meekness : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: meekness	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for meekness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
meekness n the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness [syn: meekness, submission] a disposition to be patient and long suffering Synonym(s): meekness, subduedness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Meekness \Meek"ness\, n. The quality or state of being meek.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Meekness a calm temper of mind, not easily provoked (James 3:13). Peculiar promises are made to the meek (Matt. 5:5; Isa. 66:2). The cultivation of this spirit is enjoined (Col. 3:12; 1 Tim. 6:11; Zeph. 2:3), and is exemplified in Christ (Matt. 11:29), Abraham (Gen. 13; 16:5, 6) Moses (Num. 12:3), David (Zech. 12:8; 2 Sam. 16:10, 12), and Paul (1 Cor. 9:19).