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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

COMELINESS; COMELY

kum'-li-nes, kum'-li: Cognate with "becoming," namely, what is suitable, graceful, handsome. The servant of Yahweh in Isaiah 53:2 is without "comeliness" (hadhar, "honor"), i.e. there is in his appearance nothing attractive, while he is bowed beneath man's sin. "Praise is comely" (na'wah,ff. of na'weh; Psalm 33:1; Psalm 147:1), i.e. suitable or befitting "for the righteous," and, therefore, an honor and glory; "uncomely parts," aschemona (1 Corinthians 12:23), namely, less honorable. See also 1 Samuel 16:18, "a comely person"; Songs 6:4, "comely as Jerusalem." etc.

Greek

2157. euschemosune -- comeliness
... comeliness. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: euschemosune Phonetic
Spelling: (yoo-skhay-mos-oo'-nay) Short Definition: decorum, becomingness ...
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2143. euprepeia -- goodly appearance
... Feminine Transliteration: euprepeia Phonetic Spelling: (yoo-prep'-i-ah) Short
Definition: beauty, gracefulness Definition: beauty, gracefulness, comeliness. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1926. hadar -- an ornament, honor, splendor
... splendor (8). beauty, comeliness, glorious, glory, goodly, honor, majesty.
From hadar; magnificence, ie Ornament or splendor -- beauty ...
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1935. hod -- splendor, majesty, vigor
... beauty, comeliness, glorious, glory, goodly, honor, majesty. From an unused
root; grandeur (ie An imposing form and appearance) -- beauty ...
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4758. mareh -- sight, appearance, vision
... From ra'ah; a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether
(real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness; often plural the looks ...
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2898. tub -- good things, goods, goodness
... Word Origin from tob Definition good things, goods, goodness NASB Word Usage best
(3), best things (1), bounty (2), comeliness (1), fair (1), glad (2), good (2 ...
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Library

The Comeliness of virginity Never Existed Amongst the Heathen...
... Three Books Concerning Virgins. To Marcellina, His Sister. Book I. Chapter IV.
The comeliness of virginity never existed amongst the heathen� ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter iv the comeliness of.htm

The Beauty and Excellency of this World Consists, not Only in the ...
... A TREATISE OF CHRISTIAN LOVE. John xiii. 35. Chapter I. The beauty and excellency
of this world consists, not only in the perfection and comeliness� ...
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Whether Venial Sin Causes a Stain on the Soul?
... I answer that as stated above (Q[86], A[1]), a stain denotes a loss of comeliness
due to contact with something, as may be seen in corporeal matters, from ...
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Concerning Things Performed in the Muron, and Concerning Things ...
... For the hidden comeliness of God is unsullied, and is sweet beyond conception, and
manifested for spiritual contemplation to the intellectual alone, through a ...
/.../dionysius/ecclesiastical hierarchy/caput iv i concerning things.htm

Whether Sin Causes a Stain on the Soul?
... I answer that, A stain is properly ascribed to corporeal things, when a comely body
loses its comeliness through contact with another body, eg a garment, gold ...
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On the Words of the Gospel, John x. 14, "I am the Good Shepherd ...
... "For we saw Him," it is said, "and He had neither beauty nor comeliness." [4137]
Such He appeared on the Cross, such when crowned with thorns did He exhibit ...
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The Resurrection.
... lightning. Then shall death be swallowed up of victory. Glory is the sweetness,
comeliness, purity, and perfection of a thing. The ...
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How, Upon Saul's Transgression of the Prophet's Commands, Samuel ...
... he called Jesse and his sons to partake of those sacrifices; and when he saw his
eldest son to be a tall and handsome man, he guessed by his comeliness that he ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 8 how upon sauls.htm

John Chapter viii. 26, 27
... What also of comely and comeliness? Comeliness is more than comely; for comeliness
gives existence to the comely, not the comely to comeliness. ...
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Letter iii. (AD 387. )
... Of soul and body." "Which of these is the nobler?" "Doubtless the soul." "What do
men praise in the body?" "Nothing that I see but comeliness." "And what is ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) The quality or state of being comely.

Thesaurus

Comeliness (9 Occurrences)
... (n.) The quality or state of being comely. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. COMELINESS;
COMELY. ... Multi-Version Concordance Comeliness (9 Occurrences). ...
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Comely (32 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. COMELINESS; COMELY. kum'-li-nes, kum'-li: Cognate
with "becoming," namely, what is suitable, graceful, handsome. ...
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Form (153 Occurrences)
... mere form. 6. (n.) Orderly arrangement; shapeliness; also, comeliness;
elegance; beauty. 7. (n.) A shape; an image; a phantom. 8 ...
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Goodliness (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Beauty of form; grace; elegance; comeliness.
Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. GOODLINESS. good'-li ...
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Void (64 Occurrences)
... of the body which we esteem to be the more void of honour, these we clothe with
more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness; (DBY ...
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Uncomely (2 Occurrences)
... those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow
more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness...
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Gazing (11 Occurrences)
... Daniel 10:8 So I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no
strength in me; for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I ...
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Fearfully (4 Occurrences)
... Daniel 10:8 So I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no
strength in me; for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I ...
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Retained (10 Occurrences)
... Daniel 10:8 So I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no
strength in me; for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I ...
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Esteem (25 Occurrences)
... of the body which we esteem to be the more void of honour, these we clothe with
more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness; (DBY ...
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Bible Concordance

Comeliness (9 Occurrences)

1 Corinthians 12:23 And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS)

James 1:11 For the sun has risen with its burning heat, and has withered the grass, and its flower has fallen, and the comeliness of its look has perished: thus the rich also shall wither in his goings.
(DBY)

Isaiah 40:6 A voice saith, Cry. And he saith, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the comeliness thereof as the flower of the field.
(DBY)

Isaiah 53:2 For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no form nor comeliness. When we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)

Ezekiel 16:14 And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD.
(KJV WBS)

Ezekiel 27:10 Persia and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in you; they set forth your comeliness.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Daniel 10:8 So I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me; for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Hosea 9:13 Ephraim! when I have looked to the rock, Is planted in comeliness, And Ephraim 'is' to bring out unto a slayer his sons.
(YLT)

Zechariah 9:17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.
(See NAS)

Subtopics

Comeliness

Related Terms

Comely (32 Occurrences)

Form (153 Occurrences)

Goodliness (2 Occurrences)

Void (64 Occurrences)

Uncomely (2 Occurrences)

Gazing (11 Occurrences)

Fearfully (4 Occurrences)

Retained (10 Occurrences)

Esteem (25 Occurrences)