The Greek bradys means slow — whether of movement, speech, understanding, or any process. It is used in the New Testament both as a gentle correction and as a surprising compliment.
Bradys appears three times in the New Testament. In Luke 24:25, Jesus gently rebukes the Emmaus disciples: 'How slow (bradeis) you are to believe all that the prophets have spoken!' — a post-resurrection call to fuller trust. In James 1:19, believers are exhorted to be 'quick to listen, slow (bradys) to speak and slow (bradys) to become angry' — a wisdom formula for transformed communication. Being bradys to speak and anger is not a weakness but a Spirit-formed virtue. The word invites believers to reverse the natural human pattern: quick to speak, slow to listen.