Bible word study

Prepo (Strong’s G4241): Meaning in the Bible

Prepo (πρέπω) is the Greek word numbered G4241 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as to tower up (be conspicuous), i.e. (by implication) to be suitable or proper (third person singular present indicative, often used impersonally, it is fit or right). In the King James Bible it is translated become, comely..

• Original wordπρέπω
• Transliterationprépō
• Pronunciationprep'-o
• Strong’s numberG4241
• LanguageGreek

The full Strong’s definition

Derivation. apparently a primary verb;

How the King James Bible translates it

Where Prepo appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Prepo (G4241) stands behind 7 English renderings in 7 verses across 6 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in Hebrews (2), Matthew (1), 1 Corinthians (1).

How the King James Bible renders Prepo, by count

• became2 of 7 (29 percent)
• becometh2 of 7 (29 percent)
• become1 of 7 (14 percent)
• comely1 of 7 (14 percent)
• it becometh1 of 7 (14 percent)

Three places to read Prepo

• Matthew 3:15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
• Ephesians 5:3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
• Titus 2:1 But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Prepo in the original Greek lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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