Quick Definition
elegant, pretty, fair, fine, beautiful
Strong's Definition
urbane, i.e. (by implication) handsome
Derivation: from (a city);
KJV Usage: fair
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀστεῖος, ἀστεῖον (ἄστυ a city);
1. of the city; of polished manners (opposed to ἄγροικος rustic), genteel (from Xenophon, and Plato down).
2. elegant (of body), comely, fair (Jdt_11:23; Aristaenet. 1, 4, 1 and 19, 8): of Moses (Exo_2:2), Heb_11:23; with τῷ Θεῷ added, unto God, God being judge, i. e. truly fair, Act_7:20; cf. Winers Grammar, § 31, 4 a., p. 212 (199); (248 (232)); Buttmann, 179 (156); (Philo, vit. Moys. i., § 3, says of Moses γεννηθείς ὁ παῖς εὐθύς ὄψιν ἐνεφηνεν ἀστειοτεραν ἤ κατ' ἰδιωτην). (Cf. Trench, § cvi.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀστεῖος asteios 2x
pr. belonging to a city; well bred, polite, polished; hence, elegant, fair, comely, beautiful, Act_7:20 ; Heb_11:23
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀστεῖος , -ον
( < ἄστυ , a city ),
[in LXX : Exo_2:2 ( H2896 ), Num_22:32 (οὐκ ἀ . H3399 ), Jdg_3:17 ( H1277 ), Jdt_11:23 , Da LXX , Sus 1:7, 2Ma_6:23 * ;]
1. of the town.
2. (Like Lat. urbanus ),
(a) courteous ,
(b) elegant (in Papyri, of clothing, MM , s.v. ), comely, fair (as in Ex, l.c ), Heb_11:23 , Act_7:20 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀστεῖος [page 86]
As early as P Hib I. 54 .15 ff. ( c. B.C. 245) we find this word developed : ἐχέτω δὲ καὶ ἱματισμὸν ὡς ἀστειότατον , let him wear as fine clothes as possible (Edd.) : cf. LXX Exo_2:2 , Jdt_11:23 , and differently Jdg_3:17 . Its connexion with the city was forgotten, and indeed ἄστυ itself had fallen out of common use (still in P Hal 1 ter (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. 161 .17 , among τὰ σωματικὰ εὐημερήματα , the others being εὐμορφία , ἐπαφροδισία , μέγεθος , εὐρυθμία . The adj. means witty in MGr.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἀστεῖος [Etym: ἄστυ] "of the town": hence, like Lat. urbanus, town-bred, polite, courteous, opp. to ἄγροικος, Plat. :— "refined, elegant, pretty, witty, clever" Ar. , Plat. :—ironically, ἀστ. κέρδος a "pretty" piece of luck, Ar.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀστεῖος, -ον
(ἄστυ, a city), [in LXX: Exo.2:2 (טוֹב), Num.22:32 (οὐκ ἀ. יָרַט), Jdg.3:17 (בָּרִיא), Jdth.11:23, Dan LXX, Sus 1:7, 2Ma.6:23 * ;]
__1. of the town.
__2. (Like Lat. urbanus),
__(a) courteous,
__(b) elegant (in π., of clothing, MM, see word), comely, fair (as in Ex, l.with), Heb.11:23, Act.7:20.†
(AS)