ΠΡΕΠΟΝ, πρεπον
PREPON, prepon
Sounds Like: PREH-pon
Translations: fitting, proper, suitable, becoming, appropriate, as is fitting, as is proper
From the root: ΠΡΕΠΩ
Part of Speech: Participle, Adjective, Adverb
Explanation: This word is a present active participle derived from the verb 'πρέπω' (prepo), meaning 'to be fitting' or 'to be proper'. It describes something that is suitable, appropriate, or becoming for a particular situation or person. It can function adjectivally, modifying a noun, or adverbially, describing how something is done. For example, it might describe an action that is done 'as is fitting' or 'properly'.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative, Present Active Participle
Strong’s number: G4241 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:267
Codex Sinaiticus
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 7:2
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Romans — 10:2
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 2:2
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 10:1
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Magnesians — 3:2, 4:1
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 19 — 2:184
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 3:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΕΠΩ.
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.
- ἘΝΔΙΑΠΡΕΠΕΙΝ — to be pre-eminent, to be conspicuous, to excel, to be distinguished
- ἘΠΡΕΠΕΝ — it was fitting, it was proper, it was suitable, it was becoming
- ΕΠΡΕΙΣ — it is fitting, it is proper, it is seemly, it is becoming
- ΕΠΡΕΠΕΝ — it was fitting, it was proper, it was suitable, it was appropriate
- ΠΡΕΙΠΟΝΤΕΣ — fitting, proper, becoming, suitable
- ΠΡΕΠΕΙ — it is fitting, it is proper, it is necessary, it ought, it becomes
- ΠΡΕΠΕΙΔΕ — it was fitting, it was proper, it was suitable, it was right
- ΠΡΕΠΕΙΝ — to be fitting, to be proper, to be suitable, to be becoming, to be seemly
- ΠΡΕΠΕΙΝΔ — to be fitting, to be proper, to be becoming, it is fitting, it is proper, it is becoming
- ΠΡΕΠΕΤΩ — it is proper, it is fitting, it is suitable, it is becoming, it is right
- ΠΡΕΠΙ — it is fitting, it is proper, it is seemly, it is appropriate, it is becoming
- ΠΡΕΠΟΝΗΓΗΣΑΤΟ — it was fitting, it was proper, it was suitable, it was becoming
- ΠΡΕΠΟΝΤΑ — fitting, proper, suitable, becoming, appropriate, a fitting thing, proper things
- ΠΡΕΠΟΝΤΑΣ — fitting, becoming, proper, suitable, appropriate
- ΠΡΕΠΟΝΤΟΣ — of what is fitting, of what is proper, of what is suitable, of what is becoming
- ΠΡΕΠΟΝΤΩΝ — of fitting, of proper, of suitable, of becoming, of appropriate
- ΠΡΕΠΟΝΤΩΣ — fittingly, properly, suitably, appropriately, becomingly
- ΠΡΕΠΟΥΣΑ — fitting, suitable, proper, becoming, a fitting, a suitable, a proper, a becoming
- ΠΡΕΠΟΥΣΑΙΣ — fitting, suitable, proper, becoming, appropriate
- ΠΡΕΠΟΥΣΑΝ — fitting, suitable, proper, becoming, appropriate, a fitting, a suitable, a proper, an appropriate
- ΠΡΕΠΟΥΣΑΣ — fitting, becoming, proper, suitable, appropriate
- ΠΡΕΠΟΥΣΗΣ — fitting, proper, suitable, becoming, appropriate, (of) what is fitting, (of) what is proper
- ΠΡΕΠΟΥΣΙ — they are proper, they are fitting, they are suitable, they are becoming
- ΠΡΕΠΩ — it is proper, it is fitting, it is suitable, it is becoming, it is appropriate
- ΡΕΠΕΤΩ — it is proper, it is fitting, it is suitable, it is becoming, it is right
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