GENTLENESS
Gentleness is a somewhat ambiguous concept in Hebrew and Greek as well as in English. The ambiguity arises from the fact that the term can denote both strength and vulnerability. Thus gentleness may be understood as a positive or a negative characteristic: on the one hand, as forbearance and kindness towards the helpless, or purposeful and self-chosen powerlessness; on the other, as oversensitivity and timidity in the face of everyday life.
