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G2146 εὐπροσωπέω (euprosōpéō)

Greek
Verb
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Quick Definition

εὐπροσωπέω v. 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

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

verb | ὤψ (eyes, face) · ὁράω

88.236 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Hypocrisy, Pretense

to wish to show off, to make a good showing to make a good showing, particularly with regard to outward appearances

GAL 6:12

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

εὐ-προσωπέω, -@ : 1 aor. inf. εὐπροσωπῆσαι; (εὐπρόσωπος fair of face, of good appearance) ; fo make a fair show; to please [ἃ weak trans. (?); yet Vulg. placere]|: ἐν σαρκί, in things pertaining to the flesh, Gal. vi. 12. (Elsewh. only in Chrysost. hom. ad Eph. xxii. § 5, Opp. xi. 173 c. ed. Montf. [var.] and several times in Byzant. writ. [ef. Soph. Lex. s. v.].)

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.: Ps 140 (141):6, v.l. for -ίζω* ;]

to look well, make a fair show: metaph. (as in π.; v. Deiss., LAE, 96), Ga 6:12.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

εὐπροσωπέω. P Tebt I. 19! (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 6:3).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

εὐπροσωπέω (euprosōpeō) — to impress. εὐπροσωπ-έω, make a good show, [NT+2nd c.BC+]

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)

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