Difference between revisions of "Modest"

<div> '''1: '''''Κόσμιος''''' ''' (Strong'S #2887 — Adjective — kosmios — kos'-mee-os ) </div> <p> "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 &nbsp;1—Timothy 2:9 of the apparel with which [[Christian]] women are to adorn themselves; in &nbsp; 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., &nbsp; Ecclesiastes 12:9 . </p>

<p> MOD'EST, a. L. modestus, from modus, a limit. </p> 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. <p> The blushing beauties of a modest maid. </p> 3. Not loose not lewd. <p> Mrs. Ford, the honest woman, the modest wife. </p> 4. [[Moderate]] not excessive or extreme not extravagant as a modest request modest joy a modest computation.