Uncomely

New Testament

Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words

Definition

1aschemonG809

"shapeless" (a, negative, schema, "a form"), the opposite of euschemon, "comely," is used in 1Co 12:23. In the Sept., Gen 34:7, Deu 24:3.

Note: For the verb aschemoneo, rendered "to behave oneself uncomely" in 1Co 7:36, AV, see BEHAVE, No. 4.