πραΰς v.l. πρᾳΰς πραεῖα πραΰ, gen. sg. πραέος and πραέως, and πρᾶος v.l. πρᾷος -ον
Adjective (3-1-3 and 2-2-2)
Perseus Dictionary Entry (Liddell and Scott [and Jones]'s Greek-English Lexicon, 9th ed., 1925-1940) πρᾶος
Trench's Synonyms of the New Testament (1880) §cvii. 11. πραΰς, ἡσύχιος
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Πρᾳέος in 1 Peter 3:4 v.l. is an irreg. form of gen. sg. πρᾳέως , from 3rd decl. πρᾳΰς , not from 2nd decl. πρᾷός (similarly, see βαθύς ). Per BDAG (s.v. πραΰς ), πρᾶος/πρᾷός occurs in the LXX and GNT only in 2 Maccabees 15:12 (πρᾶον ) and Matthew 11:29 v.l. (πρᾷός ).
Occurrences in the GNT
Inflections: 7 Total occurrences: 7
Occurrences in the LXX
Inflection Lemma Uncontracted Form(s) Parsing Translation(s) Verse(s) πραείᾳ πραΰς πραει·ᾳ fem dat sg meek/tame (dat) DnOG 4:19 πραεῖς πραΰς πρα(υ)·ες, πρα(υ)·ας mas nom|voc pl, mas acc pl meek/tame (acc, nom|voc) Ps 24:9 , Ps 33:3 , Ps 36:11 , Ps 75:10 , Ps 146:6 , Ps 149:4 , Jb 24:4 , Sir 10:14 πραέων πραΰς πρα(υ)·ων neu gen pl or mas gen pl meek/tame (gen) Jb 36:15 , Is 26:6 πρᾶον πρᾶος πρα·ον neu nom|acc|voc sg or mas acc sg or fem acc sg meek/tame (acc, nom|acc|voc) 2Mc 15:12 πραῢν πραΰς πρα(υ)·ν mas acc sg meek/tame (acc) Zep 3:12 πραῢς πραΰς πρα(υ)·ς mas nom sg meek/tame (nom) Nm 12:3 , Jl 4:11 , Zec 9:9
Inflections: 6 Total occurrences: 17