Greek noun (feminine) · G4236
πρᾳότης
praiotesprah-ot'-ace
gentleness
8 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: praiótēs
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4236is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4236
gentleness, by implication, humility
The King James renders it: meekness.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
praiotes is rendered "gentleness". It stands 8 times in the Greek text, across seven books.
- Two of the uses stand in James, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Corinthians 4:21Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit?
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit?
1 Corinthians 4:21πραΰτητος;¶
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's eight uses are in James.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- gentleness3
- humility3
- meekness1
- of gentleness1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| πρᾷος | praios | gentle | Uses4 |
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- πραΰτητι3
- πραΰτητα2
- πραΰτητος2
- πραΰτητος;¶1
The grammar of each form
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular3N-DSF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular3N-GSF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular2N-ASF
1 Corinthians
one use
Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit?
- πραΰτητος;¶prautetosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of gentleness
2 Corinthians
one use
Now by the mildness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am humble when face to face with you, but bold when away.
- πραΰτητοςprautetosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: meekness
Ephesians
one use
with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
- πραΰτητοςprautetosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: gentleness
Colossians
one use
Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
- πραΰτηταprautetanoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: gentleness
2 Timothy
one use
He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.
- πραΰτητιprautetinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: gentleness
Titus
one use
to malign no one, and to be peaceable and gentle, showing full consideration to everyone.
- πραΰτηταprautetanoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: humility
James
two uses
Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.
- πραΰτητιprautetinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: humility
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
- πραΰτητιprautetinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: humility
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.