1. conduct, way of life, behavior — One's manner of life, habitual conduct, or pattern of behavior — the way a person lives and acts in society. Both singular and plural forms (including the single plural occurrence in Heb 13:7) denote the same semantic concept of lifestyle and ethical conduct. Multilingual evidence: Spanish 'conducta/conductas/manera de vivir,' Hindi 'आचरण' (ācaraṇ = conduct, behavior — same word for both clusters), Arabic 'سيرَة/سيرَتَكُم' (sīra = conduct, biography of behavior — same root س-ي-ر), Korean '행실/행위들' (haengsil = conduct / haengwi-deul = behaviors), Swahili 'mwenendo/maisha' (mwenendo = conduct, way of going / maisha = life, lifestyle). Used extensively in the Petrine and Pauline epistles to describe Christian ethical conduct (1 Pet 1:15, 18; 2:12; 3:1-2, 16; Gal 1:13; Eph 4:22; 1 Tim 4:12; Heb 13:7; Jas 3:13). 13×
AR["السُّلوكِ","السّيرَةِ","سيرَةٍ","سيرَةِ","سيرَتَكُم","سيرَتَكُنَّ","سيرَتِكُم","سيرَتِكُمِ","سُلُوكِهِمْ","ـي"]·ben["আচরণ","আচরণে","আচরণে,","আচরণের","জীবনযাত্রা","জীবনযাপন"]·DE["Wandel"]·EN["conduct","conducts"]·FR["Wandel"]·heb["הִתְנַהֲגוּיוֹת","הִתְנַהֲגוּת","הִתְנַהֲגוּתִי","הַהִתְנַהֲגוּת","הַנְהָגָה"]·HI["अअचरन","आचरण","आचरण-के","आचरण-से","चअल-चलन","चाल-चलन-से"]·ID["cara-hidup","cara-hidup,","cara-hidupku","hidup,","kelakuan","perilaku","perilaku,"]·IT["condotta"]·jav["gesang","gesang,","kalakuan","kalakuan,","kalakuan.","tingkah-laku,"]·KO["행실","행실-로","행실에-의해","행실을","행위,","행위들과","행위를,","행위에,"]·PT["conduta","conduta,","conduta.","condutas","procedimento"]·RU["образа-жизни","образу-жизни,","поведение","поведение,","поведение.","поведением","поведении","поведения","поведениях"]·ES["conducta","conductas","manera-de-vivir"]·SW["maisha","mwenendo","mwenendo,"]·TR["davranışlarda","davranışta","davranışı","davranışımı","davranışından","davranışınızdan","davranışınızı","davranışıyla","yasamda","yaşam-tarzının"]·urd["چال-چلن","چال-چلن-سے،","چال-چلن-میں","چال-چلن-کا","چال-چلن۔"]
Gal 1:13, Eph 4:22, 1 Tim 4:12, Heb 13:7, Jas 3:13, 1 Pet 1:15, 1 Pet 1:18, 1 Pet 2:12, 1 Pet 3:1, 1 Pet 3:2, 1 Pet 3:16, 2 Pet 2:7 (+1 more)
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἀνα-στροφή, ἡ, turning upside down, upsetting, overthrow, Refs 5th c.BC+; μοῖραν εἰς ἀ. δίδωσι, ={ἀναστρέφει}, Refs; disorder, confusion, Refs 3rd c.BC+ __2 turning back, return, Refs 5th c.BC+; πολλὰς ἀ. ποιούμενος, of a hunter, making many casts backward, Refs 5th c.BC+; wheeling round, of a horse, Refs; of soldiers in battle, whether to flee or rally, Refstime to rally, Refs; especially of the…