Bible Dictionary: Demeanor

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Behavior; deportment; carriage; bearing; as, a pleasant demeanor; mien.

2. (v. t.) Management; treatment; conduct.

Greek

2688. katastema -- demeanor
... demeanor. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: katastema Phonetic Spelling:
(kat-as'-tay-mah) Short Definition: behavior, conduct Definition: behavior ...
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3955. parresiazomai -- to speak freely or boldly
... speak boldly. Middle voice from parrhesia; to be frank in utterance, or confident
in spirit and demeanor -- be (wax) bold, (preach, speak) boldly. ...
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5544. chrestotes -- goodness, excellence, uprightness
... gentleness, goodness, kindness. From chrestos; usefulness, ie Morally, excellence
(in character or demeanor) -- gentleness, good(-ness), kindness. ...
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Library

Letter viii. Who are the Cultivated?
... impostor. What, then, is the secret that lies behind the demeanor and manners
of the cultivated man or woman, or the cultivated family? ...
/.../letter viii who are the.htm

The Sermon on the Mount.
... By sheep's clothing we are to understand that they shall bear a gentle, meek, and
inoffensive outward demeanor; but they use this demeanor as a cloak to hide ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/xlii the sermon on the 10.htm

Desire to Please.
... should guard the senses, the mind and the heart with vigilant care; without ceasing
on that account to be simple and natural in your whole demeanor; for the ...
/.../sainte-foi/serious hours of a young lady/chapter xvi desire to please.htm

The Anti-Missionary Agitation.
... We see the evidence, as we walk the streets, in the countenances and demeanor of
the literati and officials, and somewhat in the countenances and demeanor of ...
/.../fagg/forty years in south china/x the anti-missionary agitation.htm

"Thou Shalt Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother. "
... And this honor consists not only in respectful demeanor, but in this: that we obey
them, look up to, esteem and heed their words and example, accept what they ...
/.../luther/a treatise on good works/thou shalt honor thy father.htm

V. ...
... And although it is not directed to women to preach, yet should they so conduct
themselves in their demeanor and conversation that they may thereby attract ...
/.../the epistles of st peter and st jude preached and explained/chapter iii v .htm

Concerning the Outward Manifestations by which this Second ...
... appeased. And thus exomologesis is a discipline for man's prostration and
humiliation, enjoining a demeanor calculated to move mercy. ...
/.../tertullian/on repentance/chapter ix concerning the outward manifestations.htm

A Little Sermon to School-Girls.
... the sciences, possessed of extensive knowledge of literature, fine musicians, fine
artists, and yet selfish, ungentle, proud or haughty in demeanor, wanting in ...
/.../a little sermon to school-girls.htm

Women who Witnessed the Fall of Rome
... a quantity such as might suffice for a dozen persons), the garments most agreeable
to their fancy, and maintain till their departure the same haughty demeanor ...
/.../brittain/women of early christianity/vii women who witnessed the.htm

Phrases for Talkers
... In an imperative voice Marked by copiousness and vivacity Touched with sombre dignity
A ridiculous misconception Habitual austerity of demeanor Ostentation and ...
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Thesaurus

Demeanor (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Behavior; deportment; carriage; bearing; as, a
pleasant demeanor; mien. ... Multi-Version Concordance Demeanor (1 Occurrence). ...
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Gravity (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Seriousness; severity; heaviness; as, the gravity
of a difficult situation. 2. (a.) Sobriety of character or demeanor. ...
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Behavior (20 Occurrences)
... of good behavior," the Revised Version (British and American) "orderly" (katastema,
"demeanor," "deportment"), including, according to Dean Alford, "gesture ...
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Tobit
... fact that he buried Jewish corpses intended to be disgraced by exposure, he like
other Jews (Daniel, etc.) won favor at court by his upright demeanor and was ...
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Reverence (42 Occurrences)
... a man reverend (aidemon, "modest") in bearing," and in the New Testament the Revised
Version (British and American) has "reverent in demeanor" (hieroprepes) in ...
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Demeanour (3 Occurrences)

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Demas (3 Occurrences)

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Deportment (12 Occurrences)
... (n.) Manner of acting; conduct; carriage of self; especially, manner of acting with
respect to the courtesies and duties of life; behavior; demeanor; bearing. ...
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Modest (2 Occurrences)
... 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 ...
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Pride (277 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor;
haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation; disdain. ...
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Bible Concordance

Demeanor (1 Occurrence)

Titus 2:3 that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;
(ASV)

Subtopics

Demeanor

Related Terms

Gravity (3 Occurrences)

Behavior (20 Occurrences)

Tobit

Reverence (42 Occurrences)

Demeanour (3 Occurrences)

Demas (3 Occurrences)