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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_92137" /> == | |||
<p> (n.) [[Manner]] of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of conducting one's self; conduct; deportment; carriage; - used also of inanimate objects; as, the behavior of a ship in a storm; the behavior of the magnetic needle. </p> | |||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_1496" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_1496" /> == | ||
<p> '''''bē̇''''' -'''''hāv´yẽr''''' ( טעם , <i> '''''ṭa‛am''''' </i> , "taste," "flavor," hence, "intellectual taste," i.e. judgment, reason, understanding): Of significance as referring to David's feigning madness before Aehish, king of Gath, being "sore afraid." [[Gesenius]] renders it "changed his understanding," i.e. his mental behavior and outward manner ( 1 Samuel 21:13 , and title to Ps 34). </p> <p> Twice used in the New [[Testament]] (the King James Version) of the well-ordered life of the [[Christian]] (κόσμιος , <i> '''''kósmios''''' </i> , "well-arranged," "modest," i.e. living with decorum: 1 Timothy 3:2 ), defining the blameless life expected of a minister (overseer), [["A]] bishop must be.... of good behavior," the Revised Version (British and American) "orderly" (κατάστημα , <i> '''''katástēma''''' </i> , "demeanor," "deportment"), including, according to Dean Alford, "gesture and habit" as the outward expression of a reverent spirit ( 1 Peter 3:1 , 1 Peter 3:2 ). "Aged women ... in behavior as becometh holiness" ( Titus 2:3; the Revised Version (British and American) "reverent in demeanor"). </p> | |||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_92137"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/behavior Behavior from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_1496"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/behavior Behavior from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
</references> | </references> | ||
Revision as of 02:12, 13 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n.) Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of conducting one's self; conduct; deportment; carriage; - used also of inanimate objects; as, the behavior of a ship in a storm; the behavior of the magnetic needle.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
bē̇ -hāv´yẽr ( טעם , ṭa‛am , "taste," "flavor," hence, "intellectual taste," i.e. judgment, reason, understanding): Of significance as referring to David's feigning madness before Aehish, king of Gath, being "sore afraid." Gesenius renders it "changed his understanding," i.e. his mental behavior and outward manner ( 1 Samuel 21:13 , and title to Ps 34).
Twice used in the New Testament (the King James Version) of the well-ordered life of the Christian (κόσμιος , kósmios , "well-arranged," "modest," i.e. living with decorum: 1 Timothy 3:2 ), defining the blameless life expected of a minister (overseer), "A bishop must be.... of good behavior," the Revised Version (British and American) "orderly" (κατάστημα , katástēma , "demeanor," "deportment"), including, according to Dean Alford, "gesture and habit" as the outward expression of a reverent spirit ( 1 Peter 3:1 , 1 Peter 3:2 ). "Aged women ... in behavior as becometh holiness" ( Titus 2:3; the Revised Version (British and American) "reverent in demeanor").
