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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