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πρᾱότης G4240
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gentleness, meekness (as a virtue or fruit of the Spirit)
1. gentleness, meekness (as a virtue or fruit of the Spirit) The quality of being gentle, mild, and meek in character and conduct, frequently listed as a fruit of the Spirit or a characteristic expected of believers. Cross-linguistic evidence is unanimous: Spanish 'mansedumbre' (meekness), Arabic 'wadāʿa' (gentleness/meekness), Korean '온유함' (gentleness), Swahili 'upole' (gentleness/mildness), Hindi 'नरमता/नम्रता' (softness/humility). The two clusters are split purely by grammatical case (genitive vs other oblique cases) with identical semantic content across all attestations. 12×
EMOTION_ATTITUDE Attitudes and Emotions Gentleness Meekness
AR["الوَداعَةَ","الوَداعَةُ","الوَداعَةِ","وَداعَةً","وَداعَةٍ","وَداعَةِ"]·ben["নম্রতা","নম্রতা।","নম্রতায়","নম্রতার,","মৃদুতা","মৃদুতা,","মৃদুতার?"]·DE["Sanftmut"]·EN["gentleness","meekness","of-gentleness"]·FR["douceur","πραΰτης","πραΰτητα","πραΰτητι","πραΰτητος","πραϋπαθίαν"]·heb["עֲנִוּת","עֲנִיוּת","עֲנָוָה","עֲנָוָה,"]·HI["नम्रत,","नम्रता","नम्रता-से","नरमत","नरमतअ"]·ID["kelemahlembutan","kelemahlembutan,","kelembutan"]·IT["mansuetudine","mitezza"]·jav["alus","kalembutan","kalemekan","lembah-manah","lembah-manah?","sareh","sareh,","sareh.","sarèh,"]·KO["온유","온유,","온유의,","온유함","온유함-으로","온유함-을","온유함과","온유함과,","온유함으로","온유함을."]·PT["de-mansidão","mansidão","mansidão,"]·RU["кротости","кротость","кротостью","кротостью,"]·ES["de-mansedumbre","de-mansedumbre?","mansedumbre"]·SW["upole","upole?","ya-upole"]·TR["uysallıkla","uysallıkta","yumusaklik","yumusaklikla","yumuşak-huyluluğu","yumuşaklık","yumuşaklıkla","yumuşaklığın","yumuşaklığının"]·urd["حلم","حلم-کے","حلیمی","حلیمی-سے","حلیمی-کی","نرمی-کی","نرمی۔"]

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BDB / Lexicon Reference
πρᾱότης, ητος, , mildness, gentleness, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to ἀγριότης, Refs; opposed to ὀργιλότης, Refs 4th c.BC+; opposed to ὀργή, Refs 5th c.BC+: later πραΰτης, LXX+NT