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Lexicon :: Strong's G5011 - tapeinos

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ταπεινός
Transliteration
tapeinos (Key)
Pronunciation
tap-i-nos'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 8:1,1152

Strong’s Definitions

ταπεινός tapeinós, tap-i-nos'; of uncertain derivation; depressed, i.e. (figuratively) humiliated (in circumstances or disposition):—base, cast down, humble, of low degree (estate), lowly.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's G5011 in the following manner: of low degree (2x), humble (2x), base (1x), cast down (1x), of low estate (1x), lowly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's G5011 in the following manner: of low degree (2x), humble (2x), base (1x), cast down (1x), of low estate (1x), lowly (1x).

  1. not rising far from the ground

  2. metaph.

    1. as a condition, lowly, of low degree

    2. brought low with grief, depressed

    3. lowly in spirit, humble

    4. in a bad sense, deporting one's self abjectly, deferring servilely to others

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ταπεινός tapeinós, tap-i-nos'; of uncertain derivation; depressed, i.e. (figuratively) humiliated (in circumstances or disposition):—base, cast down, humble, of low degree (estate), lowly.
STRONGS G5011:
ταπεινός, ταπεινή ταπεινόν, from (Pindar), Aeschylus, Herodotus down, the Sept. for עָנִי, עָנָו, שָׁפָל, etc., low, i. e.
a. properly, not rising far from the ground: Ezekiel 17:24.
b. metaphorically,
α. as to condition, lowly, of low degree: with a substantive, James 1:9; substantively οἱ ταπεινοί, opposed to δυνάσται, Luke 1:52; equivalent to brought low with grief, depressed (Sir. 25:23), 2 Corinthians 7:6. Neuter τά ταπεινά, Romans 12:16 (on which see συναπάγω, at the end).
β. lowly in spirit, humble: opposed to ὑπερήφανος, James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5 (from Proverbs 3:34); with τῇ καρδία added, Matthew 11:29 (τῷ πνεύματι, Psalm 33:19 (Ps. 34:19); in a bad sense, deporting oneself abjectly, deferring servilely to others (Xenophon, mem. 3, 10, 5; Plato, legg. 6, p. 774{c}; often in Isocrates), 2 Corinthians 10:1. (Cf. references under the word ταπεινοφροσύνη, at the end.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
33:19; 34:19
Proverbs
3:34
Ezekiel
17:24
Matthew
11:29
Luke
1:52
Romans
12:16
2 Corinthians
7:6; 10:1
James
1:9; 4:6
1 Peter
5:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5011 matches the Greek ταπεινός (tapeinos),
which occurs 46 times in 44 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:21 - But if, when the priest examines it, there is no white hair in it and it is not more than skin deep and has faded, then the priest is to isolate them for seven days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:25 - the priest is to examine the spot, and if the hair in it has turned white, and it appears to be more than skin deep, it is a defiling disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest shall pronounce them unclean; it is a defiling skin disease.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:23 - They repeated these words to David. But David said, “Do you think it is a small matter to become the king’s son-in-law? I’m only a poor man and little known.”

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