πραότης (Rec. and Griesbach (except in Jas_1:21; Jas_3:13; 1Pe_3:15); see the preceding word), πραότης (so Lachmann), and according to a later form πραΰτης (so R and G, but with the iota subscript under the alpha ἆ, in Jas_1:21; Jas_3:13; 1Pe_3:15; Lachmann everywhere except in Gal_6:1; Eph_4:2; Treg. everywhere (except in 2Co_10:1; Gal_5:23 (22); ; Eph_4:2), T WH everywhere; cf. B. 26f (23f)), πρᾳότητος, ἡ, gentleness, mildness, meekness: 1Co_4:21; 2Co_10:1; Gal_5:23 (22); ; Col_3:12; Eph_4:2; 1Ti_6:11 R; 2Ti_2:25; Tit_3:2; Jas_1:21; Jas_3:13; 1Pe_3:16 (15). (Xenophon, Plato, Isocrates, Aristotle, Diodorus, Josephus, others; for ςΗπΐεΘδ, Psa_44:4 ()) (Synonym: see ἐπιείκεια, at the end; Trench (as there referred to, but especially) § xlii.; Lightfoot on Col_3:13.)

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πρᾳότης , πραότης , see πραΰτης G4240 .

πραϋπάθεια (~ πρᾳότης ) [page 534] meekness, gentleness of spirit, is found in the Greek Bible only in 1Ti_6:11 . Philo de Abr. ( ed. Cohn) 213 applies it to Abraham, and it is also found in Ign. Trall. 8 ὑμεῖς οὖν τὴν πραϋπάθειαν ἀναλαβόντες ἀνακτήσασθε ἑαυτοὺς ἐν πίστει , do ye therefore arm yourselves with gentleness and recover yourselves in faith (Lightfoot).

πρᾳότης, πραότης, see: πραΰτης. πραΰτης (Rec. -ότης, exc. Ja, 1Pe, ll. with, where πρᾳύτης), -ητος, ἡ, late form of πραότης, [in LXX: Psa.45:4 90:10 132:1 (עַנְוָה, עֱנוּת, Est.5:1, Sir.6:1-37 * ;] gentleness, meekness: 1Co.4:21, 2Co.10:1, Gal.5:23 6:1, Eph.4:2, Col.3:12 (see Lft., in l), 2Ti_2:25, Tit.3:2, Jas.1:21 3:13, 1Pe.3:15.† SIN.: ἐπιεικία, q.v (AS)