Lexical Summary anastrophē: behavior, conduct Original Word: ἀναστροφήTransliteration: anastrophē Phonetic Spelling: (an-as-trof-ay') Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: behavior, conduct Meaning: behavior, conduct Strong's Concordance behavior.From anastrepho; behavior -- conversation. see GREEK anastrepho Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 391: ἀναστροφήἀναστροφή, ἀναστροφῆς, 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 ἀναστροφαι 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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