εὐσχήμων,
-ον, (
εὖ, and
σχῆμα the figure, Latin
habitus);
1. of elegant figure, shapely, graceful, comely, bearing oneself becomingly in speech or
behavior (Euripides, Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato):
τὰ εὐσχήμονα ἡμῶν, the comely parts of the body that need no covering (opposed to
τὰ ἀσχήμονα ἡμῶν, verse 23),
1 Corinthians 12:24; of morals:
πρὸς τὸ 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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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Mark
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15:43
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Acts
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13:50; 17:12
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1 Corinthians
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7:35; 12:24
