Strong G2261ἤπιος
gentle
- Transliteration
- ēpios
- Pronunciation
- ay'-pee-os
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Probably from G2031; properly affable that is mild or kind: - gentle.
Detailed definition
ἤπιος, -α, -ον
mild, gentle: 1Th.2:7 (WH, R, mg., νήπιος); before πρός, 2Ti.2:24.†
(AS)
mild, gentle: 1Th.2:7 (WH, R, mg., νήπιος); before πρός, 2Ti.2:24.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2261 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- gentle2
First verses
- 1 Thessalonians 2:7But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:
- 2 Timothy 2:24And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἤπῐος, α, ον,
also ος, ον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 407, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 53, etc.)]
1 of persons, gentle, kind, πατὴρ ὣς ἤπιος αἰεί [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.770, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.47, 234)]; of a monarch, ἀγανὸς καὶ ἤ[Refs 8th c.BC+ (. [prev. work] 230, 5.8. compare 14.139; ἡνίοχος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.281: with _dative_ _person_, ἐθέλω δέ τοι ἤπιος εἶναι 8.40, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.337, etc.; ἤ. ἀνθρώποισι καὶ ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖσι 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 407; ἠπιώτερος τοῦ πατρός 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.92.ζ)]; of the gods, σωτῆρας.. ἠπίους θ᾽ ἡμῖν μολεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 738; θεὸς ἀνθρώποισιν -ώτατος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 861; compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 879 (Lyric poetry); ἐχίδνης οὐδὲν -ωτέρα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 310)]; οὐδέ πω ἤπιος appeased, [NT ([prev. author] “Med.” 133: later in Prose, NT.1Thes.2.7, NT.2Tim.2.24.)]
2 of feelings, words, etc., εἴ μοι κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων ἤπια εἰδείη had kindly feeling towards me, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.73; ὁμῶς δέ τοι ἤπια οἶδε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.405, compare 15.557; ἤ. δήνεα οἶδε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.361)]; μῦθος ἤ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.327)]; ὀργαί, φρένες, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 53, “fragment” 362.6; πρὸς τὸ -ώτερον καταστῆσαί τινα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.59.)]
3 of heat and cold, mild, less intense, τὸ πνῖγος -ώτερον γέγονεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 279b, compare “Ti.” 85a (_comparative_))]; ἠπιώτεραι αἱ θέρμαι, of a fever, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.1)]; τὰ τοῦ πυρετοῦ ἤπια[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 5.73; αἰθέριον πῦρ ἤ. ὄν 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 8.57)]; of river-currents, -ώτερα ῥεύματα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Meno Medicus “Iatrika” 16.26.)]
II active, soothing, assuaging, φάρμακα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.218, 11.515)]; opposed to ἰσχυρά, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.130, compare 7.142 (_comparative_))]; ἀκέσματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 482; φύλλα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 698 (Lyric poetry))]; ποτήματα soft drinks, opposed to φαρμακώδη καὶ δριμέα, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.44)]: superlative, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.44 W.)]
II.2 ἤπιον ἦμαρ with infinitive, a day favourable for beginning a thing, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 787.)]
III adverb -ίως[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.105, 143, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1439 (Lyric poetry); ἠ. ἀμείψασθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.60)]; χρήσετ᾽ αὐτή σοι τότ᾽ ἠ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 495)]: comparative -ωτέρως, ἔχειν πρός τινα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 56.44; -ώτερον καὶ κηδεμονικώτερον 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Pietate - Herkulanische Studien” 65)]: superlative -ωτάτως[Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
also ος, ον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 407, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 53, etc.)]
1 of persons, gentle, kind, πατὴρ ὣς ἤπιος αἰεί [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.770, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.47, 234)]; of a monarch, ἀγανὸς καὶ ἤ[Refs 8th c.BC+ (. [prev. work] 230, 5.8. compare 14.139; ἡνίοχος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.281: with _dative_ _person_, ἐθέλω δέ τοι ἤπιος εἶναι 8.40, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.337, etc.; ἤ. ἀνθρώποισι καὶ ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖσι 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 407; ἠπιώτερος τοῦ πατρός 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.92.ζ)]; of the gods, σωτῆρας.. ἠπίους θ᾽ ἡμῖν μολεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 738; θεὸς ἀνθρώποισιν -ώτατος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 861; compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 879 (Lyric poetry); ἐχίδνης οὐδὲν -ωτέρα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 310)]; οὐδέ πω ἤπιος appeased, [NT ([prev. author] “Med.” 133: later in Prose, NT.1Thes.2.7, NT.2Tim.2.24.)]
2 of feelings, words, etc., εἴ μοι κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων ἤπια εἰδείη had kindly feeling towards me, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.73; ὁμῶς δέ τοι ἤπια οἶδε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.405, compare 15.557; ἤ. δήνεα οἶδε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.361)]; μῦθος ἤ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.327)]; ὀργαί, φρένες, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 53, “fragment” 362.6; πρὸς τὸ -ώτερον καταστῆσαί τινα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.59.)]
3 of heat and cold, mild, less intense, τὸ πνῖγος -ώτερον γέγονεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 279b, compare “Ti.” 85a (_comparative_))]; ἠπιώτεραι αἱ θέρμαι, of a fever, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.1)]; τὰ τοῦ πυρετοῦ ἤπια[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 5.73; αἰθέριον πῦρ ἤ. ὄν 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 8.57)]; of river-currents, -ώτερα ῥεύματα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Meno Medicus “Iatrika” 16.26.)]
II active, soothing, assuaging, φάρμακα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.218, 11.515)]; opposed to ἰσχυρά, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.130, compare 7.142 (_comparative_))]; ἀκέσματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 482; φύλλα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 698 (Lyric poetry))]; ποτήματα soft drinks, opposed to φαρμακώδη καὶ δριμέα, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.44)]: superlative, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.44 W.)]
II.2 ἤπιον ἦμαρ with infinitive, a day favourable for beginning a thing, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 787.)]
III adverb -ίως[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.105, 143, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1439 (Lyric poetry); ἠ. ἀμείψασθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.60)]; χρήσετ᾽ αὐτή σοι τότ᾽ ἠ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 495)]: comparative -ωτέρως, ἔχειν πρός τινα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 56.44; -ώτερον καὶ κηδεμονικώτερον 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Pietate - Herkulanische Studien” 65)]: superlative -ωτάτως[Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]