Definition

to be moderate in passion, i.e. gentle (to treat indulgently)

Etymology

from a compound of the base of G3357 (μετρίως) and G3806 (πάθος);

Word family

• μετρίως metríōs
• πάθος páthos

How the KJV renders it

• have compassion

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.