Modest
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
"orderly, well-arranged, decent, modest" (akin to kosmos, in its primary sense as "harmonious arrangement, adornment;" cp. kosmikos, of the world, which is related to kosmos in its secondary sense as the world), is used in 1—Timothy 2:9 of the apparel with which Christian women are to adorn themselves; in 1—Timothy 3:2 (RV, "orderly;" AV, "of good behavior"), of one of the qualifications essential for a bishop or overseer. "The well-ordering is not of dress and demeanor only, but of the inner life, uttering indeed and expressing itself in the outward conversation" (Trench, Syn., xcii). In the Sept., Ecclesiastes 12:9 .
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( a.) Observing the proprieties of the sex; not unwomanly in act or bearing; free from undue familiarity, indecency, or lewdness; decent in speech and demeanor; - said of a woman.
(2): ( a.) Evincing modestly in the actor, author, or speaker; not showing presumption; not excessive or extreme; moderate; as, a modest request; modest joy.
(3): ( a.) Restraining within due limits of propriety; not forward, bold, boastful, or presumptious; rather retiring than pushing one's self forward; not obstructive; as, a modest youth; a modest man.
King James Dictionary [3]
MOD'EST, a. L. modestus, from modus, a limit.
1. Properly, restrained by a sense of propriety hence, not forward or bold not presumptuous or arrogant not boastful as a modest youth a modest man. 2. Not bold or forward as a modest maid. The word may be thus used without reference to chastity.
The blushing beauties of a modest maid.
3. Not loose not lewd.
Mrs. Ford, the honest woman, the modest wife.
4. Moderate not excessive or extreme not extravagant as a modest request modest joy a modest computation.
