ἘΠΙΕΙΚΕΣ, ἐπιεικες
EPIEIKES, epieikes
Sounds Like: eh-pee-ee-KES
Translations: equitable, fair, reasonable, gentle, kind, mild, an equitable thing, a fair thing
From the root: ΕΠΙΕΙΚΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something or someone as equitable, fair, reasonable, gentle, or kind. It refers to a disposition that is mild and forbearing, often going beyond strict justice to show leniency or consideration. It can be used to describe a person's character or an action that demonstrates such qualities.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G1933 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:188
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 21:7
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 7:237
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Philippians — 4:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΕΙΚΗΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΑΝΕΠΙΕΙΚΗΣ — unreasonable, unfair, harsh, severe, ungentle, not equitable
- ἘΠΙΕΙΚΕΣΙΝ — (to) the gentle, (to) the fair, (to) the reasonable, (to) the forbearing
- ἘΠΙΕΙΚΕΣΤΑΤΟΙ — most reasonable, most fair, most gentle, most equitable, most mild
- ἘΠΙΕΙΚΕΣΤΕΡΑΣ — of more gentle, of more reasonable, of more lenient, of more equitable, of more fair
- ἘΠΙΕΙΚΕΣΤΕΡΟΙ — more gentle, more reasonable, more fair, more equitable
- ἘΠΙΕΙΚΗΣ — gentle, kind, fair, reasonable, equitable, moderate, forbearing
- ἘΠΙΕΙΚΩΣ — gently, kindly, courteously, moderately, reasonably, fairly
- ΕΠΙΕΙΚΕΙΣ — gentle, mild, fair, reasonable, forbearing, lenient
- ΕΠΙΕΙΚΕΣ — gentle, mild, reasonable, fair, forbearing, moderate
- ΕΠΙΕΙΚΕΣΙΝ — gentle, kind, fair, reasonable, moderate, forbearing, lenient
- ΕΠΙΕΙΚΕΣΤΕΡΑΣ — more reasonable, more gentle, more fair, more equitable
- ΕΠΙΕΙΚΕΣΤΕΡΟΝ — more gentle, more equitable, more reasonable, more fair, more mild
- ΕΠΙΕΙΚΗ — gentle, mild, reasonable, fair, forbearing, equitable
- ΕΠΙΕΙΚΗΣ — gentle, mild, reasonable, fair, equitable, forbearing, moderate
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