What does ἐπιείκεια (epieíkeia) mean in the Bible?
ἐπιείκεια (epieíkeia) is a Greek word meaning "gentleness".
Greek · G1932
ἐπιείκεια
Gentleness
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ἐπιείκεια G1932
Pronunciation epieíkeia
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 It gentleness 1× 2 Corinthians 10:1
indulgence 1× Acts 24:4
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 24:4
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Acts 1 2 Corinthians 1
Source forms
ἐπιεικείᾳ 1x epieikeia Acts 24:4
ἐπιεικείας 1x epieikeias 2 Corinthians 10:1
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 1x Acts 24:4
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x 2 Corinthians 10:1
Evidence Summary
Greek word. gentleness
Strong's G1932
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
gentleness
Extended definition Source: 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 corpus Greek 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 24:4 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ἐπιεικείᾳ. epieikeia
considerateness, forbearance, fairness
Read verse 2 Corinthians 10:1 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἐπιεικείας epieikeiav
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 patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Dative (1) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine 2 Cor 10:1 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Acts 24:4 1×
Word Origins
ἐπιείκεια is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain