Webster 1828 · headword: modest
View source image ↗Properly, restrained by a sense of propriety; hence, not forward or bold; not presumptuous or arrogant; not boastful.
KJV WORD
modest
COMBINED MEANING
Meaning of modest
Orderly, becoming, and proper; in 1 Timothy 2:9, describing apparel suited to shamefacedness and sobriety.
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