Asteios means “fair” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H791 — ashbea in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G791 ἀστεῖος (asteios) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. asteios (as-tei`-os) adj. 1. urbane 2. (by implication) handsome It has 7 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include fair. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
asteios (as-tei`-os) adj. 1. urbane 2. (by implication) handsome [from astu (a city)] KJV: fair
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G791. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
beautiful
Usage: 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)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render asteios, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G791 (ἀστεῖος) appears 5 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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2 indexed usages in New Testament.
In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months:
By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.
3 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And she conceived, and bore a male child; and having seen that he was fair, they hid him three months.
And the angel of God said to him, Why hast thou smitten thine ass this third time? and, behold, I came out to withstand thee, for thy way was not seemly before me; and when the ass saw me, she turned away from me this third time.
And he went, and brought the presents to Eglon king of Moab, and Eglon was a very handsome man.
2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
And now thou art both beautiful in thy countenance, and witty in thy words: surely if thou do as thou hast spoken, thy God shall be my God, and thou shalt dwell in the house of King Nebuchadnezzar, and shalt be renowned through the whole earth.
But he began to consider discreetly, and as became his age, and the excellency of his ancient years, and the honor of his gray head, whereunto he was come, and his most honest education from a child, or rather the holy law made and given by God: therefore he answered accordingly, and willed them straightaway to send him to the grave.
First 7 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G791.
And she conceived, and bore a male child; and having seen that he was fair, they hid him three months.
And the angel of God said to him, Why hast thou smitten thine ass this third time? and, behold, I came out to withstand thee, for thy way was not seemly before me; and when the ass saw me, she turned away from me this third time.
And he went, and brought the presents to Eglon king of Moab, and Eglon was a very handsome man.
In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months:
By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.
And now thou art both beautiful in thy countenance, and witty in thy words: surely if thou do as thou hast spoken, thy God shall be my God, and thou shalt dwell in the house of King Nebuchadnezzar, and shalt be renowned through the whole earth.
But he began to consider discreetly, and as became his age, and the excellency of his ancient years, and the honor of his gray head, whereunto he was come, and his most honest education from a child, or rather the holy law made and given by God: therefore he answered accordingly, and willed them straightaway to send him to the grave.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G791, grouped by book.
Asteios (Strong's G791) is a Greek word most simply glossed "fair". asteios (as-tei`-os) adj. 1. urbane 2. (by implication) handsome
This page currently indexes 7 linked usages for Strong's G791 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G791 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as fair. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 3 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G791, with linked reader references where each row is available.