Lectionary Calendar
Saturday, February 22nd, 2025
the Sixth Week after Epiphany
the Sixth Week after Epiphany
There are 57 days til Easter!
advertisement
advertisement
advertisement
Attention!
Take your personal ministry to the Next Level by helping StudyLight build churches and supporting pastors in Uganda.
Click here to join the effort!
Click here to join the effort!
Bible Dictionaries
Comeliness, Comely
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
Search for…
or Resource Toolbox
Additional Links
"elegance of figure, gracefulness, comeliness" (eu, "well," schema, "a form"), is found in this sense in 1 Corinthians 12:23 .
akin to A, "elegant in figure, well formed, graceful," is used in 1 Corinthians 12:24 , of parts of the body (see above); in 1 Corinthians 7:35 RV, "(that which is) seemly," AV, "comely;" "honourable," Mark 15:43; Acts 13:50; 17:12 . See HONORABLE.
Note: In 1 Corinthians 11:13 , prepo, "to be becoming," is rendered in the AV, "is it comely?" RV, "is it seemly?" See BECOME , SEEMLY.Copyright Statement
These files are public domain.
These files are public domain.
Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Comeliness, Comely'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/c/comeliness-comely.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Comeliness, Comely'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/c/comeliness-comely.html. 1940.
