adjective
prauos
Strong’sG4239
mild, gentle
stem prau-4 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 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.
πραΰς, -εῖα, -ΰ, and πρᾷος
(or πρᾶος, v. Bl., § 3, 3), -α, -ον (v. LS, Thayer, s.v.), [in LXX (always -ΰς, exc. II Mac 15:12, -ᾷος, v. Thackeray, Gr., 180 f.) for עָנָו, עָנָיו, עָנִי;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4239 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidprah-ooce'
mild, i.e. (by implication) humble
Fromapparently a primary word;
King Jamesmeek.
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
also πρᾱΰς, Ionic dialect πρηΰς, εῖα, ΰ:—πρᾶος supplies singular in Attic dialect, Trag., and Comedy texts, except that the feminine is always πραεια (πρᾶος as feminine only in Refs 1st c.AD+; but singular πραΰς, Ionic dialect πρηΰς, is used in Epic dialect and Lyric poetry (also in LXX+5th c.BC+:—plural, nominative πρηέες Refs 5th c.BC+ written for πραείαις Refs 3rd c.AD+; accusative πραεῖς Refs 5th c.BC+: comparative πραότερος Refs 5th c.BC+, Ionic dialect πρηΰτ- Refs 5th c.BC+: superlative πραότατος Refs 5th c.BC+; Epic dialect and Ionic dialect πρηΰτατος Refs 3rd c.BC+. (The ι subscr. is frequently written in codices, but Πρᾶος is written in Refs 4th c.BC+; πραύτερος is found once in codices, Refs 5th c.BC+:—mild, soft, gentle (not in Refs 8th c.BC+
1 of things, πρηῢ σέλας Refs 5th c.BC+; mild, πυρετοί Hp.[same place]; ἰητρείη πρηεῖα Refs; of sound, soft, gentle, τὴν φωνὴν πραοτέραν ποιοῦνται Refs 5th c.BC+; ὠδῖνεςRefs 1st c.BC+
2 of persons, mild, gentle, meek, πραῢς ἀστοῖς Refs 5th c.BC+; πρὸς τοὺς οἰκείους π.Refs; especially after having been angry, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁ θὴρ ὅδ᾽ ἡμῖν π., of Dionysus, Refs 5th c.BC+; of a horse, gentle, ἀλλήλοις πραότεροι Refs 5th c.BC+; of other animals, tame, ἰχθύων μεγάλων καὶ πραέων Refs 5th c.BC+
3 of actions, feelings, etc., mild, τιμωρίαι πραότεραι Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ πραέα caresses, Refs 5th c.BC+; πραότερα πάσχειν Refs
II making mild, taming, φάρμακον πραῢ τείνων ἀμφὶ γένυι, of a bridle, Refs 5th c.BC+
III adverb πράως, mildly, gently, πράως πείθειν τινά, φέρειν τι, Refs 5th c.BC+; πράως λέγειν τὸ πάθος to speak lightly of it, Refs 5th c.BC+; πράως διακεῖσθαι, opposed to ὀργίζεσθαι, Refs 4th c.BC+; in physical sense, gently, Refs 5th c.BC+; πραοτέρως (variant{-υτέρως}) ἔχειν τινί Refs 1st c.AD+: superlative, φέρειν.. ὡς πραότωτα Refs 5th c.BC+: later form πραέως (πράως [Ἀττικοί], οὐ πραέως Refs 2nd c.BC+, etc.: Ionic dialect πρηέως conjecture in Refs 3rd c.AD+. (Cogn. with Sanskrit prīṇā´ti 'love, give pleasure to', Gothic frijon 'love', frijonds 'friend'.)
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.
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 | prauos2×πραΰς | prauas | prauem | prauois1×πραεῖς | prauais | praueim |
| object accusative | prauon | prauan | prauoin | prauain | ||
| direct address vocative | prauor | prauar | prauoir | prauair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | prauou | prauau | praueu1×πραέως | prauoiu | prauaiu | praueiu |
| to, for dative | prauo | praua | praue | prauoi | prauai | prauei |
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
prau 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.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
prauos“gentle”subjectnominative singular2×
Matthew 11:29… vin kai mathavar apo mu, hoti prauos amō kai tapeinos ta kardia, kai …… learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you …
Matthew 21:5“humble”… Idou tos basilevos su erchotō si prauos kai epibainarēntos epi onan kai epi …… Zion, ‘See, your King comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of …
praueu“gentle”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
1 Peter 3:4… kardiau anthrōpos en to aftharto teu praueu kai hēsuchieu pneumeu, hem atō enōpion …… heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious …
prauois“meek”subjectnominative plural1×
Matthew 5:5makariois tois prauois, hoti autois klēronomali tan gēan.Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.