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G2146 εὐπροσωπέω (euprosōpéō)
Greek
Verb
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Quick Definition

I make a fair outward appearance

Strong's Definition

to be of good countenance, i.e. (figuratively) to make a display

Derivation: from a compound of G2095 (εὖ) and G4383 (πρόσωπον);

KJV Usage: make a fair show

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

εὐπροσωπέω, ἐυπροσώπω: 1 aorist infinitive εὐπροσωπῆσαι; (εὐπρόσωπος fair of face, of good appearance); to make a fair show; to please (a weak translation (?); yet Vulg.placere): ἐν, σαρκί, in things pertaining to the flesh, Gal_6:12. (Elsewhere only in Chrysostom hom. ad Eph. 22 § 5, Works, xi. 173 c., Montf. edition (variant) and several times in Byzantine writings (cf. Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word).)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

εὐπροσωπέω euprosōpeō 1x to carry or make a fair appearance, Gal_6:12

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

**† εὐ -προσωπέω , -ῶ ( < εὐπρόσωπος , fair of face), [in Al. : Psa_141:6 , v.l . for -ίζω * ;] to look well, make a fair show: metaph . (as in 7.; v. Deiss., LAE , 96), Gal_6:12 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

εὐπροσωπέω [page 264] P Tebt I. 19 .12 (B.C. 114) ὅπως εὐπροσωπῶμεν , that we may make a good show, is some three centuries older than the earliest citation hitherto given for this Pauline word ( Gal_6:12 ).

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

εὐπροσωπέω εὐπροσωπέω, φυτ. -ήσω "to make a fair show", NTest.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

εὐ-προσωπέω, -ῶ (εὐπρόσωπος, fair of face), [in Al.: Psa.141:6, seel. for -ίζω* ;] to look well, make a fair show: metaphorically (as in 7.; see Deiss., LAE, 96), Gal.6:12.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

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