ἐπιείκεια
epieíkeia · G1932 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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gentleness, graciousness, forbearance
The quality of gracious forbearing
ExamplesActs 24:4 “But, that I may not weary you further, I beg you to grant us a brief hearing, by your kindness.
2 Corinthians 10:1 Now I, Paul, myself urge you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am meek when face to face with you, but bold toward you when absent!
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ΧριστόςChrist, Messiah 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- σόςyour 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- διάthrough 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- πραΰτης praÿtēs · G4240 · gentleness, meekness, mildness
- Greek noun denoting gentleness and meekness in character; overlaps with ἐπιείκεια but emphasizes humble gentleness rather than equity or reasonableness
- χρηστότης chrēstótēs · G5544 · that which is useful, what is benevolent, benevolence
- Greek noun for kindness and graciousness in disposition; similar to ἐπιείκεια in expressing mild and gracious treatment but emphasizes benevolence rather than equitable forbearance
Contrasting words 2 words
- ἀποτομία apotomía · G663 · to show harshness, to act harshly, to be harsh
- Greek noun denoting harshness and severity; direct lexical opposite of ἐπιείκεια's mildness and forbearance
- σκληρότης sklērótēs · G4643 · stubbornness
- Greek noun expressing hardness and inflexibility; opposite of the gentle, equitable character of ἐπιείκεια
In the other Testament 1 word
- עֲנָוָה ʻănâvâh · H6038 · humility, meekness
- Hebrew noun denoting gentleness and meekness, a standard translation equivalent for the Greek concept of ἐπιείκεια in contexts of mild, gracious behavior
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Gentleness, graciousness, forbearance88.62
- This noun denotes a considerate, forbearing gentleness of manner, used of Paul's urging the Corinthians by the meekness and gentleness of Christ — "I urge you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ" (2 Corinthians 10:1), and of Tertullus' flattering appeal to Felix's own kindness before bringing charges against Paul — "I beg you to grant us a brief hearing, by your kindness" (Acts 24:4).
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (WH ἐπιεικία, see Iota), ἐπιεικείας, ἡ, (ἐπιεικής, which see), mildness, gentleness,…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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