1 Thessalonians 2:7
But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:
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Gentle
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1 Peter 2:18
Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
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ἐπιεικής
epieikḗs · ep-ee-i-kace'
3 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
appropriate, i.e. (by implication) mild
Strong's KJV usage: :--gentle, moderation, patient.
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Strong's first: Titus 3:2Strong's last: 1 Peter 2:18
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ḗpios · ay'-pee-os
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
properly, affable, i.e. mild or kind
Strong's KJV usage: :--gentle.
Strong's first: 1 Thessalonians 2:7Strong's last: 2 Timothy 2:24
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But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:
G2261
And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
G1933
To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
G1933
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
G1933
Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
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gentle
GEN'TLE, adjective [See Genteel.] Well born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble; as the studies of noble and gentle youth; gentle blood.
1. Mild; meek; soft; bland; not rough, harsh or severe; as a gentle nature, temper or disposition; a gentle manner; a gentle address; a gentle voice. 1 Thessalonians 2:7. 1 Thessalonians 2:7.
2. Tame; peaceable; not wild, turbulent or refractory; as a gentle horse or beast.
3. Soothing; pacific.
4. Treating with mildness; not violent.
A gentle hand may lead the elephant with a hair.
GEN'TLE, noun A gentleman.
1. A kind of worm.
GEN'TLE, verb transitive To make genteel; to raise from the vulgar.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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