Quick Definition
πρέπω v. it becomes, is fitting to
Strong's Definition
apparently a primary verb; 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)
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+]