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Lexicon :: Strong's G5013 - tapeinoō

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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 25 times in 23 verses in 'Isa' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:25 - I will turn my hand against you
and will smelt away your dross as with lye
and remove all your alloy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:9 - So man is humbled,
and each one is brought low—
do not forgive them!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:11 - The haughty looks of man shall be brought low,
and the lofty pride of men shall be humbled,
and the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:12 - For the LORD of hosts has a day
against all that is proud and lofty,
against all that is lifted up—and it shall be brought low;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:17 - And the haughtiness of man shall be humbled,
and the lofty pride of men shall be brought low,
and the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:8 - For Jerusalem has stumbled,
and Judah has fallen,
because their speech and their deeds are against the LORD,
defying his glorious presence.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:17 - therefore the Lord will strike with a scab
the heads of the daughters of Zion,
and the LORD will lay bare their secret parts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:26 - And her gates shall lament and mourn;
empty, she shall sit on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:15 - Man is humbled, and each one is brought low,
and the eyes of the haughty[fn] are brought low.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:33

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:33 - Behold, the Lord GOD of hosts
will lop the boughs with terrifying power;
the great in height will be hewn down,
and the lofty will be brought low.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:11 - I will punish the world for its evil,
and the wicked for their iniquity;
I will put an end to the pomp of the arrogant,
and lay low the pompous pride of the ruthless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:11 - And he will spread out his hands in the midst of it
as a swimmer spreads his hands out to swim,
but the LORD will lay low his pompous pride together with the skill[fn] of his hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:12 - And the high fortifications of his walls he will bring down,
lay low, and cast to the ground, to the dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:5 - For he has humbled
the inhabitants of the height,
the lofty city.
He lays it low, lays it low to the ground,
casts it to the dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:4 - And you will be brought low; from the earth you shall speak,
and from the dust your speech will be bowed down;
your voice shall come from the ground like the voice of a ghost,
and from the dust your speech shall whisper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:4 - Every valley shall be lifted up,
and every mountain and hill be made low;
the uneven ground shall become level,
and the rough places a plain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:21 - Therefore hear this, you who are afflicted,
who are drunk, but not with wine:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:23 - and I will put it into the hand of your tormentors,
who have said to you,
‘Bow down, that we may pass over’;
and you have made your back like the ground
and like the street for them to pass over.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:9 - You journeyed to the king with oil
and multiplied your perfumes;
you sent your envoys far off,
and sent down even to Sheol.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:3 - ‘Why have we fasted, and you see it not?
Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?’
Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure,[fn]
and oppress all your workers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:5 - Is such the fast that I choose,
a day for a person to humble himself?
Is it to bow down his head like a reed,
and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?
Will you call this a fast,
and a day acceptable to the LORD?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:14 - The sons of those who afflicted you
shall come bending low to you,
and all who despised you
shall bow down at your feet;
they shall call you the City of the LORD,
the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 64:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:12 - Will you restrain yourself at these things, O LORD?
Will you keep silent, and afflict us so terribly?
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