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The words πρᾳος (πραΰς) and πρᾳότης (πραΰτης), always rendered 'meek' and 'meekness,' is a characteristic of those who inherit the earth, Matt. 5: 5; and, part of the fruit of the Spirit in the Christian, Gal. 5: 23 — it is seen in its perfection in the blessed Lord in the place He took as man. Matt. 11: 29; 2 Cor. 10: 1. It is the spirit and bearing of the pious in relation to men (Titus 3: 2), as lowliness marks them in relation to God. It is in meekness that the engrafted word is received, James 1: 21 — a contrast to the pride and wrath of
man, James 1: 20.
The 'meekness of wisdom' will be one mark of the behaviour of the wise, James 3: 13. It is associated with lowliness and long-suffering in Eph. 4: 2; Col. 3: 12. See it in varied exercise in Gal. 6: 1; 2 Tim.
2: 25; 1 Cor. 4: 21; 1 Peter 3: 15. In 1 Peter 3: 4, 5 it is part of the incorruptible ornament of the wife, of great price before God, in her subjection to her husband.
ἡσύχιος, 'quiet,' occurs with πραΰς in 1 Peter 3: 4, to which the end of 1 Peter 3: 6 may refer: it is translated 'peaceable' in 1 Tim. 2: 2. From it comes ἡσυχία, expressing the general idea of 'quietness,' as that which is enjoined upon the woman in 1 Tim. 2: 11, 12 of the same chapter (rather than 'silence' A.V.) See also 2 Thess. 3: 12, where it is in contrast to officious meddling with other people's matters.
ἤρεμος (perhaps from ἥμερος, 'gentle') is only found in 1 Tim. 2: 2, 'quiet' or 'tranquil.'