Lexicon epieikeia: fairness, gentleness Original Word: ἐπιείκεια, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: epieikeia Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-i'-ki-ah) Short Definition: considerateness, forbearance, fairness Definition: considerateness, forbearance, fairness, gentleness, mildness. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 1932 epieíkeia (from 1909 /epí, "on, fitting," which intensifies eikos, "reasonable, fair, equitable," L-S) – equity ("justice-beyond-justice"). 1932 /epieíkeia ("true equity") is a "sweet reasonableness" that knows when to "relax the strict legal requirements concerning others . . . to carry out the real spirit of the law" (G. R. Berry). See 1933 (epieikēs). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom epieikésDefinitionfairness, gentleness NASB Translationgentleness (1), kindness (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1932: ἐπιείκειαἐπιείκεια ( WH ἐπιεικία, see Iota), ἐπιεικείας, ἡ, ( ἐπιεικής, which see), mildness, gentleness, fairness (`sweet reasonableness' (Matthew Arnold)): Acts 24:4; joined with πραότης (which see), 2 Corinthians 10:1; Plutarch, Pericl. 39; with φιλανθρωπία, Polybius 1, 14, 4; Philo, vit. Moys. i. § 36; with χρηστότης, Herodian, 5, 1, 12 (6 edition Bekker). Cf. Plato, defin., p. 412 b. Aristotle, eth. Nic. 5, 10. (Baruch 2:27; Wis. 2:19 Wis. 12:18; 2 Macc. 2:22; 3Macc. 3:15.) [SYNONYMS: ἐπιείκεια, πραότης: "πραότηςmagis ad animum ἐπιείκειαvero magis ad exteriorem conversationem pertinet (Estius on 2 Corinthians 10:1). πραότηςvirtus magis absoluta; ἐπιείκεια magis refertur ad alios (Bengel, ibid.). See at length Trench, § xliii.]
Strong's clemency, gentleness. From epieikes; suitableness, i.e. (by implication) equity, mildness -- clemency, gentleness. see GREEK epieikes |
