Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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.) |