ἈΠΡΕΠΕΙΣ, ἀπρεπεις
APREPEIS, aprepeis
Sounds Like: ah-PREH-peess
Translations: unfitting, unseemly, improper, unbecoming, indecent
From the root: ΑΠΡΕΠΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is not suitable or appropriate for a particular situation or context. It refers to actions, words, or things that are out of place, improper, or indecent. It can be used to describe behavior that is morally or socially unacceptable.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G0000 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 19 — 9:357
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΠΡΕΠΗΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΠΡΕΠΕΙ — unfitting, unseemly, improper, unsuitable, (to) an unfitting one, (to) an unseemly one, (to) an improper one, (to) an unsuitable one
- ἈΠΡΕΠΟΥΣ — (of) unseemly, (of) improper, (of) indecent, (of) unbecoming
- ἈΠΡΕΠΩΝ — unfitting, improper, unbecoming, indecent
- ΑΠΡΕΠΗΣ — unbecoming, unseemly, improper, indecent
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