Praytes means “meekness” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4240 — mechida (“Mehida”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4240 πραΰτης (prautes) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. prautes (prah-oo"'-tace) n. 1. mildness 2. (by implication) humility It has 11 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include meekness. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
prautes (prah-oo"'-tace) n. 1. mildness 2. (by implication) humility [from G4239] KJV: meekness Root(s): G4239
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4240. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
gentleness
Usage: πραΰτης (Rec. -ότης, exc. Ja, 1Pe, ll. with, where πρᾳύτης), -ητος, ἡ, late form of πραότης, [in LXX: Psa.45:4 90:10 132:1 (עַנְוָה, עֱנוּת, Est.5:1, Sir.6:1-37 * ;] gentleness, meekness: 1Co.4:21, 2Co.10:1, Gal.5:23 6:1, Eph.4:2, Col.3:12 (see Lft., in l), 2Ti_2:25, Tit.3:2, Jas.1:21 3:13, 1Pe.3:15.† SIN.: ἐπιεικία, q.v (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render prautes, 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 G4240 (πραΰτης) 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.
3 indexed usages in New Testament.
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
3 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And bend thy bow, and prosper, and reign, Because of truth and meekness and righteousness; And thy right hand shall guide thee wonderfully.
As for the days of our years, in them are seventy years; And if men should be in strength, eighty years: And the greater part of them would be labor and trouble; For weakness overtakes us, and we shall be chastened.
A Song of Degrees. Lord, remember David, And all his meekness:
5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
My son, go on with thy business in meekness; So shalt thou be beloved of him that is approved.
Let it not grieve thee to bow down thine ear to the poor, And give him a friendly answer with meekness.
My son, glorify thy soul in meekness, And give it honor according to the dignity thereof.
First 11 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4240.
And bend thy bow, and prosper, and reign, Because of truth and meekness and righteousness; And thy right hand shall guide thee wonderfully.
As for the days of our years, in them are seventy years; And if men should be in strength, eighty years: And the greater part of them would be labor and trouble; For weakness overtakes us, and we shall be chastened.
A Song of Degrees. Lord, remember David, And all his meekness:
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
My son, go on with thy business in meekness; So shalt thou be beloved of him that is approved.
Let it not grieve thee to bow down thine ear to the poor, And give him a friendly answer with meekness.
My son, glorify thy soul in meekness, And give it honor according to the dignity thereof.
The belly devoureth all meats, Yet is one meat better than another.
He sanctified him in his faithfulness and meekness, And chose him out of all men.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4240, grouped by book.
Praytes (Strong's G4240) is a Greek word most simply glossed "meekness". prautes (prah-oo"'-tace) n. 1. mildness 2. (by implication) humility
This page currently indexes 11 linked usages for Strong's G4240 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4240 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 meekness. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 3 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 5 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4240, with linked reader references where each row is available.