Strong's Lexicon
G5014
G5014 — ταπείνωσις
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5014 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ταπείνωσις |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G5013 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | tapeinosis |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | tap-ei'-no-sis |
| Meaning: | 1. depression (in rank or feeling) |
| KJV Renderings: | humiliation, be made low, low estate, vile |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ταπείνωσις, ταπεινώσεως, ἡ (ταπεινόω), lowness, low estate (humiliation): Luk 1:48; Act 8:33 (from Isa 53:8); Php 3:21 (on which see σῶμα, 1 b.); metaphorically, spiritual abasement, leading one to perceive and lament his (moral) littleness and guilt, Jas 1:10, see Kern at the passage (In various senses, by Plato, Aristotle, Polybius, Diodorus, Plutarch; the Sept. for òÃðÄé.) (See references under the word ταπεινοφροσύνη.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ταπείνωσις (humiliation)
Luke 1:48
- KJV: For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed
- GK: ότι επέβλεψεν επί την ταπείνωσιν της δούλης αυτού ιδού από του νυν μακαριούσί με πάσαι αι γενεαί
Acts 8:33
- KJV: In his humiliation his judgment was taken away and who shall declare his generation for his life is taken from the earth
- GK: εν τη ταπεινώσει αυτού η κρίσις αυτού ήρθη την δε γενεάν αυτού τις διηγήσεται ότι αίρεται από της γης η ζωή αυτού
Philippians 3:21
- KJV: Who shall change our vile body that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself
- GK: ος μετασχηματίσει το σώμα της ταπεινώσεως ημών εις το γενέσθαι αυτο σύμμορφον τω σώματι της δόξης αυτού κατά την ενέργειαν του δύνασθαι αυτόν και υποτάξαι εαυτώ τα πάντα
James 1:10
- KJV: But the rich in that he is made low because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away
- GK: ο δε πλούσιος εν τη ταπεινώσει αυτού ότι ως άνθος χόρτου παρελεύσεται