Quick Definition
ἤπιος, α, ον Adj placid, gentle
Strong's Definition
probably from 2031; properly, affable, i.e. mild or kind
KJV Usage: gentle
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -α, -ον
88.61 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Gentleness, Mildness
gentle, kind pertaining to being gentle, with the implication of kindness
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἤπιος, -a, -ov, rarely of two terminations, (apparently derived fr. ἔπος, εἰπεῖν, so that it prop. means affable [so Etym. Magn. 434, 20; but ef. Vaniéek p. 32]); fr. Hom. down; mild, gentle: 1 Th. ii. 7 (where L WH νήπιος, q. v. fin.) ; πρός τινα, 2 Tim. ii. 24." “Hp, Lchm. “Hp [on the breathing in codd. see ΤᾺ Proleg. p. 107], (1) watchful, fr. 1337 to be awake), Er, one of the ancestors of Christ : Lk. iii. 28.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἤπιος ēpios 2x
mild, gentle, kind, 2 Tim. 2:24; 1 Thess. 2:7*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ἤπιος, -α, -ον, mild, gentle: I Th 2:7 (WH, R, mg., νήπιος); seq. πρός, II Ti 2:24.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἤπιος. In Archiv v. p. 166 No. 17 Rubensohn publishes a sepulchral inscr. (late Rom.) stating that potp’ ὀλοὴ θανάτοιο had brought Sarapion down els ᾿Αἴδαο, and describing him as— μειλείχιον πάντ[εσσἼ]ι Kal ἤπιον ἀνθρώποισι. This illustrates well the idea of outward mildness or mildness towards others which Tittmann finds in the adj. (Syov. i. p. 140, ““qui hance lenitatem in aliis ferendis monstrat’’), and which appears in botin its NT occurrences (1 Th 27 Xe ACP De, 2 Tim 24). The adj. is found ¢ev in the semi-literary invocation to Isis, P Oxy XI. 13801, 88155 (early ii/a.D.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἤπιος (ēpios) — gentle. ἤπῐος, α, ον, also ος, ον [Refs 8th c.BC+]
1. of persons, gentle, kind, πατὴρ ὣς ἤπιος αἰεί [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a monarch, ἀγανὸς καὶ ἤ[Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the gods, σωτῆρας.. ἠπίους θ᾽ ἡμῖν μολεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδέ πω ἤπιος appeased, [NT]
2. of feelings, words, etc., εἴ μοι κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων ἤπια εἰδείη had kindly feeling towards me, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μῦθος ἤ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὀργαί, φρένες, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. of heat and cold, mild, less intense, τὸ πνῖγος -ώτερον γέγονεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἠπιώτεραι αἱ θέρμαι, of a fever, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ τοῦ πυρετοῦ ἤπια[Refs 4th c.BC+]; of river-currents, -ώτερα ῥεύματα [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. active, soothing, assuaging, φάρμακα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to ἰσχυρά, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀκέσματα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποτήματα soft drinks, opposed to φαρμακώδη καὶ δριμέα, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: superlative, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
II.2. ἤπιον ἦμαρ with infinitive, a day favourable for beginning a thing, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
III. adverb -ίως[Refs 5th c.BC+]; χρήσετ᾽ αὐτή σοι τότ᾽ ἠ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]: comparative -ωτέρως, ἔχειν πρός τινα [Refs 4th c.BC+]: superlative -ωτάτως[Refs 5th c.AD+]