STRONGS G391:
ἀναστροφή,
-ῆς,
ἡ, (from the passive
ἀναστρέφομαι, see the preceding word), properly, '
walk,'
i. e. manner of life, behavior, conduct (German
Lebenswandel):
Galatians 1:13;
Ephesians 4:22;
1 Timothy 4:12;
James 3:13;
1 Peter 1:15,
18;
1 Peter 2:12;
1 Peter 3:1f,
16;
2 Peter 2:7; plural
ἅγιαι ἀναστροφαί the ways in which holy living shows itself,
2 Peter 3:11. Hence,
life in so far as it is comprised in conduct,
Hebrews 13:7. (This word, in the senses given, is found in Greek writings from Polybius 4, 82, 1 down; in the Scriptures first in Tobit 4:14; 2 Macc. 5:8; add Epictetus diss. 1, 9, 5; 4, 7, 5 [and (from
Sophocles Lexicon, under the word) Agatharchides 134, 12; 153, 8; Aristeas 16].)
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