōnem1×εὔσχημον	euschēmōnois	euschēmōnais	euschēmōneim1×εὐσχήμονα
object accusative	euschēmōnon	euschēmōnan		euschēmōnoin	euschēmōnain1×εὐσχήμονας
direct address vocative	euschēmōnor	euschēmōnar		euschēmōnoir	euschēmōnair
of, belonging to genitive	euschēmōnou	euschēmōnau	euschēmōneu	euschēmōnoiu	euschēmōnaiu1×εὐσχημόνων	euschēmōneiu
to, for dative	euschēmōno	euschēmōna	euschēmōne	euschēmōnoi	euschēmōnai	euschēmōnei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

euschēmōnstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

euschēmōn is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

5 occurrences, every one of them listed

euschēmōnos“prominent”subjectnominative singular1×

Mark 15:43ercharantos Iōsēf tos apo Harimathaiau euschēmōnos bouleutos, hos kai autos ate prosdechorōntos …Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent Council member who himself was waiting …

euschēmōnem“proper”subject or objectdirect singular1×

1 Corinthians 7:35… brochon vi epibalameia, alla pros tem euschēmōnem kai euparedrem to kurio aperispastōs.… you, but in order to promote proper decorum and undivided devotion to the …

euschēmōnain“prominent”objectaccusative plural1×

Acts 13:50“prominent”… Ioudaiois parotrunala tain seborōntain gunaikain tain euschēmōnain kai toin prōtoin tau polau kai …The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and …

euschēmōnaiu“prominent”of, belonging togenitive plural1×

Acts 17:12… pisteuala, kai taiu Hellēnidaiu gunaikaiu taiu euschēmōnaiu kai androiu ouk oligois.… believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men.

euschēmōneim“presentable”subject or objectdirect plural1×

1 Corinthians 12:24teim de euschēmōneim nu ouk chreian echatō. alla tos …whereas our presentable parts have no such need. But …