Strong's Lexicon
G5013 — ταπεινόω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5013 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ταπεινόω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G5011 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 14 |
| Transliteration: | tapeinoo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | tap-ei-noh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to depress 2. (figuratively) to humiliate (in condition or heart) |
| KJV Renderings: | abase, bring low, humble (self) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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, Luk 3:5 from Isa 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): Mat 23:12; Luk 14:11; Luk 18:14. β. ταπεινῷ ἐμαυτόν, to humble or abase myself, by frugal living, 2Co 11:7; in the passive of one who submits to want, Php 4:12; ἑαυτόν, of one who stoops to the condition of s servant, Php 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, Mat 18:4; Mat 23:12; Luk 14:11; Luk 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, Jas 4:10 (in the same sense ταπεινοῦν τήν ψυχήν αὐτοῦ, Sir 2:17 Sir 7:17; the Sept. for ðÇôÀùÑå òÄðÈÌä, he afflicted his soul, of persons fasting, Lev 16:29; Lev 16:31; Lev 23:27; Lev 23:32; Isa 58:3; Isa 58:5; Isa 58:10; 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, 1Pe 5:6 (cf. Gen 16:9); equivalent to to put to the blush, 2Co 12:21. ((Hippocrates), Xenophon, Plato, Diodorus, Plutarch; the Sept. for òÈðÈä, ùÈÑôÅì and äÄùÀÑôÄÌéì, ãÄÌëÈÌà, äÄëÀðÄéòÇ , etc.) (See references under the word ταπεινοφροσύνη.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ταπεινόω (abase)
Matthew 18:4
- KJV: Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven
- GK: όστις ουν ταπεινώση εαυτόν ως το παιδίον τούτο ούτός εστιν ο μείζων εν τη βασιλεία των ουρανών
Matthew 23:12
- KJV: And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted
- GK: όστις δε υψώσει εαυτόν ταπεινωθήσεται και όστις ταπεινώσει εαυτόν υψωθήσεται
Luke 3:5
- KJV: Every valley shall be filled and every mountain and hill shall be brought low and the crooked shall be made straight and the rough ways made smooth
- GK: πάσα φάραγξ πληρωθήσεται και παν όρος και βουνός ταπεινωθήσεται και έσται τα σκολιά εις ευθείαν και αι τραχείαι εις οδούς λείας
Luke 14:11
- KJV: For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted
- GK: ότι πας ο υψών εαυτόν ταπεινωθήσεται και ο ταπεινών εαυτόν υψωθήσεται
Luke 18:14
- KJV: I tell you this man went down to his house justified than the other for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted
- GK: λέγω υμίν κατέβη ούτος δεδικαιωμένος εις τον οίκον αυτού η γαρ εκείνος ότι πας ο υψών εαυτόν ταπεινωθήσεται ο δε ταπεινών εαυτόν υψωθήσεται
2 Corinthians 11:7
- KJV: Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely
- GK: η αμαρτίαν εποίησα εμαυτόν ταπεινών ίνα υμείς υψωθήτε ότι δωρεάν το του θεού ευαγγέλιον ευηγγελισάμην υμίν
2 Corinthians 12:21
- KJV: lest when I come again my God will humble me among you and I shall bewail many which have sinned already and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed
- GK: μη πάλιν ελθόντα με ταπεινώση ο θεός μου προς υμάς και πενθήσω πολλούς των προημαρτηκότων και μη μετανοησάντων επί τη ακαθαρσία και πορνεία και ασελγεία η έπραξαν
Philippians 2:8
- KJV: And being found in fashion as a man he humbled himself and became obedient unto death even the death of the cross
- GK: και σχήματι ευρεθείς ως άνθρωπος εταπείνωσεν εαυτόν γενόμενος υπήκοος μέχρι θανάτου θανάτου δε σταυρού
Philippians 4:12
- KJV: I know both how to be abased and I know how to abound every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry both to abound and to suffer need
- GK: οίδα και ταπεινούσθαι οίδα και περισσεύειν εν παντί και εν πάσι μεμύημαι και χορτάζεσθαι και πεινάν και περισσεύειν και υστερείσθαι