ἤπιος, ἠπια, ἤπιον, rarely of two terminations, (apparently derived from ἔπος, εἰπεῖν, so that it properly means affable (so Etym. Magn. 434, 20; but cf. Vanicek, p. 32)); from Homer down; mild, gentle: 1 Thessalonians 2:7 (where L WH νήπιος, which see at the end); πρόςτινα, 2 Timothy 2:24.
2 Timothy 2:24 - Adj-AMS GRK:μάχεσθαι ἀλλὰ ἤπιον εἶναι πρὸς NAS: not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, KJV: but be gentle unto all INT: to contend but gentle to be toward