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Humbleness of Mind, Humility

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: ταπεινοφροσύνη

(Strong's #5012 — Noun Feminine — tapeinophrosune — tap-i-nof-ros-oo'-nay )

"lowliness of mind" (tapeinos, see A, above, under HUMBLE, and phren, "the mind"), is rendered "humility of mind" in Acts 20:19 , AV (RV, "lowliness of mind"); in Ephesians 4:2 , "lowliness;" in Philippians 2:3 , "lowliness of mind;" in Colossians 2:18,23 , of a false "humility;" in Colossians 3:12 , AV, "humbleness of mind," RV, "humility;" 1 Peter 5:5 , "humility." See LOWLINESS.

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Humbleness of Mind, Humility'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​h/humbleness-of-mind-humility.html. 1940.
 
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