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Honest; Honesty

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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on´est , on´es - ti : The word "honest" in the New Testament in the King James Version generally represents the adjective καλός , kalós , "good," "excellent," "honorable," and, with the exception of Luke 8:15 , "honest and good heart," is changed in the Revised Version (British and American) into the more correct "honorable" (Romans 12:17; 2 Corinthians 8:21; 2 Corinthians 13:7; Philippians 4:8 ); in 1 Peter 2:12 , into "seemly." In the American Standard Revised Version "honestly" in Hebrews 13:18 is rendered "honorably," and in 1 Thessalonians 4:12 (here euschēmónōs ) is rendered "becomingly." The noun "honesty" occurs but once in the King James Version as the translation of σεμνότης , semnótēs (1 Timothy 2:2 ), and in the Revised Version (British and American) is more appropriately rendered "gravity."

Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Honest; Honesty'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​h/honest-honesty.html. 1915.
 
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