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actions, this word is no better than that used in both English Versions. It must be clearly
understood, therefore, that the meekness manifested by the Lord and commended to the
believer is the fruit of power. The common assumption is that when a man is meek it is
because he cannot help himself; but the Lord was ‘meek’ because he had the infinite
resources of God at His command. Described negatively, meekness is the opposite to
self-assertiveness and self-interest; it is equanimity of spirit that is neither elated nor cast
down, simply because it is not occupied with self at all.
“In 2 Cor. 10:1 the apostle appeals to the ‘meekness … of Christ.’ Christians are
charged to show ‘all meekness toward all men,’ Titus 3:2, for meekness becomes ‘God’s
elect,’ Col. 3:12. To this virtue the ‘man of God’ is urged; he is to ‘follow after
meekness’ for his own sake, 1 Tim. 6:11 (the best texts have No. 2 here however), and in
his service, and more especially in his dealings with the ‘ignorant and erring,’ he is to
exhibit ‘a spirit of meekness,’ 1 Cor. 4:21, and Gal. 6:1; even ‘they that oppose
themselves’ are to be corrected in meekness, 2 Tim. 2:25. James exhorts his ‘beloved
brethren’ to ‘receive with meekness the implanted word,’ 1:21. Peter enjoins ‘meekness’
in setting forth the grounds of the Christian hope, 3:15.”*¶
2.
$
, “a meek disposition, meekness” (
$
, “meek,”
, “to suffer”),
is found in the best texts in 1 Tim. 6:11.¶
MEET (Adjective and Verb)
A. Adjectives.
1.
@
(
/
, 514) has the meaning of being of “weight, value, worth”; also
“befitting, becoming, right on the ground of fitness,” e.g., Matt. 3:8,
KJV
, “meet” (
RV
,
“worthy”); so Acts 26:20; Luke 3:8 (“worthy”); 23:41 (“due reward”). See
REWARD
,
WORTHY
.
2.
(
,
, 2425), “sufficient, competent, fit,” is translated “meet” in 1 Cor.
15:9. See
ENOUGH
,
SUFFICIENT
.
3.
(
, 2570), “good,” is translated “meet” in Matt. 15:26 and Mark 7:27.
See
GOOD
.
4.
$
(
E
, 2111), “well-placed,” is translated “meet” in Heb. 6:7: see
FIT
.
Note:
In Phil. 1:7 and 2 Pet. 1:13,
KJV
,
, “just,” is translated “meet” (
RV
,
“right”). For “meet … for use,” 2 Tim. 2:21, see
USE
,
Note
.
B. Verbs.
1. (
, 1163), an impersonal verb, “it is necessary, one must,” is translated “it was
meet,” in Luke 15:32; in Rom. 1:27,
KJV
, “was meet” (
RV
, “was due”). See
DUE
, B, No. 2.
2.
(
,
, 2427), “to render fit, meet, to make sufficient,” is translated
“hath made … meet” in Col. 1:12; in 2 Cor. 3:6,
RV
, “made … sufficient” (
KJV
, “hath
made … able”). See
ABLE
.¶
MEET (Verb), MEET WITH, MET
A. Verbs.
* From
Notes on Galatians,
by Hogg and Vine pp. 294