Epieikeia means “clemency” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H1932 — hu in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G1932 ἐπιείκεια (epieikeia) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. epieikeia (ep-ee-ei'-kei-ah) n. 1. suitableness 2. (by implication) equity, mildness It has 10 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include clemency and gentleness. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
epieikeia (ep-ee-ei'-kei-ah) n. 1. suitableness 2. (by implication) equity, mildness [from G1933] KJV: clemency, gentleness Root(s): G1933
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1932. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
gentleness
Usage: ἐπιεικία (Rec. -είκεια), -ας, ἡ (ἐπιεικής), [in LXX: Wis.2:19 12:18 Bar.2:27, from LXX Bar.4:24, TH (3:42), 2Ma.2:22 2Mac 10:4, 3Ma.3:15 3Mac 7:6 * ;] fairness, moderation, gentleness ("sweet reasonableness," Matthew Arnold): Act.24:4; with πραΰτης, 2Co.10:1.† SYN.: πραΰτης (see Tr., Syn., § xliii) (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render epieikeia, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G1932 (ἐπιείκεια) appears 8 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
2 indexed usages in New Testament.
Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words.
Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:
1 indexed usage in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
But deal with us after thy lovingkindness, And according to the multitude of thy mercies.
7 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
and recovered again the temple renowned all the world over, and freed the city, and upheld the laws which were going down, the Lord being gracious unto them with all favor:
When that was done, they fell flat down, and besought the Lord that they might come no more into such troubles; but if they sinned anymore against him, that he himself would chasten them with mercy, and that they might not be delivered unto the blasphemous and barbarous nations.
we resolved, not with strength of spear, but with gentleness and much humanity, as it were to nurse the inhabitants of Coelesyria and Phoenicia, and to be their willing benefactors.
First 10 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1932.
But deal with us after thy lovingkindness, And according to the multitude of thy mercies.
Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words.
Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:
and recovered again the temple renowned all the world over, and freed the city, and upheld the laws which were going down, the Lord being gracious unto them with all favor:
When that was done, they fell flat down, and besought the Lord that they might come no more into such troubles; but if they sinned anymore against him, that he himself would chasten them with mercy, and that they might not be delivered unto the blasphemous and barbarous nations.
we resolved, not with strength of spear, but with gentleness and much humanity, as it were to nurse the inhabitants of Coelesyria and Phoenicia, and to be their willing benefactors.
For this cause we severely threatened them; yet, with the clemency which we are wont to extend to all men, we at length permitted them to live. Finding that the God of heaven cast a shield of protection over the Jews so as to preserve them, and that he fought for them as a father always fights for his sons;
Let us examine him with despitefulness and torture, That we may know his meekness, And prove his patience.
But thou, mastering thy power, judgest with equity, And orderest us with great favor: For thou mayest use power when thou wilt.
O Lord our God, thou hast dealt with us after all thy goodness, and according to all that great mercy of thine,
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1932, grouped by book.
Epieikeia (Strong's G1932) is a Greek word most simply glossed "clemency". epieikeia (ep-ee-ei'-kei-ah) n. 1. suitableness 2. (by implication) equity, mildness
This page currently indexes 10 linked usages for Strong's G1932 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1932 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as clemency and gentleness. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 1 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 7 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1932, with linked reader references where each row is available.