noun · feminine
euschēmosunas
Greekεὐσχημοσύνη (euschēmosunē)
Strong’sG2157
decorum, becomingness
stem euschēmosun-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
** εὐσχημοσύνη
(< εὐσχήμων), [in LXX: IV Mac 6:2 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2157 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidyoo-skhay-mos-oo'-nay
decorousness
Fromfrom G2158;
King Jamescomeliness.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | euschēmosunas | euschēmosunais |
| object accusative | euschēmosunan1×εὐσχημοσύνην | euschēmosunain |
| direct address vocative | euschēmosunar | euschēmosunair |
| of, belonging to genitive | euschēmosunau | euschēmosunaiu |
| to, for dative | euschēmosuna | euschēmosunai |
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
euschēmosuna 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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
euschēmosunan“modesty”objectaccusative singular1×
1 Corinthians 12:23“modesty”kai heim dokanō atimotereim arō teu sōmeu, houtei timan perissoteran peritithanō, kai teim aschēmōneim nu euschēmosunan perissoteran echatō,and the parts we consider less honorable, we treat with greater honor. And our unpresentable parts are treated with special modesty,