The words πρᾶος (πραὔς) and πρᾳότης (πραὔτης), always rendered ‘meek' and ‘meekness,' is a characteristic of those who inherit the earth, Matt. 5:5; and, part of the fruit of the Spirit in the Christian, Gal. 5:23 ― it is seen in its perfection in the blessed Lord in the place He took as man. Matt. 11:29; 2 Cor. 10:1. It is the spirit and bearing of the pious in relation to men (Titus 3:2), as lowliness marks them in relation to God. It is in meekness that the engrafted word is received, Jas. 1:21 ― a contrast to the pride and wrath of man, ver. 20.
‘The meekness of wisdom' will be one mark of the behavior of the wise, Jas. 3:13. It is associated with lowliness and long-suffering in Eph. 4:2; Col. 3:12. See it in varied exercise in Gal. 6:1; 2 Tim. 2:25; 1 Cor. 4:21; 1 Pet. 3:15. In verses 4, 5 it is part of the incorruptible ornament of the wife, of great price before God, in her subjection to her husband.
ἠσύχιος ‘quiet,' occurs with πραὔς in 1 Pet. 3:4, to which the end of verse 6 may refer: it is translated 'peaceable' in 1 Tim. 2:2. From it comes ἠσυχία, expressing the general idea of ‘quietness,' as that which is enjoined upon the woman in verses 11, 12 of the same chapter (rather than ‘silence' A. V.) See also 2 Thess. 3:12, where it is in contrast to officious meddling with other people's matters.
ἤρεμος (perhaps from ἥμερος, ‘gentle') is only found in 1 Tim. 2:2, 'quiet ' or ‘tranquil,'