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Bible Dictionaries
Courteous, Courteously
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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"lowly-minded," is used in 1 Peter 3:8 , "be courteous," AV (RV, "humble-minded").
lit., "friendly," or, more fully, "with friendly thoughtfulness" (philos, "friend," phren, "the mind"), is found in Acts 28:7 , of the hospitality showed by Publius to Paul and his fellow-shipwrecked travelers. Note: Some mss. have the corresponding adjective philophron, "courteous," in 1 Peter 3:8; the most authentic mss. have tapeinophron, "humble-minded."
is translated "courteously" in Acts 27:3 , AV; RV, "kindly" (Eng., "philanthropically"). See KINDLY.
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Courteous, Courteously'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/c/courteous-courteously.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Courteous, Courteously'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/c/courteous-courteously.html. 1940.
