Link to a Discussion of the Meaning of 'Meek' from the Bible

I found this post (if you can read only one, read this as it's shorter and less convoluted) and this thread talking about the word 'meek', as I ran into some of the writings of objectivists online and had a feeling they misinterpreted the idea of 'the meek shall inherit the earth.' I had heard from source forgotten that 'meek' has a different meaning than how we think of it now- submissive, weak, gullible, and perhaps more positively in the word humble. From my fading memory of that source, I think they were posing it much more on the side of strength than even this thread does.

The thread, especially, reminded me of studying languages and finding out the nuances of the meaning of Old English or Latin words, even to their roots in Proto-Indo-European. Lots of fun nuggets. For some reason learning these things seemed to give me more understanding of how to use words in English better, or that was the sense I got- I feel like my writing flourished when I was studying these things years ago, and I felt more attuned to the careful, thoughtful use of words to really illustrate a particular flavour of a certain topic. For a really general illustration, you can use more English words, or you can use more Latin words, to talk about some topics, and either you choose will give a different flavour to that topic. Gabriel Wyner of Fluent Forever talks about how some topics are better spoken in French than in English- the language is suited to certain topics. If you speak with more English-root than Latin-root words, I feel that there is more of a practical groundedness, like everyday folks doing their business in the English countryside.

So when writing, the use of a word is very important, and in the writing of the Bible I am guessing (at least I would love to think) that there is the same care as to what words were chosen. Besides, I love to think that God is the Lord of Excellence and that His written Word was engineered skillfully and fluidly to properly transmit its meaning.

Since I feel I'm just beginning on the topic of the definition of 'meek', if I had written my own post on it, I would probably have taken quotes bits from these two sources instead of writing my own- perhaps someday I will yet do it, but it would be confusing if I had to keep sourcing bits, especially from a thread written by multiple people.

I could write more about how I see the practical meaning of the passages relating to this, though, because this idea of meekness has been in my head since I was a child, even if I didn't know that it tied to that specific word. It is the beautiful picture of wise, noble Saints.