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kum´li-nes, kum´li: Cognate with “becoming,†namely, what is suitable, graceful, handsome. The servant of Yahweh in is without “comeliness†(haÌ„dhaÌ„r, “honorâ€), i.e. there is in his appearance nothing attractive, while he is bowed beneath man's sin. “Praise is comely†(naÌ„'waÌ„h, f. of naÌ„'weh; ; ), i.e. suitable or befitting “for the righteous,†and, therefore, an honor and glory; “uncomely parts,†ascheÌ„Ìmona (), namely, less honorable. See also , “a comely personâ€; , “comely as Jerusalem.†etc.