ἘΠΙΕΙΚΗ, ἐπιεικη
EPIEIKĒ, epieikē
Sounds Like: ep-ee-ee-KAY
Translations: gentle, kind, fair, reasonable, forbearing, moderate
From the root: ἘΠΙΕΙΚΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone who is gentle, kind, and fair-minded, often showing forbearance and moderation in their actions and judgments. It implies a willingness to yield or be reasonable rather than insisting on strict justice or one's own rights. It can be used to describe a person's character or their actions.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1933 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Rome
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 1 Timothy — 3:3
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
- ἘΠΙΕΙΚΕΣΤΕΡΟΝ — more gentle, more reasonable, more fair, more equitable, more mild
- ἘΠΙΕΙΚΟΥΣ — of gentle, of mild, of reasonable, of fair, of equitable, of forbearing
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