Quick Definition
πρέπω v. it becomes, is fitting to
Strong's Definition
to tower up (be conspicuous), i.e. (by implication) to be suitable or proper (third person singular present indicative, often used impersonally, it is fit or right)
Derivation: apparently a primary verb;
KJV Usage: become, comely
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πρέπω ; impf. 3 pers. sing. ἔπρεπε; 1. to stand out, to be conspicuous, to be eminent; so fr. Hom. Il. 12, 104 down. 2. to be becoming, seemly, fit, (fr. Pind., Aeschyl., Hdt. down): πρέπει τινί with a subject nom. Heb. vii. 26 (Ps. xxxii. (xxxiii.) 1); ὃ or ἃ πρέπει, which becometh, befitteth, 1 Tim. ii. 10; Tit. ii. 1; impers. καθὼς πρέπει τινί, Eph. v. 3; πρέπον ἐστίν foll. by the inf., Mt. iii. 15; Heb. ii. 10; foll. by an acc. with the inf. 1 Co. xi. 13. On its constr. ef. Bttm. § 142, 2.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πρέπω prepō 7x
it becomes, it is fitting, it is proper, it is right, etc., and part. πρέπον, becoming, suitable, decorous, etc., Mt. 3:15; 1 Cor. 11:13; Eph. 5:3; 1 Tim. 2:10
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πρέπω,
[in LXX: Ps 92 (93):5 (נאה pi.), etc.;]
to be clearly seen.
to resemble.
to be fitting or becoming, to suit: c. dat., He 7:26, I Ti 2:10, Tit 2:1; impers., c. dat., Eph 5:3; id. seq. inf., He 2:10; πρέπον ἐστίν, c. dat. pers. et inf., Mt 3:15; c. acc. et inf., I Co 11:13 (v. Bl., § 72, 5).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πρέπω. 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 Offictis, i. 27. 93)—P Par 638° (B.c. 164) (=P Petr III. p- 24) τάχα yap οὕτω πρέπει ῥηθέν, ‘‘ for that is perhaps the proper expression’’ (Mahaffy), P Oxy I. 331}: 8 (late i1/a.D.) τῷ yap θεῷ ᾿Αντωνείνῳ [τ]ῷ πίατ]ρί cov ἔπρεπε αὐτοκρατορεύειν, ‘‘the deified Antoninus, your father, deserved imperial power” (Edd.), 26. VIII. 112144 (a.p. 295) οὐκ ἐπαυσάμην τὰ πρέποντα γείνεσθαι ὑπὸ τέκνων γονεῦσι ἀναπληροῦσα, ‘| was assiduous in performing what is owing from children to parents’? (Ed.), PSI I. 4113 (iv/aA.D.) ἃ μὴ τοῖς εἸὐγενέσι πρέπει, P Oxy I. 120% (iv/A.D.) ὡς πρέπον ἐστιν, and Sy// 325 (= 37ο8)839 (c. B.C. 107) ὧ[ς] ἔπρεπεν ἀνδρὶ καλῷ kal ἀγαθῷ. For the ady. πρεπόντως, see P Par 6377 (B.c. 164) (= P Petr III. p. 24) τοῖς καιροῖς πρεπόντως, ‘befitting the circumstances,’ and P Oxy VI. 90717 (a.D. 276) where a man bequeaths certain property to his wife—mpemdvtws περὶ τὴν συμβίωσιν ἀναστραφείσῃ, ‘who has conducted herself becomingly in our married life’: ef. Aristeas 302.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πρέπω (prepō) — be proper. πρέπ-ω, imperfect ἔπρεπον, which were the tenses chiefly in use: future πρέψω [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἔπρεψα [Refs] — properly of impressions on the senses,
1. on the eye, to be clearly seen, to be conspicuous among a number, ὁ δ᾽ ἔπρεπε καὶ διὰ πάντων [Refs 8th c.BC+]; to be distinguished in or by a thing, φάρεσιν μελαγχίμοις [Refs 5th c.BC+]; shine forth, show itself, πειρῶντι χρυσὸς ἐν βασάνῳ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπί τοι πρέπει ὄμμασιν αἰδώς [Refs 5th c.BC+]: sometimes with participle, to be clearly seen as doing or being, ὁ φρυκτὸς ἀγγέλλων πρέπει [Refs 4th c.BC+]; σπλάγχνα.. πρέπουσ᾽ ἔχοντες[Refs]
2. on the ear, βοὰ π. the cry sounds loud and clear, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. on the smell, to be strong or rank, ὅμοιος ἀτμὸς ὥσπερ ἐκ τάφου π. [Refs]
II. to be conspicuously like, resemble, π. τινὶ εἶδος to be like one in form, [Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, τοῦδε γὰρ δράμημα φωτὸς Περσικὸν πρέπει μαθεῖν his running is like Persian to behold, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; more frequently with ὡς or ὥστε, πρέπει ὡς τύραννος εἰσορᾶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. to be conspicuously fitting, beseem, with dative person, θνατὰ θνατοῖσι πρέπει [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with participle, ὅ τι γιγνόμενον ἂν πρέποι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρέποι γὰρ ἂν (i.e. λεχθεῖσα) [Refs]
III.2. frequently in participle, ὕμνοι πρέποντες γάμοις [Refs]; especially in participle neuter, πρέπον τε εἶναι καὶ ἁρμόττειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ π. that which is seemly, propriety, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.3. rarely with personal subject, πρέπων ἔφυς πρὸ τῶνδε φωνεῖν art the fit person to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Πομπήϊος.. πάνυ τοῖς ἔπεσι πρέπων suiting them, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
III.4. mostly impersonal, πρέπει it is fitting, both of outward circumstances and moral fitness, with dative person et infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive unexpressed, πρέπει γοῦν σοι [ἀποκρίνεσθαι] [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.4. b with accusative person et infinitive, πρέπει τὸν Αἰνησιδάμου ἐγκωμίων τε μελέων λυρᾶν τε τυγχανέμεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.4. c with infinitive only, πρέπει γαρυέμεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.4. d with infinitive understood, an accusative may be subject, ἀπήλλαξαν οὕτω ὡς κείνους ἔπρεπε [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so with dative of indirect object, [Refs]
IV. transitive, liken, τινί τι [Refs 4th c.BC+]