What does εὐσχήμων (euschḗmōn) mean in the Bible?
εὐσχήμων (euschḗmōn): Respectable appearance or social standing; in Paul, often contrasts proper conduct with indecency or shame.
Greek · G2158
εὐσχήμων
Proper
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εὐσχήμων G2158
Pronunciation euschḗmōn
What does εὐσχήμων (euschḗmōn) mean in the Bible?
εὐσχήμων (euschḗmōn): Respectable appearance or social standing; in Paul, often contrasts proper conduct with indecency or shame.
Full entry for εὐσχήμων (G2158) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2158?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [a] prominent (1), of prominence (1), presentable [parts] (1), prominent (1), proper decorum (1).
Where does εὐσχήμων (euschḗmōn) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 15:43. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (2), Acts (2), Mark (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [a] prominent 1× Mark 15:43
of prominence 1× Acts 13:50
presentable [parts] 1× 1 Corinthians 12:24
prominent 1× Acts 17:12
proper decorum 1× 1 Corinthians 7:35
Show sample aligned rows
Mark 15:43 εὐσχήμων to [a] prominent Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Acts 13:50 εὐσχήμονας to of prominence Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural Acts 17:12 εὐσχημόνων to prominent Adjective - Genitive Feminine Plural 1 Corinthians 7:35 εὔσχημον to proper decorum Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular 1 Corinthians 12:24 εὐσχήμονα to presentable [parts] Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Mark 15:43
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 3
Mark 1 Acts 2 1 Corinthians 2
Source forms
εὔσχημον 1x euschēmon 1 Corinthians 7:35
εὐσχήμονα 1x euschēmona 1 Corinthians 12:24
εὐσχήμονας 1x euschēmonas Acts 13:50
εὐσχημόνων 1x euschēmonōn Acts 17:12
εὐσχήμων 1x euschēmōn Mark 15:43
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural 1x Acts 13:50
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular 1x 1 Corinthians 7:35
Adjective - Genitive Feminine Plural 1x Acts 17:12
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Mark 15:43
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural 1x 1 Corinthians 12:24
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Respectable appearance or social standing; in Paul, often contrasts proper conduct with indecency or shame.
Strong's G2158
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 5 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
proper
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 15:43 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
εὐσχήμων euschmwn
comely, honorable
Read verse Acts 13:50 Adjective Accusative Plural Feminine
εὐσχήμονας euschmonav
comely, honorable
Read verse Acts 17:12 Adjective Genitive Plural Feminine
εὐσχημόνων euschmonwn
comely, honorable
Read verse 1 Corinthians 7:35 Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
εὔσχημον euschmon
comely, honorable
Read verse 1 Corinthians 12:24 Adjective Nominative Plural Neuter
εὐσχήμονα euschmona
comely, honorable
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 5 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 5 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Plural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Mark 15:43 1×
Nominative · Plural · Neuter 1 Cor 12:24 1×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Acts 17:12 1×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Acts 13:50 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter 1 Cor 7:35 1×
Word Origins
εὐσχήμων is built from these roots:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain