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Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.
Read in context →For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:
Read in context →5 occurrences in 5 verses.
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nâʼveh · naw-veh'
suitable, or beautiful
Strong's KJV usage: becometh, comely, seemly.
Strong's first: Psalms 33:1Strong's last: Song of Solomon 6:4
Open full H5000 profile →euschḗmōn · yoo-skhay'-mone
well-formed, i.e. (figuratively) decorous, noble (in rank)
Strong's KJV usage: :--comely, honourable.
Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 7:35Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 12:24
Open full G2158 profile →prépō · prep'-o
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.
Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 11:13Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 11:13
Open full G4241 profile →chîyn · kheen
beauty
Strong's KJV usage: comely.
Strong's first: Job 41:12Strong's last: Job 41:12
Open full H2433 profile →ṭôwb · tobe
to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense
Strong's KJV usage: be (do) better, cheer, be (do, seem) good, (make) goodly, × please, (be, do, go, play) well.
Strong's first: Proverbs 30:29Strong's last: Proverbs 30:29
Open full H2895 profile →yâpheh · yaw-feh'
beautiful (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: beautiful, beauty, comely, fair(-est, one), goodly, pleasant, well.
Strong's first: Ecclesiastes 5:18Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 5:18
Open full H3303 profile →nâʼâh · naw-aw'
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.
Strong's first: Song of Solomon 1:10Strong's last: Song of Solomon 1:10
Open full H4998 profile →nâveh · naw-veh'
(adjectively) at home; hence (by implication of satisfaction) lovely; also (noun) a home, of God (temple), men (residence), flocks (pasture), or wild animals (den)
Strong's KJV usage: comely, dwelling (place), fold, habitation, pleasant place, sheepcote, stable, tarried.
Strong's first: Jeremiah 6:2Strong's last: Jeremiah 6:2
Open full H5116 profile →tôʼar · to'-ar
outline, i.e. figure or appearance
Strong's KJV usage: beautiful, × comely, countenance, fair, × favoured, form, × goodly, × resemble, visage.
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 16:18Strong's last: 1 Samuel 16:18
Open full H8389 profile →Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.
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Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.
I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:
Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.
O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.
In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.
I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.
And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?
For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:
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COMELY, adjective
1. Properly, becoming; suitable: whence, handsome; graceful. Applied to person or form, it denotes symmetry or due proportion, but it expresses less than beautiful or elegant.
I have seen a son of Jesse ... comely person. 1 Samuel 16:18.
I will not conceal his comely proportion. Job 41:12.
2. Decent; suitable; proper; becoming; suited to time, place, circumstances or persons.
Praise is comely for the upright. Psalms 33:1.
It is comely that a woman pray to God uncovered? 1 Corinthians 11:13.
O what a world is this, when what is comely envenoms him that bears it.
COMELY, adverb Handsomely; gracefully.
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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