G791: ἀστεῖος
asteîos · “beautiful”
Definition
urbane, i.e. (by implication) handsome
KJV translates it as: fair
Word origin: from (a city);
Extended definition
ἀστεῖος, -ον
(ἄστυ, a city), [in LXX: Exo.2:2 (טוֹב), Num.22:32 (οὐκ ἀ. יָרַט), Jdg.3:17 (בָּרִיא), Jdth.11:23, Dan LXX, Sus 1:7, 2Ma.6:23 * ;]
1. of the town.
2. (Like Lat. urbanus),
(a) courteous,
(b) elegant (in π., of clothing, MM, see word), comely, fair (as in Ex, l.with), Heb.11:23, Act.7:20.†
(AS)
(ἄστυ, a city), [in LXX: Exo.2:2 (טוֹב), Num.22:32 (οὐκ ἀ. יָרַט), Jdg.3:17 (בָּרִיא), Jdth.11:23, Dan LXX, Sus 1:7, 2Ma.6:23 * ;]
1. of the town.
2. (Like Lat. urbanus),
(a) courteous,
(b) elegant (in π., of clothing, MM, see word), comely, fair (as in Ex, l.with), Heb.11:23, Act.7:20.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G791 is translated
- beautiful ×1
- was beautiful ×1
Bible verses with G791 (asteîos)
Asteîos appears in 2 verses.
- Acts 7:20
In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father’s house three months:
- Hebrews 11:23
By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment.