Strong G2154εὔσημος

intelligible

Transliteration
eusēmos
Pronunciation
yoo'-say-mos
Morphology
Greek Adjective

Definition

From G2095 and the base of G4591; well indicated that is (figuratively) significant: - easy to be understood.

Detailed definition

εὔσημος, -ον
(εὖ + οῆμα, a sign) [in LXX for כֶּסֶא, Psa.81:3 (-ως, from LXX 219)*;]
1. conspicuous (cf. Ps, l.with).

2. clear to the understanding, distinct: 1Co.14:9.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G2154 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • easy1
  • understand1

First verses

  1. 1 Corinthians 14:9
    So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
εὔσημ-ος,
Doric dialect εὔσᾱμος, ον, of good signs or omens, φάσμα ναυβάταις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 252 (Lyric poetry), compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 43; ἱερά 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 8.7.12; [πῦρ] [prev. work] 1.31.)]
II easily known by signs, conspicuous, εὔσημον γὰρ οὔ μελανθάνει [τὸ πλοῖον] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 714; καπνῷ δ᾽ ἁλοῦσα.. εὔ. πόλις [prev. author] “Ag.” 818; σημεῖα 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Mochl.” 16; τόπος “Annuario” 4 /5.225 (Rhodes, 2nd c.BC))]; ἴχνη [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 6.19.5 (_comparative_))]; οὐκ εὔσημον, ὅθεν.. not easy to distinguish, [Refs ([prev. work] 3.8.2)]; legible, clear, ὅπως -σαμοτέρα ὑπάρχῃ ἁ ἀναγραφά [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 1023.96 (Cos, 3rd-2nd c.BC))]; εὔ. γράμματα [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“OGI” 665.12 (Egypt, 1st c.AD))]; εὔ. προσαγόρευσις [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 381)]; of sound, distinct, βοαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1021; ἦχοι 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 2.16 (_superlative_))]; wellmarked, βραχίων [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “de gymnastica” 35; οὐλὴ εὔσημος “PPetr.” 1p.54 (3rd c.BC).)]
II.2 clear, intelligible, λόγον εὔ. δοῦναι [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.1Cor.14.9; διδασκαλία 1st c.AD: Erotianus Grammaticus “Prooem.”, 1st-2nd c.AD: Heliodorus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 48.20.7.)]
II.3 evident, τισι [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.91 W., compare 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 3.5.)]
II.4 εὔσημα, τά, = Latin insignia, falsa lectio for{σύσσημα}, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 36.2.)]
II.5 of garments, with fine edging, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 1564.11 (2nd c.AD).)]
II adverb -μως clearly, distinctly, ἔχειν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 363a27; μεμνῆσθαι 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 10.2.23; προσανένεγκε “POxy.” 1188.5 (1st c.AD))]: superlative -ότατα [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1022a.)]