G0791

ἀστεῖος

asteiosG:A

beautiful

ἀστεῖος, -ον (ἄστυ, a city), [in LXX: Exo.2:2 (טוֹב), Num.22:32 (οὐκ ἀ. יָרַט), Jdg.3:17 (בָּרִיא), Jdth.11:23, Dan LXX, Sus 1:7, 2Ma.6:23 * ;] __1. of the town. __2. (Like Lat. urbanus), __(a) courteous, __(b) elegant (in π., of clothing, MM, see word), comely, fair (as in Ex, l.with), Heb.11:23, Act.7:20.† (AS)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

ἀστεῖος — asteîos

ἀστεῖος, 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 (Jdt 11:23; Aristaenet. 1, 4, 1 and 19, 8): of Moses (Exo 2:2), Heb 11:23; with τῷ Θεῷ added, unto God, God being judge, i. e. truly fair, Act 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.)

2 occurrences

Acts (1), Hebrews (1)