What does ἐπιείκεια (epieíkeia) mean in the Bible?
ἐπιείκεια (epieíkeia) is a Greek word meaning "gentleness".
Greek · G1932
ἐπιείκεια
Gentleness
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ἐπιείκειαG1932
Pronunciationepieíkeia
What does ἐπιείκεια (epieíkeia) mean in the Bible?
ἐπιείκεια (epieíkeia) is a Greek word meaning "gentleness".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1932?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include gentleness (1), indulgence (1).
Where does ἐπιείκεια (epieíkeia) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 24:4. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Corinthians (1), Acts (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itgentleness1×2 Corinthians 10:1
indulgence1×Acts 24:4
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowActs 24:4
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Acts12 Corinthians1
Source forms
ἐπιεικείᾳ1xepieikeiaActs 24:4
ἐπιεικείας1xepieikeias2 Corinthians 10:1
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular1xActs 24:4
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular1x2 Corinthians 10:1
Evidence Summary
Greek word. gentleness
Strong'sG1932
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
gentleness
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
(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.
Synonymsπραΰτης (see Tr., Syn., § xliii)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 24:4Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ἐπιεικείᾳ.epieikeia
considerateness, forbearance, fairness
Read verse2 Corinthians 10:1Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἐπιεικείαςepieikeiav
considerateness, forbearance, fairness
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternDative (1)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine2 Cor 10:11×
Dative · Singular · FeminineActs 24:41×
Word Origins
ἐπιείκεια is built from this root: