Meekness is a possible attribute of human nature and behavior. It has been defined several ways:

• Godfearing, righteous, humble, teachable, and patient under suffering; willing to follow gospel teachings; an attribute of a true disciple.^[1][2]
• The Christian Apostle Paul gave an example of meek behavior when writing to Timothy: "The servant of the Lord must be gentle, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose." (2 Tim. 2:24–25)
• A meek behavior is presented as being opposite to "the natural man" (i.e. one who acts strictly according to desires of the body): "Put off the natural man and become meek." (Book of Mormon, Mosiah 3:19)
• Sir Thomas Browne explained: "Meekness takes injuries like pills, not chewing, but swallowing them down." This indicates that meekness allows a person to overlook or forgive perceived insults or offenses.^[3]
• "A disposition to be patient and long-suffering."^[4]
• Power under control - roughly equivalent in common usage to humility.^[5]

Meekness is one of the Seven virtues in Christian tradition.^[6] Jesus of Nazareth preached, "Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth".^[7] Meek, a Greek derivative, also refers to a war horse that is bridled and ready for battle.

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