anastrophē · conduct, way of life

What it means

anastrophē (ἀναστροφή) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “conduct, way of life”.

Conduct, the way one lives day by day.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. One's everyday manner of living.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• conduct ×10
• way of life ×3

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Galatians×1
• Ephesians×1
• 1 Timothy×1
• Hebrews×1
• James×1
• 1 Peter×6
• 2 Peter×2

• Galatians 1:13

  For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, that I was persecuting the assembly of God beyond measure and ravaging it;

• Ephesians 4:22

  that you put off, according to your former way of life, the old man who is being corrupted according to the desires of deceit,

• 1 Timothy 4:12

  Let no one look down on your youth, but be an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

• Hebrews 13:7

  Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you; considering the outcome of their way of life, imitate their faith.

• James 3:13

  Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct his works in the gentleness of wisdom.

• 1 Peter 1:15

  but as the one who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct,

• 1 Peter 1:18

  knowing that you were redeemed not with perishable things, silver or gold, from your futile conduct inherited from your fathers,

• 1 Peter 2:12

  keeping your conduct among the nations good, so that, in what they speak against you as evildoers, by observing your good works they may glorify God on the day of visitation.

• 1 Peter 3:1

  Likewise, wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, so that even if some disobey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives,

• 1 Peter 3:2

  when they observe your pure conduct in fear.

• 1 Peter 3:16

  but with gentleness and fear, having a good conscience, so that in what you are spoken against, those who abuse your good conduct in the Messiah may be put to shame.

• 2 Peter 2:7

  and rescued righteous Lot, distressed by the conduct in debauchery of the lawless

• 2 Peter 3:11

  Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness,