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Lexicon :: Strong's G791 - asteios

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ἀστεῖος
Transliteration
asteios (Key)
Pronunciation
as-ti'-os
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From astu (a city)
mGNT
2x in 2 unique form(s) TR
2x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
3x in 3 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

Trench's Synonyms: cvi. ἀστεῖος, ὡραῖος, καλός.

Strong’s Definitions

ἀστεῖος asteîos, as-ti'-os; from ἄστυ ásty (a city); urbane, i.e. (by implication) handsome:—fair.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G791 in the following manner: fair (1x), proper (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G791 in the following manner: fair (1x), proper (1x).

  1. of the city

  2. of polished manners

  3. elegant (of body), comely, fair

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀστεῖος asteîos, as-ti'-os; from ἄστυ ásty (a city); urbane, i.e. (by implication) handsome:—fair.
STRONGS G791:
ἀστεῖος, -ον, (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 γεννηθεὶς ὁ παῖς εὐθὺς ὄψιν ἐνέφηνεν ἀστειοτέραν ἤ κατ’ ἰδιώτην). [Cf. Trench, § cvi.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
2:2
Acts
7:20
Hebrews
11:23

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Strong's Number G791 matches the Greek ἀστεῖος (asteios),
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