epieikos

Strong’sG1933

gentle, mild, forbearing, fair, reasonable

stem epieik-5 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books5 of 26 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

ἐπιεικής, -ές

(< εἰκός, likely), [in LXX: Ps 85(86):5 (סַלָּח), Es 8:13 *;]

1. seemly, fitting (Hom.).

2. equitable, fair, moderate: I Ti 3:3, Tit 3:2, I Pe 2:18, Ja 3:17; τὸ ἐ. (Thuc., i, 76), Phl 4:5 (cf. Mayor, Ja, l.c., and v.s. ἐπιεικία).†

ἐπιείκεια v.s. ἐπιεικία

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1933 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidep-ee-i-kace'

appropriate, i.e. (by implication) mild

Fromfrom G1909 and G1503;

King Jamesgentle, moderation, patient.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

ἐπιεικ-ής, ές,
fitting, meet, suitable, τύμβον οὐ μάλα πολλὸν.., ἀλλ᾽ ἐπιεικέα τοῖον not very large but meet in size, Refs 8th c.BC+ a fair recompense for them, Refs 8th c.BC+ as is meet, Refs 8th c.BC+: or c.infinitive, ὅν κ᾽ ἐπιεικὲς ἀκουέμεν whom it may be meet for you to hear, Refs 8th c.BC+ such as is meet they should be, Refs 8th c.BC+
II. after Refs 8th c.BC+
II.1. of statements, rights, etc.,
II.1.a. reasonable, specious, ἡ δὲ τρίτη τῶν ὁδῶν πολλὸν ἐπιεικεστάτη ἐοῦσα μάλιστα Refs 6th c.BC+; ἐπιεικῆ Refs; ἐ. ὁδός a tolerable road, Refs 1st c.AD+
II.1.b. opposed to δίκαιος, fair, equitable, not according to the letter of the law, ἐπανόρθωμα Refs 5th c.BC+; οὔτε τοὐπ. οὔτε τὴν χάριν οἶδεν, Refs 6th c.BC+; πρὸς τὸ ἐ., ={ἐπιεικῶς} Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2. of persons, able, capable, Refs 6th c.BC+; τίνες.. τῶν νέων ἐπίδοξοι γενέσθαι ἐ. may be expected to turn out well, Refs 5th c.BC+.
II.2.b. in moral sense, reasonable, fair, good, ἐ. τὴν ψυχήν, φύσει, NT+5th c.BC+; τοὐπιεικές fairness, goodness, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2.c. with social or political connotation, the upper or educated classes, Refs 4th c.BC+
III. adverb -κῶς, Ionic dialect -κέως, fairly, tolerably, moderately, ἐγγλύσσει ἐ. Refs 5th c.BC+ to be pretty well, Refs 6th c.BC+ about the fourth day, Refs 5th c.BC+ pretty nearly, about, Refs 2nd c.BC+ were fairly well able.., Refs 5th c.BC+ perhaps, Refs
III.2. probably, reasonably, Refs most suitably, Refs
III.3. with moderation, mildly, kindly, Refs 1st c.AD+; ἐ. Refs 6th c.BC+: comparative Refs.
III.4. generally, usually, Refs 1st c.AD+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

gentle4×gentleness1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	epieikos	epieikas1×ἐπιεικής	epieikem1×ἐπιεικὲς	epieikois	epieikais	epieikeim
object accusative	epieikon1×ἐπιεικῆ	epieikan		epieikoin1×ἐπιεικεῖς	epieikain
direct address vocative	epieikor	epieikar		epieikoir	epieikair
of, belonging to genitive	epieikou	epieikau	epieikeu	epieikoiu	epieikaiu	epieikeiu
to, for dative	epieiko	epieika	epieike	epieikoi1×ἐπιεικέσιν	epieikai	epieikei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

epieikstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

epieik is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

5 occurrences, every one of them listed

epieikon“gentle”objectaccusative singular1×

1 Timothy 3:3mē paroinon, mē plēkton, alla epieikon, amachon, afilarguron,… dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love …

epieikas“gentle”subjectnominative singular1×

James 3:17… prōtem men hagnas atō, epeita eirēnikas, epieikas, eupeithas, mestas eleseu kai karpoiu agathoiu, …… first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good …

epieikem“gentleness”subject or objectdirect singular1×

Philippians 4:5tem epieikem vu gnōskitar pantoi anthrōpoi. tos kurios …Let your gentleness be apparent to all. The Lord …

epieikoin“gentle”objectaccusative plural1×

Titus 3:2mēdenon blasfēmarō, amachoin arō, epieikoin, pantan endeikorōntoin prautan pros pantoin anthrōpoin.… one, and to be peaceable and gentle, showing full consideration to everyone.

epieikoi“gentle”to, fordative plural1×

1 Peter 2:18… despotoi, ouk monem toi agathoi kai epieikoi alla kai toi skolioi.… to those who are good and gentle, but even to those who are …