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Comely [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Properly, becoming; suitable: whence, handsome; graceful. Applied to person or form, it denotes symmetry or due proportion, but it expresses less than beautiful or elegant.

2. I have seen a son of Jesse ... comely person. 1 Samuel 16:18 .

3. I will not conceal his comely proportion. Job 41:12 .

4. Decent; suitable; proper; becoming; suited to time, place, circumstances or persons.

5. Praise is comely for the upright. Psalms 33:1 .

6. It is comely that a woman pray to God uncovered? 1 Corinthians 11:13 .

7. O what a world is this, when what is comely envenoms him that bears it.

Comely [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Handsomely; gracefully.

Comely [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a becoming manner.

Comely [Superlative] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Pleasing or agreeable to the sight; well-proportioned; good-looking; handsome.

2. Suitable or becoming; proper; agreeable.

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1 Samuel 16:18

Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.

One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the harp. He is a mighty man of valor, a warrior, eloquent and handsome, and the LORD is with him.”

Job 41:12

I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.

I cannot keep silent about his limbs, his power and graceful form.

Psalms 33:1

Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.

Rejoice in the LORD, O righteous ones; it is fitting for the upright to praise Him.

Psalms 147:1

Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.

Hallelujah! How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and lovely to praise Him!

Proverbs 30:29

There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:

There are three things that are stately in their stride, and four that are impressive in their walk:

Ecclesiastes 5:18

Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.

Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.

Song of Solomon 1:5

I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

Song of Solomon 1:10

Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.

Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.

Song of Solomon 2:14

O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is lovely.

Song of Solomon 4:3

Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.

Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon, and your mouth is lovely. Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.

Song of Solomon 6:4

Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.

You are as beautiful, my darling, as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as majestic as troops with banners.

Isaiah 4:2

In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.

On that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors.

Jeremiah 6:2

I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.

Though she is beautiful and delicate, I will destroy the Daughter of Zion.

1 Corinthians 7:35

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.

I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but in order to promote proper decorum and undivided devotion to the Lord.

1 Corinthians 11:13

Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?

Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

1 Corinthians 12:24

For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:

whereas our presentable parts have no such need. But God has composed the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it,

1 Esdras 1:10

And when these things were done, the priests and Levites, having the unleavened bread, stood in very comely order according to the kindreds,

1 Esdras 4:18

Yea, and if men have gathered together gold and silver, or any other goodly thing, do they not love a woman which is comely in favour and beauty?

Sirach 14:3

Riches are not comely for a niggard: and what should an envious man do with money?

Sirach 20:1

There is a reproof that is not comely: again, some man holdeth his tongue, and he is wise.