ἘΠΙΕΙΚΕΙΑ, ἐπιεικεια
EPIEIKEIA, epieikeia
Sounds Like: ep-ee-I-kee-ah
Translations: gentleness, clemency, forbearance, fairness, reasonableness, equity
From the root: ἘΠΙΕΙΚΕΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the quality of being gentle, fair, and reasonable, especially in the exercise of authority or in dealing with others. It implies a willingness to yield or be lenient, going beyond the strict letter of the law to show kindness and understanding. It can be used to describe a person's character or an action that demonstrates such a quality.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1932 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
1 Enoch Greek Collection
- 1 Enoch — 5:6
Aristeas
Clement of Rome
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 1:2
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 24:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΙΕΙΚΕΙΑ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΕΙΚΕΙΑΝ — fairness, gentleness, clemency, equity, reasonableness, a fairness, a gentleness, a clemency, an equity, a reasonableness
- ἘΠΙΕΙΚΙΑΝ — fairness, a fairness, gentleness, a gentleness, forbearance, a forbearance, clemency, a clemency, equity, an equity, reasonableness, a reasonableness
- ἘΠΙΕΙΚΙΑΣ — of gentleness, of forbearance, of equity, of fairness, of clemency
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