Strong's G5011 · Greek

ταπεινός

tapeinos · tap-i-nos'

of uncertain derivation; depressed, i.e. (figuratively) humiliated (in circumstances or disposition)

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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ταπεινός (G5011)

8 ταπεινός , -ή, -όν [in LXX for שָׁפָל , עָנִי , עָנָי , etc. ;] low-lying; metaph., lowly, of low degree, brought low : Ja 1:9 , II Co 7:6 (cf. Si 25:23 ); οἱ τ. , opp. to δυνάσται , Lk 1:52 ; τ. ταπεινοῖς (neut., R, txt.; masc., R, mg.; v. ICC , in l.), Ro 12:16 ; lowly in spirit, humble , in cl. usually in a slighting sense (v. Tr., Syn. , § xlii; but v. also Abbott, Essays , 81), in NT in an honourable sense: II Co 10:1 ; seq. τ. καρδίᾳ , Mt 11:29 (cf. Ps 33 (34):19 ); opp. to ὑπερήφανος , Ja 4:6 , I Pe 5:5 (LXX) .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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