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King James Dictionary
• Modest
Vines' Expository Dictionary
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Andre Ernest Modeste Gretry
• Modeste Petrovich Moussorgsky
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Gence, Jean Baptiste Modeste
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Modeste Demers
Lexicons
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• κόσμιος , κοσμίως
Trench's NT Synonyms
• Modest

(1):

(a.) Observing 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 woman.

(2):

(a.) Evincing modestly in the actor, author, or speaker; not showing presumption; not excessive or extreme; moderate; as, a modest request; modest joy.

(3):

(a.) Restraining within due limits of propriety; not forward, bold, boastful, or presumptious; rather retiring than pushing one's self forward; not obstructive; as, a modest youth; a modest man.