epieikeia: fairness, gentleness Original Word: ἐπιείκεια, ας, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: epieikeia
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-i'-ki-ah)
Short Definition: considerateness, forbearance, fairness
Definition: considerateness, forbearance, fairness, gentleness, mildness.
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). Word Origin
from epieikés
Definition
fairness, gentleness
NASB Word Usage
gentleness (1), kindness (1).NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries
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All rights reserved Lockman.org clemency, gentleness. From epieikes; suitableness, i.e. (by implication) equity, mildness -- clemency, gentleness. see GREEK epieikes
ἐπιδέχεται — 2 Occ.
ἐπιδημοῦντες — 2 Occ.
ἐπιδιατάσσεται — 1 Occ.
ἐπεδίδου — 1 Occ.
ἐπέδωκαν — 2 Occ.
ἐπεδόθη — 1 Occ.
ἐπιδώσει — 4 Occ.
ἐπιδόντες — 1 Occ.
ἐπιδιορθώσῃ — 1 Occ.
ἐπιδυέτω — 1 Occ.
ἐπιεικείας — 1 Occ.
ἐπιεικῆ — 1 Occ.
ἐπιεικής — 1 Occ.
ἐπιεικεῖς — 1 Occ.
ἐπιεικὲς — 1 Occ.
ἐπιεικέσιν — 1 Occ.
ἐπεζήτησεν — 1 Occ.
ἐπεζήτουν — 1 Occ.
ἐπιζητήσας — 1 Occ.
ἐπιζητεῖ — 3 Occ.
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