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by labster 1781 days ago
Can you give a citation on that? I’ve seen rather, well, creative interpretations of Bible verses online before, and I’m wondering if the text actually supports this translation.
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Biblehub gives a good overview for alternative translations of πραεῖς in English. See https://biblehub.com/greek/4239.htm

From them "This difficult-to-translate root (pra-) means more than "meek." Biblical meekness is not weakness but rather refers to exercising God's strength under His control – i.e. demonstrating power without undue harshness."

There's also a good discussion at https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/2/what-does...