Quick Definition
ἱεροπρεπής, ές Adj suitable to a sacred character, reverent
Strong's Definition
from 2413 and the same as 4241; reverent
KJV Usage: as becometh holiness
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ές | ἱερατεύω + πρέπει
53.6 · Religious Activities · Religious Practice
devout, pious, religious pertaining to being devoted to a proper expression of religious beliefs In a number of languages the concept of ‘living a godly life’ may be best expressed as ‘to live as God would have one live’ or ‘to live like one should who believes in God’ or ‘to always do what God requires.’ In some languages, however, the only equivalent is ‘to live a good life’ or ‘to live always doing good to others.’ The shift from the focus upon religious belief to good living or being good to others results from the fact that in some religious systems there is little or no connection between religious beliefs and moral behavior.
1 There are no doubt certain subtle differences of meaning in this series, but it is difficult to define these distinctions on the basis of existing contexts.
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἱεροπρεπής hieroprepēs 1x
reverent, Tit. 2:13*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἱεροπρεπής, -ές
(< ἱερός, πρέπει), [in LXX: IV Mac 9:25 11:20*;]
suited to a sacred character, reverend (RV, reverent): Tit 2:3 (cf. Tr., Syn., § xcii).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἱεροπρεπής see Ramsay Luke, p. 387, and for the fem. ἱέρεια = ‘‘ wife of a hiereus” see 7b. p. 365. This last is found joined with ἱέρισσα in P Lond 8807 (B.c. 113) (= III. p. 8), a2. For the verb tepdw cf. Chrest. I. 72° (A.D. 234) μηδένα δὲ τῶν ἱερέω[ν ἢ] ἱερωμένων ἐνκαταλελοιπέναι τὰς [θρ]ησκείας, where, however, the meaning is far from clear: see Wilcken’s note. See also the interesting libellus of a heathen ἱέρεια in Chrest. 1. 125 (A.D. 250).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἱεροπρεπής (hieroprepēs) — reverent. ἱερο-πρεπής, ές, bseeming a sacred place, person or matter, ὄνομα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τέχνη, of cookery, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of persons, -έστατος τῶν προγεγενημένων [NT+5th c.BC+]. adverb -πῶς[Refs 4th c.BC+]