Lexicon katastéma: demeanor Original Word: κατάστημα, ατος, τόPart of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: katastéma Phonetic Spelling: (kat-as'-tay-mah) Short Definition: behavior, conduct Definition: behavior, conduct, deportment, demeanor. HELPS word-Studies 2688 katástēma (from 2596 /katá, "down, exactly according to," intensifying 2476 /hístēmi, "stand") – properly, stand down, referring to what is established, i.e. settled according to a fixed, exact design (used only in Tit 2:3). 2688 /katástēma ("settled-lifestyle") refers to a believer exemplifying enduring qualities that specifically (exactly) glorify the Lord. [2688 (katástēma) primarily refers to a "condition, state, of the body, etc., hence demeanor" (A-S).] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom kathistémiDefinitiondemeanor NASB Translationbehavior (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2688: κατάστημακατάστημα, καταστηματος, τό ( καθίστημι) (Latin status, habitus) ( demeanor, deportment, bearing): Titus 2:3. (3Macc. 5:45; Josephus, b. j. 1, 1, 4 (of a city; cf. ἀτρεμαιω τῷ καταστήματι πρός τόν θάνατον ἀπεηι, Josephus, Antiquities 15, 7, 5; Plutarch, Marcell. 23, 6; cf. Tib. Gracch. 2, 2. See Wetstein (1752) on Titus, the passage cited; cf. Ignatius ad Trall. 3, 2 [ET] (and Jacobson or Zahn, in the place cited)).)
Strong's behavior. From kathistemi; properly, a position or condition, i.e. (subjectively) demeanor -- behaviour. see GREEK kathistemi |
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