Liddell-Scott-Jones

πέπων (pepōn) a melon ^G:N-M

πέπων, ον,

genitive ονος: comparative and superlative πεπαίτερος, -τατος:—properly of fruit, cooked by the sun, ripe, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ὠμός, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of wine, mellow, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πέπονα ποιεῖν τινα, by beating him, [Refs]

__b of abscesses, ripe, ready to suppurate, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 σίκυος π. a kind of gourd or melon, not eaten till quite ripe (whereas the σίκυος was eaten unripe), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πέπων alone distinguished from σίκυος, τοὺς σικύους καὶ τοὺς πέπονας [LXX+5th c.BC+]
__II metaphorically, as always in [Refs 8th c.BC+], in addressing a person, mostly as a term of endearment or familiarity, kind, gentle, πέπον Καπανηϊάδη [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὦ πέπον good brother!, gentle sir!, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κριὲ πέπον my pet ram (says Polyphemus), [Refs 8th c.BC+]: in bad sense, ὦ πέπονες ye weaklings! [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II.2 mild, less acrid, ῥεύματα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence metaphorically, mild, gentle, πεπαιτέρα γὰρ μοῖρα τῆς τυραννίδος [Refs 4th c.BC+]; μόχθος πέπων softened pain, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. gentle to thy foes, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Num.11.5}