ἀναστροφή

ἀναστροφή — anastrophḗ

ἀναστροφή, ἀναστροφῆς, ἡ (from the passive ἀναστρέφομαι, see the preceding word), properly, 'walk,' i. e. manner of life, behavior, conduct (German Lebenswandel): Gal 1:13; Eph 4:22; 1Ti 4:12; Jas 3:13; 1Pe 1:15; 1Pe 1:18; 1Pe 2:12; 1 Peter 3:1f, 16; 2Pe 2:7; plural ἅγιαι ἀναστροφαι the ways in which holy living shows itself, 2Pe 3:11. Hence, life in so far as it is comprised in conduct, Heb 13:7. (This word, in the senses given, is found in Greek writings from Polybius 4, 82, 1 down; in the Scriptures first in Tob 4:14; 2Ma 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).)