Lexicon asteios: of the town, by impl. courteous, elegant Original Word: ἀστεῖος, α, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: asteios Phonetic Spelling: (as-ti'-os) Short Definition: elegant, pretty, fair, fine, beautiful Definition: (lit: belonging to the city; then: witty, clever), elegant, pretty, fair, fine, beautiful. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom astu (a city) Definitionof the town, by impl. courteous, elegant NASB Translationbeautiful (1), lovely (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 791: ἀστεῖοςἀστεῖος, ἀστεῖον ( ἄστυ a city); 1. of the city; of polished manners (opposed to ἄγροικος rustic), genteel (from Xenophon, and Plato down). 2. elegant (of body), comely, fair (Judith 11:23; Aristaenet. 1, 4, 1 and 19, 8): of Moses (Exodus 2:2), Hebrews 11:23; with τῷ Θεῷ added, unto God, God being judge, i. e. truly fair, Acts 7:20; cf. Winers Grammar, § 31, 4 a., p. 212 (199); (248 (232)); Buttmann, 179 (156); (Philo, vit. Moys. i., § 3, says of Moses γεννηθείς ὁ παῖς εὐθύς ὄψιν ἐνεφηνεν ἀστειοτεραν ἤ κατ' ἰδιωτην). (Cf. Trench, § cvi.)
Strong's handsome, fair. From astu (a city); urbane, i.e. (by implication) handsome -- fair. |
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