◄ 5011. tapeinos ►
Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5011: ταπεινός ταπεινός, ταπεινή ταπεινόν, from (Pindar), Aeschylus, Herodotus down, the Sept. for עָנִי, עָנָו, שָׁפָל, etc., low, i. e. a. properly, not rising far from the ground: Ezekiel 17:24. b. metaphorically, α. as to condition, lowly, of low degree: with a substantive, James 1:9; substantively οἱ ταπεινοί, opposed to δυνάσται, Luke 1:52; equivalent to brought low with grief, depressed (Sir. 25:23), 2 Corinthians 7:6. Neuter τά ταπεινά, Romans 12:16 (on which see συναπάγω, at the end). β. lowly in spirit, humble: opposed to ὑπερήφανος, James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5 (from Proverbs 3:34); with τῇ καρδία added, Matthew 11:29 (τῷ πνεύματι, Psalm 33:19 (); in a bad sense, deporting oneself abjectly, deferring servilely to others (Xenophon, mem. 3, 10, 5; Plato, legg. 6, p. 774{c}; often in Isocrates), 2 Corinthians 10:1. (Cf. references under the word ταπεινοφροσύνη, at the end.) Forms and Transliterations εταπεινοφρόνουν ταπεινά ταπεινή ταπεινοί ταπεινοις ταπεινοίς ταπεινοῖς ταπεινόν ταπεινος ταπεινός ταπεινὸς ταπεινοτέρα ταπεινότερα ταπεινού ταπεινους ταπεινούς ταπεινοὺς ταπεινώ ταπεινών ταπείνων ταπεινωτάτη tapeinois tapeinoîs tapeinos tapeinòs tapeinous tapeinoús tapeinoùs Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts