Strong’s G2261 · Greek
ἤπιος
ḗpios · ay'-pee-os
Origin probably from ἔπος (G2031);
Meaning properly, affable, i.e. mild or kind
In the King James Version gentle.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- 1 Thessalonians 2:7But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:
- 2 Timothy 2:24And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.