noun · feminine
prautas
Strong’sG4240
mildness, gentleness
stem praut-11 times in the New Testamentin 9 of 27 books4 of 10 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.
πραΰτης
(Rec. -ότης, exc. Ja 1:21 3:13, I Pe 3:15, where πρᾳύτης), -ητος, ἡ, late form of πραότης, [in LXX: Ps 44 (45):4 89 (90):10 131 (132):1 (עַנְוָה, עֻנּוֹת, Es 5:1, Si6*;]
SYN.: ἐπιεικία, q.v.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4240 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidprah-oo'-tace
mildness, i.e. (by implication) humility
Fromfrom G4239;
King Jamesmeekness.
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
mildness, gentleness, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to ἀγριότης, Refs; opposed to ὀργιλότης, Refs 4th c.BC+; opposed to ὀργή, Refs 5th c.BC+: later πραΰτης, LXX+NT
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 | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | prautas1×πραΰτης | prautais |
| object accusative | prautan2×πραΰτητα | prautain |
| direct address vocative | prautar | prautair |
| of, belonging to genitive | prautau5×πραΰτητος | prautaiu |
| to, for dative | prauta3×πραΰτητι | prautai |
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
prauta 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.
11 occurrences, every one of them listed
prautas“gentleness”subjectnominative singular1×
Galatians 5:23prautas, enkrateias; kata teiu toiouteiu ouk atō …gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there …
prautan“courtesy”objectaccusative singular2×
Colossians 3:12… kai agaporēntois, splanchneim oiktirmou, chrēstotan, tapeinofrosunan, prautan, makrothumian,… with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
Titus 3:2“courtesy”… blasfēmarō, amachoin arō, epieikoin, pantan endeikorōntoin prautan pros pantoin anthrōpoin.… and to be peaceable and gentle, showing full consideration to everyone.
prautau“gentleness”of, belonging togenitive singular5×
1 Corinthians 4:21“gentleness”… vin, ē en agapa pneume tē prautau?… come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit?
2 Corinthians 10:1“meekness”… mis Paulos parakalamō vin dia tau prautau kai epieikeiau tou Christou, hos kata …Now by the mildness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you — I, Paul, who am humble …
Galatians 6:1… pneumatikois katartizavōr ton toiouton en pneume prautau, skoparōntos siauton, mē kai sis peiraziseia.… restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also …
Ephesians 4:2meta pantau tapeinofrosunau kai prautau, meta makrothumiau, anechorōntois allēloiu en agapa,with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another …
1 Peter 3:16“gentleness”alla meta prautau kai fobou, suneidēsian echarōntois agathan, hina …… a clear conscience, so that those who …
prauta“gentleness”to, fordative singular3×
2 Timothy 2:25“gentleness”en prauta paideuarōnton toin antidiatithorōntoin, mēpote dōateia autoi …… gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading …
James 1:21“meekness”… pantan ruparian kai perisseian kakiau en prauta dechevar ton emfuton logon ton dunorōnton …… rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in …
James 3:13“gentleness”… kalau anastrofau teim ergeim autou en prauta sofiau.… it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.