ἘΠΙΕΙΚΗΣ, ἐπιεικης
EPIEIKĒS, epieikēs
Sounds Like: ep-ee-ee-KAYS
Translations: gentle, kind, fair, reasonable, equitable, moderate, forbearing
From the root: ΕΠΙΕΙΚΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone who is gentle, kind, and fair-minded. It implies a disposition that is not overly strict or rigid, but rather reasonable and willing to make allowances. It is often used to characterize a person's character or behavior, suggesting a balanced and equitable approach.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G1933 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:211
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- James — 3:17
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
- ἘΠΙΕΙΚΩΣ — gently, kindly, courteously, moderately, reasonably, fairly
- ΕΠΙΕΙΚΕΙΣ — gentle, mild, fair, reasonable, forbearing, lenient
- ΕΠΙΕΙΚΕΣ — gentle, mild, reasonable, fair, forbearing, moderate
- 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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