πρέπω; imperfect 3 person singular ἔπρεπε; 1. to stand out, to be conspicuous, to be eminent; so from Homer, Iliad 12, 104 down. 2. to be becoming, seemly, fit (from Pindar, Aeschylus, Herodotus down): πρέπει τίνι with a subject nominative, Heb_7:26 (Psa_32:1 (); ὁ or ἅ πρέπει, which becometh, befitteth, 1Ti_2:10; Tit_2:1; impersonally, καθώς πρέπει τίνι, Eph_5:3; πρέπον ἐστιν followed by the infinitive, Mat_3:15; Heb_2:10; followed by an accusative with the infinitive 1Co_11:13. On its construction cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) § 142, 2.

πρέπω prepō 7x it becomes, it is fitting, it is proper, it is right, etc., and part. πρέπον , becoming, suitable, decorous, etc., Mat_3:15 ; 1Co_11:13 ; Eph_5:3 ; 1Ti_2:10

πρέπω , [in LXX : Psa_93:5 ( H4998 pi .), etc.;] 1. to be clearly seen . 2. to resemble . 3. to be fitting or becoming, to suit: c . dat ., Heb_7:26 , 1Ti_2:10 , Tit_2:1 ; impers ., c . dat ., Eph_5:3 ; id . seq . inf ., Heb_2:10 ; πρέπον ἐστίν , c. dat. pers . et inf ., Mat_3:15 ; c . acc et inf ., 1Co_11:13 (v. Bl., § 72, 5).†

πρέπω [page 534] A few exx. may be given of this common verb, which is generally used impersonally (as in MGr) in the sense of what is fitting, becoming (Lat. decorum , see Cicero de Officiis , i. 27. 93) P Par 63 .85 (B.C.164) (= P Petr III. p. 24) τάχα γὰρ οὕτω πρέπει ῥηθέν , for that is perhaps the proper expression (Mahaffy), P Oxy I. 33 ii. 8 (late ii/A.D.) τῷ γὰρ θεῷ Ἀντωνείνῳ [τ ]ῷ π [ατ ]ρί σου ἔπρεπε αὐτοκρατορεύειν , the deified Antoninus, your father, deserved imperial power (Edd.), ib. VIII. 1121 .11 (A.D. 295) οὐκ ἐπαυσάμην τὰ πρέποντα γείνεσθαι ὑπὸ τέκνων γονεῦσι ἀναπληροῦσα , I was assiduous in performing what is owing from children to parents (Ed.), PSI I. 41 .13 (iv/A.D.) ἃ μὴ τοῖς ε ]ὐγενέσι πρέπει , P Oxy I. 120 .24 (iv/A.D.) ὡς πρέπον ἐστιν , and Syll 325 (= .3 708) .39 ( c. B.C.107) ὡ [ς ] ἔπρεπεν ἀνδρὶ καλῷ καὶ ἀγαθῷ . For the adv. πρεπόντως , see P Par 63 .77 (B.C.164) (= P Petr III. p. 24) τοῖς καιροῖς πρεπόντως , befitting the circumstances, and P Oxy VI. 907 .17 (A.D. 276) where a man bequeaths certain property to his wife πρεπόντως περὶ τὴν συμβίωσιν ἀναστραφείσῃ , who has conducted herself becomingly in our married life : cf. Aristeas 302.

πρέπω of impressions on the senses, on the eye, "to be clearly seen, to be conspicuous", ὁ δ᾽ ἔπρεπε καὶ διὰ πάντων Il. ; c. dat. rei, "to be distinguished in or by" a thing, Aesch. , Eur. :—absol. "to shine forth, shew itself, appear", Pind. , Aesch. ; with a part., "to be clearly seen" as doing or being, Aesch. on the ear, βοὰ πρέπει the cry "sounds loud and clear", Pind. , Aesch. on the smell, "to be strong or rank", Aesch. "to be conspicuously like, to be like, to resemble", c. dat., Pind. , Eur. c. inf., δράμημα φωτὸς Περσικὸν πρέπει μαθεῖν his running "is like" Persian to behold, i. e. one may see it is Persian, Aesch. ; so, πρέπει ὡς τύραννος εἰσορᾶν Soph. "to be conspicuously fit, to become, beseem, suit", c. dat. pers., θνατὰ θνατοῖσι πρέπει Pind. , etc. often in part., πρέπον ἐστί or ἦν for πρέπει or ἔπρεπε, Thuc. , etc.; rarely c. gen., πρ. ἦν δαίμονος τοὐμοῦ τόδε Soph. :—part. neut. τὸ πρέπον, οντος, "that which is seemly, fitness, propriety", Lat. decorum, Plat. rarely with a person as the subject, πρέπων ἔφυς φωνεῖν art "the fit person" to speak, Soph. impers. πρέπει, Lat. decet, it is fitting, it beseems, suits, becomes, c. dat. pers. et inf., οὐ πρέπει ἄμμιν λύειν τείχη Theogn. ; ὡς πρέπει δούλοις λέγειν Eur. :—also c. acc. pers. et inf., τὸν πρέπει τυγχανέμεν ὕμνων Pind. , etc.:—c. inf. only, πρέπει γαρυέμεν id=Pind. :—when an acc. alone follows, an inf. must be supplied, τίσασθαι ὡς ἐκείνους πρέπει (sc. τίσασθαι) Hdt.

πρέπω [in LXX: Psa.93:5 (נָאָה pi.), etc. ;] __1. to be clearly seen. __2. to resemble. __3. to be fitting or becoming, to suit: with dative, Heb.7:26, 1Ti.2:10, Tit.2:1; impers., with dative, Eph.5:3; id. before inf., Heb.2:10; πρέπον ἐστίν, with dative of person(s) and inf., Mat.3:15; with accusative and inf., 1Co.11:13 (see Bl., § 72, 5).† (AS)