Beauty
εὐπρέπειαStrong’s G2143euprepeia
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Euprepeia is the Greek word usually translated “beauty”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.”
Meaning
Usually translated “beauty”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- beauty 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- James 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
εὐπρέπεια euprepeia · beauty
εὐ-πρέπεια, -ας, ἡ (εὐπρεπής, comely), [in LXX for הָדָר, etc. ;] goodly appearance, comeliness: Jas.1:11.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “beauty” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BEAU'TY, noun
bu'ty.
- An assemblage of graces, or an assemblage of properties in the form of the person or any other object, which pleases the eye.
- A particular grace, feature or ornament; any particular thing which is beautiful and pleasing; as the beauties of nature.
- A particular excellence, or a part which surpasses in excellence that with which it is united; as the beauties of an author.
- A beautiful person, In scripture, the chief dignity or ornament. 2 Samuel 1:19
All definitions and other forms of “beauty”
- In the arts, symmetry of parts; harmony; justness of composition.
- Joy and gladness. Isaiah 61:3
BEAU'TY, verb transitive
bu'ty. To adorn; to beautify or embellish. obsolete
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.