King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2261
Transliteration: ēpios
Phonetic Spelling: (ay'-pee-os)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: gentle, mild
Meaning: gentle, mild
ἤπιος, ἠπια, ἤπιον, rarely of two terminations, (apparently derived from ἔπος, εἰπεῖν, so that it properly means affable (so Etym. Magn. 434, 20; but cf. Vanicek, p. 32)); from Homer down; mild, gentle: 1 Thessalonians 2:7 (where L WH νήπιος, which see at the end); πρός τινα, 2 Timothy 2:24.
Word Summary
ēpios: gentle, mild
Original Word: ἤπιοςTransliteration: ēpios
Phonetic Spelling: (ay'-pee-os)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: gentle, mild
Meaning: gentle, mild
Strong's Concordance
gentle. Probably from epos; properly, affable, i.e. Mild or kind -- gentle.
see GREEK epos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2261: ἤπιοςἤπιος, ἠπια, ἤπιον, rarely of two terminations, (apparently derived from ἔπος, εἰπεῖν, so that it properly means affable (so Etym. Magn. 434, 20; but cf. Vanicek, p. 32)); from Homer down; mild, gentle: 1 Thessalonians 2:7 (where L WH νήπιος, which see at the end); πρός τινα, 2 Timothy 2:24.