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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: ἀσχήμων

(Strong's #809 — Adjective — aschemon — as-kay'-mone )

"shapeless" (a, negative, schema, "a form"), the opposite of euschemon, "comely," is used in 1 Corinthians 12:23 . In the Sept., Genesis 34:7; Deuteronomy 24:3 .

Note: For the verb aschemoneo, rendered "to behave oneself uncomely" in 1 Corinthians 7:36 , AV, see BEHAVE , No. 4.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Uncomely'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​u/uncomely.html. 1940.
 
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