Библейское слово «ἐπιεικής» в греческих словарях

ἐπι-εικής 2

1) надлежащий, умеренный (τύμβος οὐ μάλα πολλός, αλλ᾽ ~ Hom.);

2) достаточный, подобающий (ἀμοιβή τινος Hom.): ὡς ἐπιεικές Hom. как следует, как должно быть;

3) удобный, благовидный (πρόφασις Thuc.);

4) удобопроходимый (ὁδός Plut.);

5) правильный, справедливый, разумный (γνώμη Arph.; λόγος Plat.): ὁμολογίᾳ ἐπιεικεῖ Thuc. на приемлемых условиях;

6) способный, одарённый (παῖς Her.);

7) даровитый, дельный, хороший (τριήραρχος Xen.);

8) нравственно чистый, добродетельный (ἄνδρες, ἡδοναί Arst.);

9) благожелательный, снисходительный, добрый: τοὐπιεικές = τὸ ἐπιεικές и τἀπιεικῆ Arph., Plat., Arst. доброта, кротость; τῶν δικαίων τὰ ἐπιεικέστερα προτιθέναι Her. отдавать предпочтение доброте перед (формальной) справедливостью.

ἐπιεικής, -ές
(εἰκός, likely), [in LXX: Psa.86:5 (סַלָּח), Est.8:13 * ;]
1. seemly, fitting (Hom.).
2. equitable, fair, moderate: 1Ti.3:3, Tit.3:2, 1Pe.2:18, Jas.3:17; τὸ ἐ. (Thuc., i, 76), Php.4:5 (cf. Mayor, Ja, l.with, and see: ἐπιεικία).†
ἐπιείκεια see: ἐπιεικία
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) Источник: STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0

ἐπιεικ-ής, ές,
fitting, meet, suitable, τύμβον οὐ μάλα πολλὸν.., ἀλλ᾽ ἐπιεικέα τοῖον not very large but meet in size, [Refs 8th c.BC+] a fair recompense for them, [Refs 8th c.BC+] as is meet, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: or c.infinitive, ὅν κ᾽ ἐπιεικὲς ἀκουέμεν whom it may be meet for you to hear, [Refs 8th c.BC+] such as is meet they should be, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II. after [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.1. of statements, rights, etc.,
II.1.a. reasonable, specious, ἡ δὲ τρίτη τῶν ὁδῶν πολλὸν ἐπιεικεστάτη ἐοῦσα μάλιστα [Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἐπιεικῆ [Refs]; ἐ. ὁδός a tolerable road, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.1.b. opposed to δίκαιος, fair, equitable, not according to the letter of the law, ἐπανόρθωμα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὔτε τοὐπ. οὔτε τὴν χάριν οἶδεν, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; πρὸς τὸ ἐ., =ἐπιεικῶς [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. of persons, able, capable, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; τίνες.. τῶν νέων ἐπίδοξοι γενέσθαι ἐ. may be expected to turn out well, [Refs 5th c.BC+].
II.2.b. in moral sense, reasonable, fair, good, ἐ. τὴν ψυχήν, φύσει, [NT+5th c.BC+]; τοὐπιεικές fairness, goodness, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2.c. with social or political connotation, the upper or educated classes, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
III. adverb -κῶς, Ionic dialect -κέως, fairly, tolerably, moderately, ἐγγλύσσει ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] to be pretty well, [Refs 6th c.BC+] about the fourth day, [Refs 5th c.BC+] pretty nearly, about, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] were fairly well able.., [Refs 5th c.BC+] perhaps, [Refs]
III.2. probably, reasonably, [Refs] most suitably, [Refs]
III.3. with moderation, mildly, kindly, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἐ. [Refs 6th c.BC+]: comparative [Refs].
III.4. generally, usually, [Refs 1st c.AD+] Источник: STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0