Gloss
gentle, considerate
Forms of the word
Dictionary
ἐπιεικής, ές
Greek transliteration
epieikēs
Simplified transliteration
epieikes
Numbers
Strong's number
1933
GK Number
2117
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
5
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
a-4a
Definition
pr. suitable; fair, reasonable; gentle, mild, patient, 1 Tim. 3:3; Tit. 3:2; Jas. 3:17; 1 Pet. 2:18; τὸ ἐπιεικές, mildness, gentleness, Phil. 4:5*
Greek-English Concordance for ἐπιεικής
| Philippians 4:5 | Let your gentleness (epieikes | ἐπιεικές | nom sg neut) be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand. |
| 1 Timothy 3:3 | not a drunkard, not violent but gracious (epieikē | ἐπιεικῆ | acc sg masc), not quarrelsome, not a lover of money, |
| Titus 3:2 | to blaspheme no one, to be peaceable, gracious (epieikeis | ἐπιεικεῖς | acc pl masc), showing complete gentleness toward all people. |
| James 3:17 | But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peaceable, gentle (epieikēs | ἐπιεικής | nom sg fem), open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, free from prejudice and hypocrisy. |
| 1 Peter 2:18 | Household servants should be subject to their masters with all respect, not only to the good and kind (epieikesin | ἐπιεικέσιν | dat pl masc) but also to the unjust. |
