ἘΠΙΕΙΚΕΣΤΕΡΟΝ, ἐπιεικεστερον
EPIEIKESTERON, epieikesteron
Sounds Like: eh-pee-eh-kee-STEH-ron
Translations: more gentle, more reasonable, more fair, more equitable, more mild
From the root: ἘΠΙΕΙΚΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is the neuter singular comparative form of the adjective 'epieikes', meaning 'gentle' or 'reasonable'. As a comparative, it indicates a greater degree of these qualities. It can be used to describe something that is more gentle, more fair, or more equitable than something else, often in a moral or ethical sense. It can function as a predicate adjective or an adverb.
Inflection: Comparative, Neuter, Singular, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G1933 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Esther — 3:13
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
- Mandate 12 — 4:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΙΕΙΚΗΣ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΕΙΚΕΙ — (to) gentle, (to) mild, (to) reasonable, (to) fair, (to) equitable, (to) forbearing
- ἘΠΙΕΙΚΕΙΣ — gentle, mild, reasonable, fair, forbearing, moderate, yielding
- ἘΠΙΕΙΚΕΣΙ — (to) gentle, (to) fair, (to) reasonable, (to) equitable, (to) moderate
- ἘΠΙΕΙΚΗ — gentle, kind, fair, reasonable, forbearing, moderate
- ἘΠΙΕΙΚΟΥΣ — of gentle, of mild, of reasonable, of fair, of equitable, of forbearing
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