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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (superl.) Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; -- applied to things as persons.

2. (superl.) Agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a pleasing appearance or expression; attractive; having symmetry and dignity; comely; -- expressing more than pretty, and less than beautiful; as, a handsome man or woman; a handsome garment, house, tree, horse.

3. (superl.) Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; graceful; becoming; appropriate; as, a handsome style, etc.

4. (superl.) Evincing a becoming generosity or nobleness of character; liberal; generous.

5. (superl.) Ample; moderately large.

Greek

791. asteios -- of the town, by impl. courteous, elegant
... courteous, elegant NASB Word Usage beautiful (1), lovely (1). handsome, fair. From
astu (a city); urbane, ie (by implication) handsome -- fair. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

8389. toar -- outline, form
... Word Origin from taar Definition outline, form NASB Word Usage appearance (2), form
(7), handsome (1), handsome* (1), resembling (1). be drawn, mark out. ...
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2896a. tob -- pleasant, agreeable, good
... 1), glad (1), good (196), good and to those who (1), good is better (1), good man
(3), good men (1), good-looking* (1), gracious (1), handsome (3), handsome* (1 ...
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3303. yapheh -- fair, beautiful
... Origin from yaphah Definition fair, beautiful NASB Word Usage appropriate (1),
beautiful (28), beautiful one (2), fair (1), fitting (1), handsome (4), sleek (3 ...
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4758. mareh -- sight, appearance, vision
... From ra'ah; a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether
(real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness; often plural the looks ...
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Library

Published By
... Together making a handsome library, or, separately, making handsome
center-table volumes. PRICE, [USD]1.00 EACH. SENT POST-PAID. ...
/.../moody/moodys anecdotes and illustrations/published by.htm

"But" Say I "In Such a Slaughter-Heap of Dead Bodies...
... Right handsome obsequies in sight of men did that rich man who was clad in purple
receive of the crowd of his housefolk; but far more handsome did that poor ...
/.../augustine/on care to be had for the dead /4 but say i in.htm

After this Diamond Recovered So Fast, that in a Few Days He was ...
... father indignantly. "Well, you're right. He ain't handsome, but he's a good
un" said his owner. "Who says he ain't handsome? He's one ...
/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 14 after this diamond.htm

How Samuel Found a Leader
... at Gibeah. He had a son named Saul, a man full grown and handsome; no one
among the Israelites was more handsome than he. From his ...
/.../sherman/the childrens bible/how samuel found a leader.htm

Incredible Turpitudes in God Imagined by Manichæus.
... But by this handsome appearance of theirs, ardor and lust increase, and in this
way the chain of their worst thoughts is loosed, and the living soul which was ...
/.../chapter 44 name turpitudes in.htm

The Builders
... wage is lower. A race of giants they were, handsome, magnificently built,
and well skilled in the use of their simple tools. In the ...
/.../cable/the fulfilment of a dream of pastor hsis/chapter xv the builders.htm

The Great Shepherd
... Formosi pecoris custos, formosior ipse! The Shepherd with a handsome flock,
is Himself more handsome! He humbled Himself for their ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/newton/messiah vol 1/sermon xiii the great shepherd.htm

How the Image of God is Formed Anew in Man.
... Or if we want to say he is handsome after the body, or strong after the body, not
after the mind; what else is this, than that he is handsome or strong in body ...
/.../augustine/on the holy trinity/chapter 16 how the image of.htm

Of Boasting.
... He could have made the most deformed Beggar as handsome and as rich as those
who most pride themselves in their wealth and beauty. ...
/.../allestree/the government of the tongue/section ix of boasting.htm

Report of Mr. Geo. Borrow's Late Proceedings in Spain
... Englishman established there, for the printing of 5000 copies of the New Testament
in Spanish, which number, if on good paper and in handsome type, I have ...
/.../borrow/letters of george borrow/report of mr geo borrows.htm

Thesaurus

Comely (32 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Good-looking; handsome; pleasing or agreeable
to the sight; well-proportioned. 2. (superl.) Suitable ...
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Handsome (15 Occurrences)
... appearance or expression; attractive; having symmetry and dignity; comely; --
expressing more than pretty, and less than beautiful; as, a handsome man or woman ...
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Handsomely (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (adv.) In a handsome manner. 2. (adv.) Carefully; in
shipshape style. Multi-Version Concordance Handsomely (2 Occurrences). ...
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Homely (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (n.) of plain or coarse features; uncomely; -- contrary to handsome. 4. (adv.)
Plainly; rudely; coarsely; as, homely dressed. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Kiriathjearim
... Medieval ecclesiastical tradition has made this place the Anathoth of Jeremiah,
and a handsome church from the time of the Crusades, now thoroughly repaired ...
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Nourished (29 Occurrences)
... (WBS). Acts 7:20 At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome. He was
nourished three months in his father's house. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS). ...
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Nurtured (3 Occurrences)
... Nurtured (3 Occurrences). Acts 7:20 At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly
handsome. He was nourished three months in his father's house. (See NAS). ...
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Narcissus (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A genus of endogenous bulbous plants with handsome flowers, having a
cup-shaped crown within the six-lobed perianth, and comprising the daffodils and ...
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Ordinary (17 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Acts 7:20 At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome.
He was nourished three months in his father's house. (See NIV). ...
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Kiriath-jearim (17 Occurrences)
... Medieval ecclesiastical tradition has made this place the Anathoth of Jeremiah,
and a handsome church from the time of the Crusades, now thoroughly repaired ...
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Bible Concordance

Handsome (15 Occurrences)

Acts 7:20 At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome. He was nourished three months in his father's house.
(WEB)

Genesis 39:6 He left all that he had in Joseph's hand. He didn't concern himself with anything, except for the food which he ate. Joseph was well-built and handsome.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 9:2 And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a more handsome person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.
(WBS NAS RSV)

1 Samuel 16:12 He sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful face, and goodly to look on. Yahweh said, "Arise, anoint him; for this is he."
(See NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 16:18 Then one of the young men answered, and said, "Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, a mighty man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a comely person; and Yahweh is with him."
(See NAS)

1 Samuel 17:42 When the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and withal of a fair face.
(See NAS NIV)

2 Samuel 14:25 Now in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
(See NAS NIV)

2 Samuel 23:21 and he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man; and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
(See RSV)

1 Kings 1:6 His father had not displeased him at any time in saying, "Why have you done so?" and he was also a very handsome man; and he was born after Absalom.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Song of Songs 1:16 See, you are fair, my loved one, and a pleasure; our bed is green.
(See NAS NIV)

Ezekiel 23:6 who were clothed with blue, governors and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.
(See JPS NIV)

Ezekiel 23:12 She doted upon the Assyrians, governors and rulers, her neighbors, clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men.
(See JPS NIV)

Ezekiel 23:23 the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them; desirable young men, governors and rulers all of them, princes and men of renown, all of them riding upon horses.
(See JPS NIV)

Daniel 1:4 youths in whom was no blemish, but well-favored, and skillful in all wisdom, and endowed with knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability to stand in the king's palace; and that he should teach them the learning and the language of the Chaldeans.
(See RSV NIV)

Zechariah 11:13 Yahweh said to me, "Throw it to the potter, the handsome price that I was valued at by them!" I took the thirty pieces of silver, and threw them to the potter, in the house of Yahweh.
(WEB NIV)

Subtopics

Handsome

Related Terms

Handsome (15 Occurrences)

Handsomely (2 Occurrences)

Homely (1 Occurrence)

Kiriathjearim

Nourished (29 Occurrences)

Nurtured (3 Occurrences)

Narcissus (2 Occurrences)

Ordinary (17 Occurrences)

Kiriath-jearim (17 Occurrences)