Strong's Lexicon
G4241 — πρέπω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4241 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πρέπω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | apparently a primary verb |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 7 |
| Transliteration: | prepo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | prep'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to tower up (be conspicuous) 2. (by implication) to be suitable or proper 3. (third person singular present indicative, often used impersonally) it is fit or right |
| KJV Renderings: | become, comely |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πρέπω; imperfect 3 person singular ἔπρεπε;
1. to stand out, to be conspicuous, to be eminent; so from Homer, Iliad 12, 104 down.
2. to be becoming, seemly, fit (from Pindar, Aeschylus, Herodotus down): πρέπει τίνι with a subject nominative, Heb 7:26 (Psa 32:1 (); ὁ or ἅ πρέπει, which becometh, befitteth, 1Ti 2:10; Tit 2:1; impersonally, καθώς πρέπει τίνι, Eph 5:3; πρέπον ἐστιν followed by the infinitive, Mat 3:15; Heb 2:10; followed by an accusative with the infinitive 1Co 11:13. On its construction cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) § 142, 2.
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
πρέπω (become)
Matthew 3:15
- KJV: And Jesus answering said unto him Suffer it to be so now for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness Then he suffered him
- GK: αποκριθείς δε ο Ιησούς είπε προς αυτόν άφες άρτι ούτω γαρ πρέπον εστίν ημίν πληρώσαι πάσαν δικαιοσύνην τότε αφίησιν αυτόν
1 Corinthians 11:13
- KJV: Judge in yourselves is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered
- GK: εν υμίν αυτοίς κρίνατε πρέπον εστί γυναίκα ακατακάλυπτον τω θεώ προσεύχεσθαι
Ephesians 5:3
- KJV: But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness let it not be once named among you as becometh saints
- GK: πορνεία δε και πάσα ακαθαρσία η πλεονεξία μηδέ ονομαζέσθω εν υμίν καθώς πρέπει αγίοις
1 Timothy 2:10
- KJV: But which becometh women professing godliness with good works
- GK: αλλ΄ ο πρέπει γυναιξίν επαγγελλομέναις θεοσέβειαν δι΄ έργων αγαθών
Titus 2:1
- KJV: But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine
- GK: συ δε λάλει α πρέπει τη υγιαινούση διδασκαλία
Hebrews 2:10
- KJV: For it became him for whom all things and by whom all things in bringing many sons unto glory to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings
- GK: έπρεπε γαρ αυτώ δι΄ ον τα πάντα και δι΄ ου τα πάντα πολλούς υιούς εις δόξαν αγαγόντα τον αρχηγόν της σωτηρίας αυτών διά παθημάτων τελειώσαι
Hebrews 7:26
- KJV: For such an high priest became us holy harmless undefiled separate from sinners and made higher than the heavens
- GK: τοιούτος γαρ ημίν έπρεπεν αρχιερεύς όσιος άκακος αμίαντος κεχωρισμένος από των αμαρτωλών και υψηλότερος των ουρανών γενόμενος