Quick Definition
ἀστεῖος, α, ον Adj elegant, pretty, fair, fine, beautiful
Strong's Definition
urbane, i.e. (by implication) handsome
Derivation: from (a city);
KJV Usage: fair
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀστεῖος, -ov, (ἄστυ a city) ; 1. of the city; of polished manners (opp. to ἄγροικος rustic), genteel, (fr. Xen. and Plat. down). 2. elegant (of body), comely, fair, (Judith xi. 23; Aristaenet. 1,4, 1 and 19, 8): of Moses (Ex. ii. 2), Heb. xi. 23; with τῷ θεῷ added, unto God, God being judge, i.e. truly fair, Acts vii. 20; ef. W.§ 31,4 a. p. 212 (199) ; [248 (232)]; B. 179 (156); (Philo, vit. Moys. i. § 3, says of Moses γεννηθεὶς ὁ παῖς εὐθὺς ὄψιν eveφηνεν ἀστειοτέραν ἣ κατ᾽ ἰδιώτην). [Cf. Trench ὃ cvi.}
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀστεῖος asteios 2x
pr. belonging to a city; well bred, polite, polished; hence, elegant, fair, comely, beautiful, Acts 7:20; Heb. 11:23*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀστεῖος, -ον
(< ἄστυ, a city), [in LXX: Ex 2:2 (טוֹב), Nu 22:32 (οὐκ ἀ. ירט), Jg 3:17 (בָּרִיא), Jth 11:23, Da LXX, Sus 7, II Mac 6:23*;]
of the town.
(Like Lat. urbanus), courteous,
elegant (in π., of clothing, MM, s.v.), comely, fair (as in Ex 2:2), He 11:23, Ac 7:20.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀστεῖος. As early as P Hib I. 5415 1: (c. B.c. 245) we find this word developed: ἐχέτω δὲ kal ἱματισμὸν ὡς ἀστειότατον, “Jet him wear as fine clothes as possible’’ (Edd.): cf. LXX Exod 2%, Judith 112%, and differently Judg 317. Its connexion with the ‘‘city’’ was forgotten, and indeed ἄστυ itself had fallen out of common use (still in P Hal 1 ¢er (iii/B.c.)). By the Stoics it seems to have been used in a sense almost = σπουδαῖος. The noun ἀστειότης occurs in Vettius Valens, p. 16147, among τὰ σωματικὰ εὐημερήματα, the others being εὐμορφία, ἐπαφροδισία, μέγεθος, εὐρυθμία. The adj. means “‘ witty ’’ in MGr.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀστεῖος (asteios) — beautiful. ἀστεῖος, α, ον, also ος, ον [Refs 4th c.BC+]: (ἄστυ):— of the town (but in the literal sense ἀστικός is used).
II. town-bred, polite, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἄγροικος, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; charming, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. of thoughts and words, refined, elegant, witty, διάλεκτον ἀστείαν ὑποθηλυτέραν, opposed to ἀνελεύθερον ὑπαγροικοτέραν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀστεῖον λέγεις (where there is a play on the double sense, witty and popular) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of persons, οἱ ἀ. the wits,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἀ. witty sayings, witticisms, [Refs 4th c.BC+] adverb -ως[Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.3. as a general word of praise, of things and persons, pretty, charming, βοσκήματε[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀστεῖόν [ἐστι] ὅτι ἐρυθριᾷς it is charming to see you blush, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀστεῖον πάνυ εἰ.. [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.3. b ironically, ἀ. κέρδος a pretty piece of luck, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.4. of outward appearance, pretty, graceful, [LXX+4th c.BC+]; handsome, [LXX]: in Comedy, of dainty dishes, κραμβίδιον, κρεΐσκον, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.5. good of its kind, αἷμα[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of persons, good, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἀστεῖα good qualities, opposed to φαῦλα, [Refs 4th c.BC+]adverb -είως honourably, πράττων[LXX+1st c.AD+]