ἐπιεικής

epieikēs

gentle

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Strong’s G1933Adjective5 times in the New Testament (critical text)

Where it occurs

Translated as

gentle4

gentleness1

In the text

Philippians 4:5ἐπιεικὲς
Let your gentleness be apparent to all. The Lord is near.
1 Timothy 3:3ἐπιεικῆ
not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.
Titus 3:2ἐπιεικεῖς
to malign no one, and to be peaceable and gentle, showing full consideration to everyone.
James 3:17ἐπιεικής
But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.
1 Peter 2:18ἐπιεικέσιν
Servants, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but even to those who are unreasonable.

Abbott-Smith

ἐπιεικής, -ές
(εἰκός, likely), [in LXX: Psa.86:5 (סַלָּח), Est.8:13 * ;]

1. seemly, fitting (Hom.).

2. equitable, fair, moderate: 1Ti.3:3, Tit.3:2, 1Pe.2:18, Jas.3:17; τὸ ἐ. (Thuc., i, 76), Php.4:5 (cf. Mayor, Ja, l.with, and see: ἐπιεικία).†
ἐπιείκεια see: ἐπιεικία
ἐπιεικία (Rec. -είκεια), -ας, ἡ
(ἐπιεικής), [in LXX: Wis.2:19 12:18 Bar.2:27, from LXX Bar.4:24, TH (3:42), 2Ma.2:22 2Mac 10:4, 3Ma.3:15 3Mac 7:6 * ;]
fairness, moderation, gentleness ("sweet reasonableness," Matthew Arnold): Act.24:4; with πραΰτης, 2Co.10:1.†
SYN.: πραΰτης (see Tr., Syn., § xliii)
(AS)

Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.