STRONGS G4236:
πρᾳότης (
Rec. and Griesbach [except in
James 1:21;
James 3:13;
1 Peter 3:15]; see the preceding word),
πραότης (so Lachmann), and according to a later form
πραΰτης (so R and G, but with the
ι subscript under the
α, in
James 1:21;
James 3:13;
1 Peter 3:15; Lachmann everywhere except in
Galatians 6:1;
Ephesians 4:2;
Treg. everywhere [except in
2 Corinthians 10:1;
Galatians 5:23 (22);
Gal. 6:1;
Ephesians 4:2], T WH everywhere; cf. Buttmann 26f (23f)),
-ητος,
ἡ,
gentleness, mildness, meekness:
1 Corinthians 4:21;
2 Corinthians 10:1;
Galatians 5:23 (22);
Gal. 6:1;
Colossians 3:12;
Ephesians 4:2;
1 Timothy 6:11 R;
2 Timothy 2:25;
Titus 3:2;
James 1:21;
James 3:13;
1 Peter 3:16 (15). (Xenophon, Plato, Isocrates, Aristotle, Diodorus, Josephus, others; for
עַנְוָה,
Psalm 44:4 (
Ps. 45:4)) [
Synonym: see
ἐπιείκεια, at the end; Trench (as there referred to, but especially) § xlii.; Bp. Lightfoot on
Colossians 3:13.]
Related entry:
πραϋπάθεια (
-θία T WH; see
Ι, ι),
-ας,
ἡ, (
πραϋπαθής [(
πάσχω)]),
mildness of disposition, gentleness of spirit, meekness (equivalent to
πραΰτης):
1 Timothy 6:11 L T Tr WH. (Philo de Abrah. § 37; Ignatius ad Trall. 8, 1.)
Related entry:
πραΰτης, see πρᾳότης
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