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)
STRONG'S WORD STUDY
G1933 — ἐπιεικής
epieikēs · gentle · Greek
5 tagged verse occurrences
Philippians 4:5 · ἐπιεικὲςlet your forbearance be known to all men; the Lord is near;1 Timothy 3:3 · ἐπιεικῆ,not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money,Titus 3:2 · ἐπιεικεῖς,of no one to speak evil, not to be quarrelsome—gentle, showing all meekness to all men,James 3:17 · ἐπιεικής,and the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily entreated, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical:—1 Peter 2:18 · ἐπιεικέσιν,The domestics! be subjecting yourselves in all fear to the masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the cross;