Help QuickNav Adv. Options
ESV

ESV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's G5013 - tapeinoō

Choose a new font size and typeface
ταπεινόω
Transliteration
tapeinoō (Key)
Pronunciation
tap-i-no'-o
Listen
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)
Dictionary Aids

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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 33 times in 33 verses in 'Psa' in the LXX Greek.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:10 - The helpless are crushed, sink down,
and fall by his might.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:27 - For you save a humble people,
but the haughty eyes you bring down.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:13 - But I, when they were sick—
I wore sackcloth;
I afflicted myself with fasting;
I prayed with head bowed[fn] on my chest.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:14 - I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother;
as one who laments his mother,
I bowed down in mourning.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:8 - I am feeble and crushed;
I groan because of the tumult of my heart.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 39:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:2 - I was mute and silent;
I held my peace to no avail,
and my distress grew worse.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:19 - yet you have broken us in the place of jackals
and covered us with the shadow of death.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:25 - For our soul is bowed down to the dust;
our belly clings to the ground.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:8 - Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones that you have broken rejoice.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:17 - The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:19 - God will give ear and humble them,
he who is enthroned from of old, Selah
because they do not change
and do not fear God.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:4 - May he defend the cause of the poor of the people,
give deliverance to the children of the needy,
and crush the oppressor!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:21 - Let not the downtrodden turn back in shame;
let the poor and needy praise your name.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 75:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:7 - but it is God who executes judgment,
putting down one and lifting up another.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:14 - I would soon subdue their enemies
and turn my hand against their foes.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:15 - Afflicted and close to death from my youth up,
I suffer your terrors; I am helpless.[fn]

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:10 - You crushed Rahab like a carcass;
you scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:15 - Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,
and for as many years as we have seen evil.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:5 - They crush your people, O LORD,
and afflict your heritage.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:18 - His feet were hurt with fetters;
his neck was put in a collar of iron;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:42

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:42 - Their enemies oppressed them,
and they were brought into subjection under their power.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:43

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:43 - Many times he delivered them,
but they were rebellious in their purposes
and were brought low through their iniquity.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:12 - So he bowed their hearts down with hard labor;
they fell down, with none to help.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:17 - Some were fools through their sinful ways,
and because of their iniquities suffered affliction;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 116:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:6 - The LORD preserves the simple;
when I was brought low, he saved me.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 116:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:10 - I believed, even when[fn] I spoke:
“I am greatly afflicted”;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:67

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:67 - Before I was afflicted I went astray,
but now I keep your word.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:71

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:71 - It is good for me that I was afflicted,
that I might learn your statutes.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:75

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:75 - I know, O LORD, that your rules are righteous,
and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:107

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:107 - I am severely afflicted;
give me life, O LORD, according to your word!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 142:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:6 - Attend to my cry,
for I am brought very low!
Deliver me from my persecutors,
for they are too strong for me!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 143:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:3 - For the enemy has pursued my soul;
he has crushed my life to the ground;
he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:6 - The LORD lifts up the humble;[fn]
he casts the wicked to the ground.
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
ESV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
ESV
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan