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adverb

euschēmonōs

Greekεὐσχημόνως (euschēmonōs)

Strong’sG2156

becomingly, decorously

stem euschēmonō-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books

Translated as

properlydecently

What it means

* εὐσχημόνως

adv.

(< εὐσχήμων),

decorously, becomingly: I Co 14:40; περιπατεῖν, Ro 13:13, I Th 4:12.†

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

Strong’s G2156 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidyoo-skhay-mon'-ose

decorously

Fromadverb from G2158;

King Jamesdecently, honestly.

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

Every form

This word never changes. It is spelled the same wherever it appears, so there is nothing to learn beyond the word itself.

Where it appears

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

euschēmonōs

Romans 13:13“properly”hōs en hēmera euschēmonōs peripataneia, mē kōmoi kai methai, mē koitai kai aselgeiai, mē era kai zēlo,Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.

1 Corinthians 14:40“decently”panteim de euschēmonōs kai kata taxian ginetōr.But everything must be done in a proper and orderly manner.

1 Thessalonians 4:12“properly”hina peripataveiō euschēmonōs pros toin exō kai mēdeneu chreian echaveiō.Then you will behave properly toward outsiders, without being dependent on anyone.