ἘΠΙΕΙΚΕΙΑΝ, ἐπιεικειαν
EPIEIKEIAN, epieikeian
Sounds Like: ep-ee-I-kee-an
Translations: fairness, gentleness, clemency, equity, reasonableness, a fairness, a gentleness, a clemency, an equity, a reasonableness
From the root: ἘΠΙΕΙΚΕΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the quality of fairness, gentleness, or reasonableness. It implies a disposition to be mild and considerate, often going beyond the strict letter of the law to show clemency or equity. It describes a character trait of being yielding and not overly strict or harsh.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1932 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 13:1
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 1:1
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 9:218
- Book 8 — 8:213
- Book 12 — 3:122
- Book 13 — 8:245
- Book 14 — 1:13
- Book 15 — 6:177, 6:182, 10:375
- Book 19 — 7:334
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
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.
- ἘΠΙΕΙΚΕΙΑ — gentleness, clemency, forbearance, fairness, reasonableness, equity
- 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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