εὐπρέπ-εια, ἡ,
I goodly appearance, comeliness, εὐπρεπείᾳ προέχειν Th. 6.31; opp. ἀπρέπεια, Pl. Phdr. 274b, al.; majesty, εὐ. τῆς δόξης LXX [Jer 23:9], cf. [Jas 1:11]; dignity, SIG 880.19 (Pizus, iii A.D.); ἐστεφάνωσε ἁ πόλις.. -είας καὶ εὐνοίας ἕνεκα τᾶς ἐς τὰν πόλιν IG 4.1418 (Epid., iv B.C.).
II speciousness, plausibility, εὐπρεπείᾳ λόγου Th. 3.11, 82; ἔχει.. εὐπρέπειαν μᾶλλον ἢ ἀλήθειαν Pl. Euthd. 305e; pretext, c. inf., Plu. Pyrrh. 23.
G2143 — εὐπρέπεια
εὐπρεπείας, ἡ (εὐπρεπής well-looking), goodly appearance, shapeliness, beauty, comeliness: τοῦ προσώπου, [Jam 1:11]. (Thucydides, Plato, Aeschines, Polybius, Plutarch; the Sept..)
εὐ - πρέπεια , - ας , ἡ
( < εὐπρεπής , comely),
[in LXX for H1926, etc.;]
goodly appearance, comeliness: [Jas 1:11]. †