Strong G1933ἐπιεικής
gentle
- Transliteration
- epieikēs
- Pronunciation
- ep-ee-i-kace'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐπιεικής, -ές
(εἰκός, likely), [in LXX: Psa.86:5 (סַלָּח), Est.8:13 *;]
1. seemly, fitting (Hom.).
2. equitable, fair, moderate: 1Ti.3:3, Tit.3:2, 1Pe.2:18, Jas.3:17; τὸ ἐ. (Thuc., i, 76), Php.4:5 (cf. Mayor, Ja, l.with, and see: ἐπιεικία).†
ἐπιείκεια see: ἐπιεικία
(εἰκός, likely), [in LXX: Psa.86:5 (סַלָּח), Est.8:13 *;]
1. seemly, fitting (Hom.).
2. equitable, fair, moderate: 1Ti.3:3, Tit.3:2, 1Pe.2:18, Jas.3:17; τὸ ἐ. (Thuc., i, 76), Php.4:5 (cf. Mayor, Ja, l.with, and see: ἐπιεικία).†
ἐπιείκεια see: ἐπιεικία
In the Bible
Strong G1933 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- gentle3
- moderation1
- patient1
First verses
- Philippians 4:5Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
- 1 Timothy 3:3Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
- Titus 3:2To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
- James 3:17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
- 1 Peter 2:18Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐπιεικ-ής, ές,
fitting, meet, suitable, τύμβον οὐ μάλα πολλὸν.., ἀλλ᾽ ἐπιεικέα τοῖον not very large but meet in size, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.246; τείσουσι βοῶν ἐπιεικέ᾽ ἀμοιβήν)] a fair recompense for them, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.382.—Elsewh. 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus has only the _neuter_ ἐπιεικές, either in the phrase ὡς ἐπιεικές)] as is meet, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.147, 23.537, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.389)]: or c.infinitive, ὅν κ᾽ ἐπιεικὲς ἀκουέμεν whom it may be meet for you to hear, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.547; ὅπλα.. οἷ᾽ ἐπιεικὲς ἔργ᾽ ἔμεν ἀθανάτων)] such as is meet they should be, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (19.21, compare 23.50, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.207.)]
II. after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus,)]
II.1. of statements, rights, etc.,
II.1.a. reasonable, specious, ἡ δὲ τρίτη τῶν ὁδῶν πολλὸν ἐπιεικεστάτη ἐοῦσα μάλιστα [Refs 6th c.BC+ (ἔψευσται 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.22; ἐ. πρόφασις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.9; λόγος Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Timaeus” 67d)]; ἐπιεικῆ [Refs (λέγειν [prev\. author] “Ap.” 34d)]; ἐ. ὁδός a tolerable road, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Crass.” 22.)]
II.1.b. opposed to δίκαιος, fair, equitable, not according to the letter of the law, ἐπανόρθωμα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (νομίμου δικαίου 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1137b11, compare “Rh.” 1374a26; τῶν δικαίων τὰ ἐπιεικέστερα προτιθεῖσι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.53)]; οὔτε τοὐπ. οὔτε τὴν χάριν οἶδεν, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (μόνην δ᾽ ἔστερξε τὴν ἁπλῶς δίκην 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “fragment” 770, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “fragment” 645; συγχωρεῖν τἀπιεικῆ τινι Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Nubes” 1438; ἐπιεικέστερον ἢ δικαιότερον 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.2.13; ἐ. ὁμολογία 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.4; γνώμη Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Vespae” 1027; τὸ ἐ. καὶ σύγγνωμον Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Leges” 757e)]; πρὸς τὸ ἐ., ={ἐπιεικῶς} [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.19.)]
II.2. of persons, able, capable, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (παῖς τὰ μὲν ἄλλα ἐ., ἄφωνος δέ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.85; οἱ ἐπιεικέστατοι τῶν τριηράρχων Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.1.30)]; τίνες.. τῶν νέων ἐπίδοξοι γενέσθαι ἐ. may be expected to turn out well, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Tht.” 143d, compare “Lg.” 957a; τοὺς ἐ. καὶ τοῦ δήμου καὶ τῶν εὐπόρων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 26.1)].
II.2.b. in moral sense, reasonable, fair, good, ἐ. τὴν ψυχήν, φύσει, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Smp.” 210b, “R.” 538c: _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.93, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.48, NT.Jam.3.17, etc.; ἐ. ἄνδρες, opposed to μοχθηροί, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Po.” 1452b34; ἐ. περὶ τὰ συμβόλαια 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.30)]; τοὐπιεικές fairness, goodness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “OC” 1127.)]
II.2.c. with social or political connotation, the upper or educated classes, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (λέγω ἀντικεῖσθαι τοὺς ἐ. τῷ πλήθει 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1308b27, compare “Ath.” 28.1.)]
III. adverb -κῶς, Ionic dialect -κέως, fairly, tolerably, moderately, ἐγγλύσσει ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.92; ἐ. δάκνειν, παρρησίαν ἄγειν, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Lib.” pp.13,45 O.; ἐ. ἔχειν)] to be pretty well, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Coac.” 368; ἐ. ἐξεπίστασθαι Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Vespae” 1249; ἔστι τὸ χωρίον ἐ. ἰσχυρόν “Hellenica Oxyrhynchia” 13.5; ἐ. ἀναίσθητον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione et Corruptione” 319b20; ἐ. πλατύ [prev\. author] “HA” 495b27, compare 497a23; οἱ πυρετοὶ ἐς τεταρταῖον ἐ. μεθίστανται)] about the fourth day, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Coac.” 140, compare 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 281; ἐ. τὸ τρίτον μέρος)] pretty nearly, about, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.26.8; ἐ. οἷοί τε ἦσαν κατέχειν)] were fairly well able.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phd.” 117c; ἐ. μὲν..)] perhaps, [Refs ([prev\. author] “Grg.” 493c.)]
III.2. probably, reasonably, [Refs ([prev\. author] “R.” 431e, etc.: _superlative_ -έστατα, γενέσθαι)] most suitably, [Refs ([prev\. author] “Lg.” 753b.)]
III.3. with moderation, mildly, kindly, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (οὐκ ἐ. ἐντυγχάνων οὐδὲ πρᾴως Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Pyrrhus” 23)]; ἐ. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (ἔχειν πρός τινα Isocrates Orator [{5-6th c.BC}] 15.4)]: comparative [Refs (-έστερον, διακείμενοι [prev\. author] 8.61)].
III.4. generally, usually, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pel.” 18, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Mis.” 348c, 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Or.” 11.19, +others)]
fitting, meet, suitable, τύμβον οὐ μάλα πολλὸν.., ἀλλ᾽ ἐπιεικέα τοῖον not very large but meet in size, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.246; τείσουσι βοῶν ἐπιεικέ᾽ ἀμοιβήν)] a fair recompense for them, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.382.—Elsewh. 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus has only the _neuter_ ἐπιεικές, either in the phrase ὡς ἐπιεικές)] as is meet, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.147, 23.537, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.389)]: or c.infinitive, ὅν κ᾽ ἐπιεικὲς ἀκουέμεν whom it may be meet for you to hear, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.547; ὅπλα.. οἷ᾽ ἐπιεικὲς ἔργ᾽ ἔμεν ἀθανάτων)] such as is meet they should be, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (19.21, compare 23.50, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.207.)]
II. after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus,)]
II.1. of statements, rights, etc.,
II.1.a. reasonable, specious, ἡ δὲ τρίτη τῶν ὁδῶν πολλὸν ἐπιεικεστάτη ἐοῦσα μάλιστα [Refs 6th c.BC+ (ἔψευσται 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.22; ἐ. πρόφασις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.9; λόγος Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Timaeus” 67d)]; ἐπιεικῆ [Refs (λέγειν [prev\. author] “Ap.” 34d)]; ἐ. ὁδός a tolerable road, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Crass.” 22.)]
II.1.b. opposed to δίκαιος, fair, equitable, not according to the letter of the law, ἐπανόρθωμα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (νομίμου δικαίου 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1137b11, compare “Rh.” 1374a26; τῶν δικαίων τὰ ἐπιεικέστερα προτιθεῖσι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.53)]; οὔτε τοὐπ. οὔτε τὴν χάριν οἶδεν, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (μόνην δ᾽ ἔστερξε τὴν ἁπλῶς δίκην 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “fragment” 770, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “fragment” 645; συγχωρεῖν τἀπιεικῆ τινι Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Nubes” 1438; ἐπιεικέστερον ἢ δικαιότερον 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.2.13; ἐ. ὁμολογία 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.4; γνώμη Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Vespae” 1027; τὸ ἐ. καὶ σύγγνωμον Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Leges” 757e)]; πρὸς τὸ ἐ., ={ἐπιεικῶς} [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.19.)]
II.2. of persons, able, capable, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (παῖς τὰ μὲν ἄλλα ἐ., ἄφωνος δέ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.85; οἱ ἐπιεικέστατοι τῶν τριηράρχων Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.1.30)]; τίνες.. τῶν νέων ἐπίδοξοι γενέσθαι ἐ. may be expected to turn out well, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Tht.” 143d, compare “Lg.” 957a; τοὺς ἐ. καὶ τοῦ δήμου καὶ τῶν εὐπόρων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 26.1)].
II.2.b. in moral sense, reasonable, fair, good, ἐ. τὴν ψυχήν, φύσει, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Smp.” 210b, “R.” 538c: _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.93, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.48, NT.Jam.3.17, etc.; ἐ. ἄνδρες, opposed to μοχθηροί, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Po.” 1452b34; ἐ. περὶ τὰ συμβόλαια 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.30)]; τοὐπιεικές fairness, goodness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “OC” 1127.)]
II.2.c. with social or political connotation, the upper or educated classes, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (λέγω ἀντικεῖσθαι τοὺς ἐ. τῷ πλήθει 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1308b27, compare “Ath.” 28.1.)]
III. adverb -κῶς, Ionic dialect -κέως, fairly, tolerably, moderately, ἐγγλύσσει ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.92; ἐ. δάκνειν, παρρησίαν ἄγειν, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Lib.” pp.13,45 O.; ἐ. ἔχειν)] to be pretty well, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Coac.” 368; ἐ. ἐξεπίστασθαι Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Vespae” 1249; ἔστι τὸ χωρίον ἐ. ἰσχυρόν “Hellenica Oxyrhynchia” 13.5; ἐ. ἀναίσθητον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione et Corruptione” 319b20; ἐ. πλατύ [prev\. author] “HA” 495b27, compare 497a23; οἱ πυρετοὶ ἐς τεταρταῖον ἐ. μεθίστανται)] about the fourth day, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Coac.” 140, compare 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 281; ἐ. τὸ τρίτον μέρος)] pretty nearly, about, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.26.8; ἐ. οἷοί τε ἦσαν κατέχειν)] were fairly well able.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phd.” 117c; ἐ. μὲν..)] perhaps, [Refs ([prev\. author] “Grg.” 493c.)]
III.2. probably, reasonably, [Refs ([prev\. author] “R.” 431e, etc.: _superlative_ -έστατα, γενέσθαι)] most suitably, [Refs ([prev\. author] “Lg.” 753b.)]
III.3. with moderation, mildly, kindly, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (οὐκ ἐ. ἐντυγχάνων οὐδὲ πρᾴως Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Pyrrhus” 23)]; ἐ. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (ἔχειν πρός τινα Isocrates Orator [{5-6th c.BC}] 15.4)]: comparative [Refs (-έστερον, διακείμενοι [prev\. author] 8.61)].
III.4. generally, usually, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pel.” 18, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Mis.” 348c, 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Or.” 11.19, +others)]