Hypertext Webster Gateway: "meekness"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Meekness
a calm temper of mind, not easily provoked (James 3:13).
Peculiar promises are made to the meek (Matt. 5:5; Isa. 66:2).
The cultivation of this spirit is enjoined (Col. 3:12; 1 Tim.
6:11; Zeph. 2:3), and is exemplified in Christ (Matt. 11:29),
Abraham (Gen. 13; 16:5, 6) Moses (Num. 12:3), David (Zech. 12:8;
2 Sam. 16:10, 12), and Paul (1 Cor. 9:19).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Meekness \Meek"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being meek.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
meekness
n 1: the feeling of patient submissive humbleness
2: a disposition to be patient and long suffering
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