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meek

  [meek]
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–adjective, -er, -est.
1. humbly patient or docile, as under provocation from others.
2. overly submissive or compliant; spiritless; tame.
3. Obsolete. gentle; kind.
Origin:
1150–1200; ME meke, meoc < ON mjūkr soft, mild, meek

Related forms:
meekly, adverb
meekness, noun

Synonyms:
1. forbearing; yielding; unassuming; pacific, calm, soft. See gentle.
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Word Origin & History

meek 
c.1200, "gentle, courteous, kind," from O.N. mjukr "soft, pliant, gentle," from P.Gmc. *meukaz (cf. Goth. muka-modei "humility," Du. muik "soft"), of uncertain origin. Use to translate L. mansuetus from Vulgate (see mansuetude). Sense of "submissive" is from 1340.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Bible Dictionary

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).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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