Word Study · Strong's G4240 · Greek
πραΰτης
praytes
prah-oo'-tace
Strong's 1890 spelling: praÿtēs
“mildness, i.e. (by implication) humility”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
mildness, i.e. (by implication) humility
Rendered in the KJV as
meekness.
- 2occurrencesin the New Testament
- 1 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- πραΰτης,1
- πραΰτητος1
How it is rendered · 2
- gentleness,1
- of gentleness1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1
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- N-GSF · 1
- N-NSF · 1
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Galatians2 occurrences
- Galatians 5:23πραΰτης,prautēsnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulargentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.here: gentleness,
- Galatians 6:1πραΰτητοςprautētosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularBrothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.here: of gentleness
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semantic_domain
Strong's G1466prautes (meekness 88.59) and enkrateia (self-control 88.83) both Domain 88 — completing the moral-quality cluster.MACULA Greek @ln (CC BY 4.0); LN 88cognate
Strong's G4239prautes (noun, Gal 5:23) and praus (adjective, Matt 5:5 'blessed are the meek') are noun and adjective of one stem — the meekness Jesus blesses is the same quality Paul lists as fruit of the Spirit.same-root method; Vincent Word Studies (PD) cross-refs Matt 5:5