Strong's Concordance tapeinoó: to make low, fig. to humble Original Word: ταπεινόωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: tapeinoó Phonetic Spelling: (tap-i-no'-o) Short Definition: I humble, humiliate Definition: I make or bring low, humble, humiliate; pass: I am humbled. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 5013 tapeinóō – make (become) low, to humble. See 5011 (tapeinos). With the believer, 5013 /tapeinóō ("show humility, true lowliness") happens by being fully dependent on the Lord – dismissing reliance upon self (self-government) and emptying carnal ego. This exalts the Lord as our all-in-all and prompts the gift of His fullness in us. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5013: ταπεινόωταπεινόω, ταπεινῷ; future ταπεινώσω; 1 aorist ἐταπείνωσα; passive, present ταπεινοῦμαι; 1 aorist ἐταπεινώθην; 1 future ταπεινωθήσομαι; (ταπεινός); to make low, bring low (Vulg.humilio); a. properly: ὄρος, βουνόν, i. e. to level, reduce to a plain, passive, Luke 3:5 from Isaiah 40:4. b. metaphorically, to bring into it humble condition, reduce to meaner circumstances; i. e. α. to assign a lower rank or place to; to abase; τινα, passive, to be ranked below others who are honored or rewarded (R. V. to humble): Matthew 23:12; Luke 14:11; Luke 18:14. β. ταπεινῷ ἐμαυτόν, to humble or abase myself, by frugal living, 2 Corinthians 11:7; in the passive of one who submits to want, Philippians 4:12; ἑαυτόν, of one who stoops to the condition of s servant, Philippians 2:8. c. to lower, depress (English humble): τινα, one's soul, bring down one's pride; ἐμαυτόν, to have a modest opinion of oneself, to behave in an unassuming manner devoid of all haughtiness, Matthew 18:4; Matthew 23:12; Luke 14:11; Luke 18:14; passive, ταπεινοῦμαι ἐνώπιον κυρίου (see ἐνώπιον, 2 b. at the end) in a middle sense (Buttmann, 52 (46)), to confess and deplore one's spiritual littleness and unworthiness, James 4:10 (in the same sense ταπεινοῦν τήν ψυχήν αὐτοῦ, Sir. 2:17 Sir. 7:17; the Sept. for נַפְשׁו עִנָּה, he afflicted his soul, of persons fasting, Leviticus 16:29, 31; Leviticus 23:27, 32; Isaiah 58:3, 5, 10; τήν ψυχήν τίνος, to disturb, distress, the soul of one, Protevangelium Jacobi, c. 2.13.15 (rather, to humiliate; see the passages)); ὑπό τήν χεῖρα τοῦ Θεοῦ, to submit oneself in a lowly spirit to the power and will of God, 1 Peter 5:6 (cf. Genesis 16:9); equivalent to to put to the blush, 2 Corinthians 12:21. ((Hippocrates), Xenophon, Plato, Diodorus, Plutarch; the Sept. for עָנָה, שָׁפֵל and הִשְׁפִּיל, דִּכָּא, הִכְנִיעַ , etc.) (See references under the word ταπεινοφροσύνη.) From tapeinos; to depress; figuratively, to humiliate (in condition or heart) -- abase, bring low, humble (self). see GREEK tapeinos Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 501314 Occurrences ἐταπείνωσεν — 1 Occ. ταπεινῶν — 3 Occ. ταπεινώσῃ — 1 Occ. ταπεινώσει — 2 Occ. ταπεινωθήσεται — 4 Occ. ταπεινώθητε — 2 Occ. ταπεινοῦσθαι — 1 Occ. Matthew 18:4 V-FIA-3S GRK: ὅστις οὖν ταπεινώσει ἑαυτὸν ὡς NAS: Whoever then humbles himself as this KJV: therefore shall humble himself INT: whoever therefore will humble himself as Matthew 23:12 V-FIP-3S Matthew 23:12 V-FIA-3S Luke 3:5 V-FIP-3S Luke 14:11 V-FIP-3S Luke 14:11 V-PPA-NMS Luke 18:14 V-FIP-3S Luke 18:14 V-PPA-NMS 2 Corinthians 11:7 V-PPA-NMS 2 Corinthians 12:21 V-ASA-3S Philippians 2:8 V-AIA-3S Philippians 4:12 V-PNM/P James 4:10 V-AMP-2P 1 Peter 5:6 V-AMP-2P |