1 | Strong's Number: g2156 | Greek: euschemonos |
Decently:
denotes "gracefully, becomingly, in a seemly manner" (eu, "well," schema, "a form, figure"); "honestly," in Rom 13:13 (marg., "decently"), in contrast to the shamefulness of Gentile social life; in 1Th 4:12, the contrast is to idleness and its concomitant evils and the resulting bad testimony to unbelievers; in 1Cr 14:40, "decently," where the contrast is to disorder in oral testimony in the churches.
See HONESTLY.
Note: Cp. euschemosune, "comeliness," 1Cr 12:23, and euschemon, "comely, honorable."
See COMELY.
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