ἘΠΙΕΙΚΉΣ: ἐπιεικής, -ές [ (< εἰκός, likely), [in LXX: Ps 85(86):5 (סַלָּח), Es 8:13 * ;] ] 1. . seemly, fitting (Hom.).
2. . equitable, fair, moderate: I Ti 3:3, Tit 3:2, I Pe 2:18, Ja 3:17; τὸ ἐ. (Thuc., i, 76), Phl 4:5 (cf. Mayor, Ja, l.c., and v.s. ἐπιεικία).† ἐπιείκεια v.s. ἐπιεικία