ΕΠΙΕΙΚΕΣ, επιεικες
EPIEIKES, epieikes
Sounds Like: eh-pee-ee-KES
Translations: gentle, mild, reasonable, fair, forbearing, moderate
From the root: ΕΠΙΕΙΚΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This adjective describes someone or something as gentle, mild, or reasonable. It often implies a willingness to yield or be fair, even when one has the right to insist on something. It can also refer to what is equitable or moderate in a situation.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G1933 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 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
- ἘΠΙΕΙΚΕΣ — equitable, fair, reasonable, gentle, kind, mild, an equitable thing, a fair thing
- 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
- 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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