ἈΣΤΕΙΑ, ἀστεια
ASTEIA, asteia
Sounds Like: as-TEH-yah
Translations: beautiful, fair, comely, graceful, elegant, charming
From the root: ἈΣΤΕΙ͂ΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective used to describe something or someone as beautiful, fair, or comely in appearance. It conveys a sense of grace and elegance. It can be used to describe people, especially women, or objects that are pleasing to the eye.
Inflection: Feminine, Singular, Nominative or Accusative; or Neuter, Plural, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G0791 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:18
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΣΤΕΙ͂ΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΣΤΕΙΑΝ — beautiful, a beautiful, fair, comely, elegant, graceful
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