Strong's Concordance
Original word: εὐσχήμων
Transliteration: euschémón
Definition (short): prominent
Definition (full): comely
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Definition: comely
NASB Translation: appropriate (1), presentable (1), prominence (1), prominent (2).
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References
KJV:
Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counseller, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.
NASB:
Joseph of Arimathea came, a prominent member of the Council, who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God; and he gathered up courage and went in before Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.
KJV:
But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.
NASB:
But the Jews incited the devout women of prominence and the leading men of the city, and instigated a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.
KJV:
Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
NASB:
Therefore many of them believed, along with a number of prominent Greek women and men.
KJV:
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.
NASB:
This I say for your own benefit; not to put a restraint upon you, but to promote what is appropriate and to secure undistracted devotion to the Lord.