Psalms 93:5
Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever.
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Becometh
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Titus 2:3
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
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3 occurrences in 3 verses.
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γίνομαι
gínomai · ghin'-om-ahee
4 times translated as this KJV form701 total Strong's occurrences
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: :--arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Strong's first: Matthew 13:22Strong's last: Mark 4:32
Open full G1096 profile →πρέπω
prépō · prep'-o
3 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
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)
Strong's KJV usage: :--become, comely.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 3:15Strong's last: 1 Timothy 2:10
Open full G4241 profile →ἀξίως
axíōs · ax-ee'-oce
2 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
appropriately
Strong's KJV usage: :--as becometh, after a godly sort, worthily(-thy).
Strong's first: Romans 16:2Strong's last: Philippians 1:27
Open full G516 profile →נָאָה
nâʼâh · naw-aw'
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to be at home, i.e. (by implication) to be pleasant (or suitable), i.e. beautiful
Strong's KJV usage: be beautiful, become, be comely.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 93:5Strong's last: Psalms 93:5
Open full H4998 profile →נָאוֶה
nâʼveh · naw-veh'
1 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
suitable, or beautiful
Strong's KJV usage: becometh, comely, seemly.
Strong's first: Proverbs 17:7Strong's last: Proverbs 17:7
Open full H5000 profile →עָרַב
ʻârab · aw-rab'
1 times translated as this KJV form22 total Strong's occurrences
to braid, i.e. intermix; technically, to traffic (as if by barter); also or give to be security (as a kind of exchange)
Strong's KJV usage: engage, (inter-) meddle (with), mingle (self), mortgage, occupy, give pledges, be(-come, put in) surety, undertake.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 17:18Strong's last: Proverbs 17:18
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H4998
Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever.
no direct Strong's tag
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
H5000
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
H6148
A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
no direct Strong's tag
For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.
G4241
And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
G1096
He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
G1096
Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
G1096
And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
G1096
But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.
G516
That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.
G4241
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
G516
Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
G4241
But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
no direct Strong's tag
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
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become
BECOME, verb intransitive becum'. preterit tense became, participle passive become
1. To pass from one state to another; to enter into some state or condition, by a change from another state or condition, or by assuming or receiving new properties or qualities, additional matter, or a new character; as, a cion becomes a tree.
The Lord God breathed into his nostrils the breath of like and man became a living soul.
To the Jew, I became a Jew.
2. To become of, usually with what preceding; to be the fate of; to be the end of; to be the final or subsequent condition; as, what will become of our commerce? what will become of us?
In the present tense, it applies to place as well as condition. What has become of my friend? that is, where is he? as well as, what is his condition? Where is he become? used by Shakespeare and Spenser, is obsolete; but this is the sense in Saxon, where has he fallen?
BECOME, verb transitive In general, to suit or be suitable; to be congruous; to befit; to accord with, in character or circumstances; to be worthy of, decent or proper. It is used in the same sense applied to persons or things.
If I become not a cart as well as another man.
This use of the word however is less frequent, the verb usually expressing the suitableness of things, to persons or to other things; as, a robe becomes a prince.
It becomes not a cart as well as another man.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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