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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Not seemly; unbecoming; indecent.

2. (adv.) In an unseemly manner.

Greek

809. aschemon -- shapeless, ie fig. unseemly
... unseemly. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: aschemon Phonetic Spelling:
(as-kay'-mone) Short Definition: unseemly, indecent Definition: unseemly ...
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807. aschemoneo -- to act unbecomingly
... unbecomingly. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: aschemoneo Phonetic Spelling:
(as-kay-mon-eh'-o) Short Definition: I act improperly, unseemly Definition: I ...
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808. aschemosune -- unseemliness
... aschemosune Phonetic Spelling: (as-kay-mos-oo'-nay) Short Definition: unseemliness,
shame, nakedness Definition: unseemly behavior, unseemliness, indecency ...
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Library

January 10. "Charity Doth not Behave Itself Unseemly" (I. Cor. ...
... JANUARY 10. "Charity doth not behave itself unseemly" (I. Cor. xiii. 5).
"Charity doth not behave itself unseemly" (I. Cor. xiii.5). ...
/.../simpson/days of heaven upon earth /january 10 charity doth not.htm

Of Divers Unseemly Practices that Follow them that Lack the Work ...
... HERE BEGINNETH THE THREE AND FIFTIETH CHAPTER Of divers unseemly practices
that follow them that lack the work of this book. Of ...
/.../anonymous/the cloud of unknowing/here beginneth the three and 4.htm

But is it Only Poets whom You have Thought Proper to Allow to ...
... Book IV. 35 But is it only poets whom you have thought proper to allow
to invent unseemly� But is it only poets whom you have ...
/.../arnobius/the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/35 but is it only.htm

He is not Ashamed, Moreover, to Say, in Addition to These ...
... Chapter LXXXV. He is not ashamed, moreover, to say, in addition to these
statements that the unseemly� He is not ashamed, moreover ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/origen/origen against celsus/chapter lxxxv he is not.htm

The Divorce of Israel.
... separated herself from Christ, her husband, without having received the bill of
divorcement, but afterwards when there was found in her an unseemly thing, and ...
/.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/19 the divorce of israel.htm

His Union with the Body is Based Upon his Relation to Creation as ...
... For man also, as I said before, is a part of the whole.4. Thus it is not at all
unseemly that the Word should be in man, while all things are deriving from Him ...
/.../athanasius/select works and letters or athanasius/section 42 his union with.htm

The Human Race Then was Wasting
... to evade the law, since it had been laid down by God because [213] of the transgression,
and the result was in truth at once monstrous and unseemly.3. For it ...
/.../athanasius/select works and letters or athanasius/section 6 the human race.htm

Fruits and the Two Works.
... 6. Charity doth not behave itself unseemly. ... Praise is comely when flowing
from a heart full of love, but a wild hurrahing is unseemly. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/orr/the gospel day /chapter vi fruits and the.htm

Whether Six Daughters are Fittingly Assigned to Gluttony?
... Objection 1: It would seem that six daughters are unfittingly assigned to gluttony,
to wit, "unseemly joy, scurrility, uncleanness, loquaciousness, and ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether six daughters are fittingly.htm

The Analysis
... "Doth not behave itself unseemly.". Unselfishness . . ... "Love doth not behave itself
unseemly." Politeness has been defined as love in trifles. ...
/.../drummond/the greatest thing in the world and other addresses/the analysis.htm

Thesaurus

Unseemly (9 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Not seemly; unbecoming; indecent. 2. (adv.) In
an unseemly manner. Multi-Version Concordance Unseemly (9 Occurrences). ...
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Unseemliness (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The quality or state of being unseemly; unbecomingness.
Multi-Version Concordance Unseemliness (4 Occurrences). ...
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Thinketh (17 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 7:36 But if any man thinketh that he behaveth himself unseemly toward
his virgin 'daughter', if she be past the flower of her age, and if need so ...
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Unseen (18 Occurrences)

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Virginity (12 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 7:36 But if any one think that he behaves unseemly to his virginity,
if he be beyond the flower of his age, and so it must be, let him do what he ...
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Writeth (26 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 24:1 When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it shall be, if
she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in ...
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Willeth (14 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 7:36 and if any one doth think 'it' to be unseemly to his virgin,
if she may be beyond the bloom of age, and it ought so to be, what he willeth ...
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Writes (4 Occurrences)
... 24:1 When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it cometh to pass, if she
find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her ...
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Indecency (2 Occurrences)
... 24:1 When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it cometh to pass, if she
find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her ...
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Indecent (3 Occurrences)
... 24:1 When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it cometh to pass, if she
find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her ...
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Bible Concordance

Unseemly (9 Occurrences)

Romans 1:27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
(KJV WBS)

Romans 1:28 And according as they did not think good to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind to practise unseemly things;
(DBY)

1 Corinthians 7:36 But if any man thinketh that he behaveth himself unseemly toward his virgin 'daughter', if she be past the flower of her age, and if need so requireth, let him do what he will; he sinneth not; let them marry.
(ASV DBY YLT)

1 Corinthians 12:23 and those that we think to be less honourable of the body, around these we put more abundant honour, and our unseemly things have seemliness more abundant,
(YLT)

1 Corinthians 13:5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Deuteronomy 23:14 for Jehovah thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy, that he may not see an unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.
(See JPS DBY)

Deuteronomy 24:1 When a man takes a wife, and marries her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he has found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorce, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY)

Job 1:22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
(See JPS DBY)

Job 42:8 Now therefore, take unto you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you; for him will I accept, that I deal not with you after your folly; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
(See JPS)

Subtopics

Unseemly

Related Terms

Unseemliness (4 Occurrences)

Thinketh (17 Occurrences)

Unseen (18 Occurrences)

Virginity (12 Occurrences)

Writeth (26 Occurrences)

Willeth (14 Occurrences)

Writes (4 Occurrences)

Indecency (2 Occurrences)

Indecent (3 Occurrences)