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What Is The Biblical Difference Between Meekness and Humility?

Meekness...Humbly patient basically. (It ought to ring a bell.)

What is Meekness?

One of the best definitions of meekness that I have ever read is that it is strength under control. Meekness does not mean weakness and being a doormat so that everyone can walk all over you. The definition of meekness is someone who is humble, teachable, and patient under suffering. The person who has meekness means that they have the absence of any feelings of being better than others. This also means that they are modest and lowly in spirit.

What is Humility?

Humility is a lot like meekness. For example there is also the absence of any feelings of superiority or of being better than others and it is seen as the act or posture of lowering oneself in relation to others and there is an absence of pride or self-assertion. Someone with humility tends to esteem others better than themselves and often puts others interests ahead of their own interests. Again, it doesn’t mean being a doormat so that everyone can walk all over you and take advantage of you and it is not groveling in front of other people. It is an attitude towards oneself more than toward others.

Numbers 12:3

Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth