Strong G4241πρέπω
be proper
- Transliteration
- prepō
- Pronunciation
- prep'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Apparently a primary verb; to tower up (be conspicuous) that is (by implication) to be suitable or proper (third person singular present indicative often used impersonally it is fit or right): - become comely.
Detailed definition
πρέπω
[in LXX: Psa.93:5 (נָאָה pi.), etc.;]
1. to be clearly seen.
2. to resemble.
3. to be fitting or becoming, to suit: with dative, Heb.7:26, 1Ti.2:10, Tit.2:1; impers., with dative, Eph.5:3; id. before inf., Heb.2:10; πρέπον ἐστίν, with dative of person(s) and inf., Mat.3:15; with accusative and inf., 1Co.11:13 (see Bl., § 72, 5).†
(AS)
[in LXX: Psa.93:5 (נָאָה pi.), etc.;]
1. to be clearly seen.
2. to resemble.
3. to be fitting or becoming, to suit: with dative, Heb.7:26, 1Ti.2:10, Tit.2:1; impers., with dative, Eph.5:3; id. before inf., Heb.2:10; πρέπον ἐστίν, with dative of person(s) and inf., Mat.3:15; with accusative and inf., 1Co.11:13 (see Bl., § 72, 5).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4241 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- become3
- becometh3
- comely1
First verses
- Matthew 3:15And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
- 1 Corinthians 11:13Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?
- Ephesians 5:3But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
- 1 Timothy 2:10But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
- Titus 2:1But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:
- Hebrews 2:10For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
- Hebrews 7:26For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
πρέπ-ω,
imperfect ἔπρεπον, which were the tenses chiefly in use: future πρέψω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 995 (_anapaest meter_), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 269c, 288c)]: aorist ἔπρεψα [Refs ([prev. author] “Chrm.” 158c:)] — properly of impressions on the senses,
1 on the eye, to be clearly seen, to be conspicuous among a number, ὁ δ᾽ ἔπρεπε καὶ διὰ πάντων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.104; μετὰ δὲ π. ἀγρομένοισιν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.172, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 92)]; to be distinguished in or by a thing, φάρεσιν μελαγχίμοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 12, compare “Th.” 124 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 512, 1050; π. παρηῒς φοινίοις ἀμυγμοῖς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 24 (Lyric poetry))]; shine forth, show itself, πειρῶντι χρυσὸς ἐν βασάνῳ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 10.67; πανσέληνος ἐν σάκει π. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 390, compare “Pers.” 239 (troch.), “Ag.” 389 (Lyric poetry); πρέπουσά θ᾽ ὡς ἐν γραφαῖς [prev. work] 242 (Lyric poetry))]; ἐπί τοι πρέπει ὄμμασιν αἰδώς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Cererem” 214; Ζεὺς πρέπων δι᾽ αἰθέρος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 216 (Lyric poetry))]: sometimes with participle, to be clearly seen as doing or being, ὁ φρυκτὸς ἀγγέλλων πρέπει [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 30)]; σπλάγχνα.. πρέπουσ᾽ ἔχοντες[Refs ([prev. work] 1222, compare “Eu.” 995 (_anapaest meter_).)]
2 on the ear, βοὰ π. the cry sounds loud and clear, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.67, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 321.)]
3 on the smell, to be strong or rank, ὅμοιος ἀτμὸς ὥσπερ ἐκ τάφου π. [Refs ([prev. work] 1311.)]
II to be conspicuously like, resemble, π. τινὶ εἶδος to be like one in form, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.38; πρέποντα.. ταύρῳ δέμας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 301; εἴ τι σῇ δοκεῖ πρέπειν γυναικί 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1121; πρέπεις.. θυγατέρων μορφὴν μιᾷ [prev. author] “Ba.” 917: with)]infinitive, τοῦδε γὰρ δράμημα φωτὸς Περσικὸν πρέπει μαθεῖν his running is like Persian to behold, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 247, compare “Supp.” 719)]; more frequently with ὡς or ὥστε, πρέπει ὡς τύραννος εἰσορᾶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 664; ὡς πένθιμος πρέπεις ὁρᾶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1056; πρέπει γ᾽ ὥστε θὴρ ἄγραυλος φόβῃ [prev. author] “Ba.” 1188 (Lyric poetry).)]
III to be conspicuously fitting, beseem, with dative person, θνατὰ θνατοῖσι πρέπει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 5(4).16; τοῖς ὀλβίοις γε καὶ τὸ νικᾶσθαι πρέπει 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 941, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 158c, etc.; with Preps., ποῦ τάδ᾽ ἐν χρηστοῖς πρέπε; 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 510; οἷα δὴ εἰς πλῆθος πρέπει 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.24)]: with participle, ὅ τι γιγνόμενον ἂν πρέποι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epinomis” 976c, compare “Plt.” 269c, 288c)]; πρέποι γὰρ ἂν (i.e. λεχθεῖσα) [Refs ([prev. author] “Sph.” 219c.)]
III.2 frequently in participle, ὕμνοι πρέποντες γάμοις [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 460a, etc.)]; especially in participle neuter, πρέπον τε εἶναι καὶ ἁρμόττειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Grg.” 503e; ἤν τι ἄλλο π. δοκῇ εἶναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.25; τὸ π. τῇ γραφῇ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.40.3: rarely with _genitive_, π. ἦν δαίμονος τοὐμοῦ τόδε 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 534, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 14, Thom.Mag. p.306R.)]; τὸ π. that which is seemly, propriety, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 294a; πρὸς τὸ μέτριον καὶ τὸ π. [prev. author] “Plt.” 284e, etc.: _plural_, πρέποντα πάσχειν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.9; πρέποντα τῇ συγγενείᾳ ποιοῦντες 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.23.)]
III.3 rarely with personal subject, πρέπων ἔφυς πρὸ τῶνδε φωνεῖν art the fit person to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 9)]; Πομπήϊος.. πάνυ τοῖς ἔπεσι πρέπων suiting them, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 72, compare “Publ.” 17.)]
III.4 mostly impersonal, πρέπει it is fitting, both of outward circumstances and moral fitness, with dative person et infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.79, etc.; οὐ πρέπει νῷν.. δάσασθαι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.147; πρέπει ἐσλοῖσιν ὑμνεῖσθαι [prev. author] “fragment” 121, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 483 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 115, etc.: with)]infinitive unexpressed, πρέπει γοῦν σοι [ἀποκρίνεσθαι] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.1.37.)]
III.4.b with accusative person et infinitive, πρέπει τὸν Αἰνησιδάμου ἐγκωμίων τε μελέων λυρᾶν τε τυγχανέμεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.46, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 203, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 728, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.86, etc.)]
III.4.c with infinitive only, πρέπει γαρυέμεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.82, compare “P.” 5.43, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 656, “Ag.” 636, etc.)]
III.4.d with infinitive understood, an accusative may be subject, ἀπήλλαξαν οὕτω ὡς κείνους ἔπρεπε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.68.α᾽,compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 195, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 312b; or object, τείσασθαι οὕτως, ὡς κείνους [τείσασθαι] πρέπει 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.139)]; so with dative of indirect object, [Refs ([prev. author] 8.114.)]
IV transitive, liken, τινί τι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1328 (cited in 9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc.).)]
imperfect ἔπρεπον, which were the tenses chiefly in use: future πρέψω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 995 (_anapaest meter_), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 269c, 288c)]: aorist ἔπρεψα [Refs ([prev. author] “Chrm.” 158c:)] — properly of impressions on the senses,
1 on the eye, to be clearly seen, to be conspicuous among a number, ὁ δ᾽ ἔπρεπε καὶ διὰ πάντων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.104; μετὰ δὲ π. ἀγρομένοισιν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.172, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 92)]; to be distinguished in or by a thing, φάρεσιν μελαγχίμοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 12, compare “Th.” 124 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 512, 1050; π. παρηῒς φοινίοις ἀμυγμοῖς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 24 (Lyric poetry))]; shine forth, show itself, πειρῶντι χρυσὸς ἐν βασάνῳ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 10.67; πανσέληνος ἐν σάκει π. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 390, compare “Pers.” 239 (troch.), “Ag.” 389 (Lyric poetry); πρέπουσά θ᾽ ὡς ἐν γραφαῖς [prev. work] 242 (Lyric poetry))]; ἐπί τοι πρέπει ὄμμασιν αἰδώς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Cererem” 214; Ζεὺς πρέπων δι᾽ αἰθέρος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 216 (Lyric poetry))]: sometimes with participle, to be clearly seen as doing or being, ὁ φρυκτὸς ἀγγέλλων πρέπει [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 30)]; σπλάγχνα.. πρέπουσ᾽ ἔχοντες[Refs ([prev. work] 1222, compare “Eu.” 995 (_anapaest meter_).)]
2 on the ear, βοὰ π. the cry sounds loud and clear, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.67, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 321.)]
3 on the smell, to be strong or rank, ὅμοιος ἀτμὸς ὥσπερ ἐκ τάφου π. [Refs ([prev. work] 1311.)]
II to be conspicuously like, resemble, π. τινὶ εἶδος to be like one in form, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.38; πρέποντα.. ταύρῳ δέμας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 301; εἴ τι σῇ δοκεῖ πρέπειν γυναικί 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1121; πρέπεις.. θυγατέρων μορφὴν μιᾷ [prev. author] “Ba.” 917: with)]infinitive, τοῦδε γὰρ δράμημα φωτὸς Περσικὸν πρέπει μαθεῖν his running is like Persian to behold, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 247, compare “Supp.” 719)]; more frequently with ὡς or ὥστε, πρέπει ὡς τύραννος εἰσορᾶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 664; ὡς πένθιμος πρέπεις ὁρᾶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1056; πρέπει γ᾽ ὥστε θὴρ ἄγραυλος φόβῃ [prev. author] “Ba.” 1188 (Lyric poetry).)]
III to be conspicuously fitting, beseem, with dative person, θνατὰ θνατοῖσι πρέπει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 5(4).16; τοῖς ὀλβίοις γε καὶ τὸ νικᾶσθαι πρέπει 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 941, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 158c, etc.; with Preps., ποῦ τάδ᾽ ἐν χρηστοῖς πρέπε; 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 510; οἷα δὴ εἰς πλῆθος πρέπει 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.24)]: with participle, ὅ τι γιγνόμενον ἂν πρέποι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epinomis” 976c, compare “Plt.” 269c, 288c)]; πρέποι γὰρ ἂν (i.e. λεχθεῖσα) [Refs ([prev. author] “Sph.” 219c.)]
III.2 frequently in participle, ὕμνοι πρέποντες γάμοις [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 460a, etc.)]; especially in participle neuter, πρέπον τε εἶναι καὶ ἁρμόττειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Grg.” 503e; ἤν τι ἄλλο π. δοκῇ εἶναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.25; τὸ π. τῇ γραφῇ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.40.3: rarely with _genitive_, π. ἦν δαίμονος τοὐμοῦ τόδε 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 534, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 14, Thom.Mag. p.306R.)]; τὸ π. that which is seemly, propriety, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 294a; πρὸς τὸ μέτριον καὶ τὸ π. [prev. author] “Plt.” 284e, etc.: _plural_, πρέποντα πάσχειν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.9; πρέποντα τῇ συγγενείᾳ ποιοῦντες 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.23.)]
III.3 rarely with personal subject, πρέπων ἔφυς πρὸ τῶνδε φωνεῖν art the fit person to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 9)]; Πομπήϊος.. πάνυ τοῖς ἔπεσι πρέπων suiting them, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 72, compare “Publ.” 17.)]
III.4 mostly impersonal, πρέπει it is fitting, both of outward circumstances and moral fitness, with dative person et infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.79, etc.; οὐ πρέπει νῷν.. δάσασθαι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.147; πρέπει ἐσλοῖσιν ὑμνεῖσθαι [prev. author] “fragment” 121, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 483 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 115, etc.: with)]infinitive unexpressed, πρέπει γοῦν σοι [ἀποκρίνεσθαι] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.1.37.)]
III.4.b with accusative person et infinitive, πρέπει τὸν Αἰνησιδάμου ἐγκωμίων τε μελέων λυρᾶν τε τυγχανέμεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.46, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 203, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 728, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.86, etc.)]
III.4.c with infinitive only, πρέπει γαρυέμεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.82, compare “P.” 5.43, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 656, “Ag.” 636, etc.)]
III.4.d with infinitive understood, an accusative may be subject, ἀπήλλαξαν οὕτω ὡς κείνους ἔπρεπε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.68.α᾽,compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 195, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 312b; or object, τείσασθαι οὕτως, ὡς κείνους [τείσασθαι] πρέπει 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.139)]; so with dative of indirect object, [Refs ([prev. author] 8.114.)]
IV transitive, liken, τινί τι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1328 (cited in 9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc.).)]