gentle

Greek Adjective

ἤπιος, -α, -ον mild, gentle: 1Th.2:7 (WH, R, mg, νήπιος); before πρός, 2Ti.2:24. (AS)

gentle

Greek Adjective

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+]

Greek

Adjective

properly, affable, i.e. mild or kind; gentle; probably from g2031 (ἔπος)