“good, admirable, becoming,” has also the ethical meaning of what is “fair, right, honorable, of such conduct as deserves esteem;” it is translated “honest” [cp. Latin honestus (from honos, “honor”)], which has the same double meaning as “honest” in the AV, namely, regarded with honor, honorable, and bringing honor, becoming; in Luk 8:15<\/span> (AV, and RV), “an honest and good (agathos) heart;” Rom 12:17<\/span>; 2Co 8:21<\/span>; 2Co 13:7<\/span>, RV, “honorable” (AV, “honest”), of things which are regarded with esteem; in 1Pe 2:12<\/span>, of behavior, RV, “seemly,” AV, “honest” (i.e., becoming). See GOOD. <\/p>\n Note: In Tit 3:14<\/span>, the RV and AV margins give what is probably the accurate meaning, “(to profess) honest occupations” (AV, “trades”); in the texts “(to maintain) good works.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n “august, venerable,” is rendered “honest” in Phi 4:8<\/span>, AV (marg., “venerable”), RV, “honorable” (marg., “reverent”). Matthew Arnold suggests “nobly serious.” See GRAVE. <\/p>\n Note: In Act 6:3<\/span>, “men of honest (RV, ‘good’) report” translates the Passive Voice of martureo, lit., “having had witness borne.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n corresponding to A, No. 1, is used in Heb 13:18<\/span>, “honestly,” i.e., honorably. See PLACE, C, Note (4), WELL. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n “becomingly, decently,” is rendered “honestly” in Rom 13:13<\/span>, where it is set in contrast with the confusion of gentile social life, and in 1Th 4:12<\/span>, of the manner of life of believers as a witness to “them that are without;” in 1Co 14:40<\/span>, “decently,” in contrast with confusion in the churches. See DECENTLY. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n denotes “gravity, dignified seriousness;” it is rendered “honesty” in the AV of 1Ti 2:2<\/span>, RV, “gravity.” See GRAVITY. <\/p>\n Honest, Honestly, Honesty “good, admirable, becoming,” has also the ethical meaning of what is “fair, right, honorable, of such conduct as deserves esteem;” it is translated “honest” [cp. Latin honestus (from honos, “honor”)], which has the same double meaning as “honest” in the AV, namely, regarded with honor, honorable, and bringing honor, becoming; in Luk … Continue reading “Honest, Honestly, Honesty”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55268\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"