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Lexicon :: Strong's G5013 - tapeinoō

Aa
ταπεινόω
Transliteration
tapeinoō (Key)
Pronunciation
tap-i-no'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
14x in 7 unique form(s) TR
14x in 8 unique form(s) LXX
147x in 46 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 8:1,1152

Strong’s Definitions

ταπεινόω tapeinóō, tap-i-no'-o; from G5011; to depress; figuratively, to humiliate (in condition or heart):—abase, bring low, humble (self).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's G5013 in the following manner: humble (6x), abase (5x), humble (one's) self (2x), bring low (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's G5013 in the following manner: humble (6x), abase (5x), humble (one's) self (2x), bring low (1x).

  1. to make low, bring low

    1. to level, reduce to a plain

    2. metaph. to bring into a humble condition, reduce to meaner circumstances

      1. to assign a lower rank or place to

      2. to abase

      3. to be ranked below others who are honoured or rewarded

      4. to humble or abase myself by humble living

    3. to lower, depress

      1. of one's soul bring down one's pride

      2. to have a modest opinion of one's self

      3. to behave in an unassuming manner

      4. devoid of all haughtiness

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ταπεινόω tapeinóō, tap-i-no'-o; from G5011; to depress; figuratively, to humiliate (in condition or heart):—abase, bring low, humble (self).
STRONGS G5013:
ταπεινόω, 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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
16:9
Leviticus
16:29; 16:31; 23:27; 23:32
Isaiah
40:4; 58:3; 58:5; 58:10
Matthew
18:4; 23:12; 23:12
Luke
3:5; 14:11; 14:11; 18:14; 18:14
2 Corinthians
11:7; 12:21
Philippians
2:8; 4:12
James
4:10
1 Peter
5:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5013 matches the Greek ταπεινόω (tapeinoō),
which occurs 14 times in 11 verses in the TR Greek.

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