Bible Lexicons

* κομψός , -ή , -όν

(< κομέω , to take care of),

well-dressed, elegant, fine; compar. neut., κομψότερον ἔχειν (cf. κόμψως ἔχειν , Epict., and colloq. Eng., "to be doing finely"): John 4:52.†

With the adverbial phrase John 4:52 κομψότερον ἔσχεν, ";got better"; (rather than ";began to amend"; AV, RV), cf. P Par 18.3 κομψῶς ἔχω, p Tebt 11. 414.10 (ii/A.D.) ἐὰν κομψῶς σχῶ πέμψω [τ ]ῇ θυγατρί σου κοτ ̣υ ̣λην ἲρις (";a cotyle of orris-root";), and P Oxy VI. 935.5 (iii/A.D.) θεῶν συνλαμβανόντων ἡ ἀδελφὴ ἐπὶ τ [ὸ ] κομψότερον ἐτράπη, ";with the assistance of heaven our sister has taken a turn for the better"; (Edd.). See also Epict. iii. 10. 13 ὅταν ὁ ἰατρὸς εἰσέρχηται, μὴ φοβεῖσθαι τί εἴπῃ, μηδ᾽ ἂν εἴπῃ ῾κομψῶς ἔχεις᾽, ὑπερχαίρειν : ib. ii. 18. 14 γίγνωσκε ὅτι κομψῶς σοί ἐστι. Κόμψη is found as a woman’s name in Preisigke 4119.