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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #5011 - ταπεινός

Transliteration

tapeinós

Phonetics

tap-i-nos'

Origin

of uncertain derivation

Parts of Speech

adjective

TDNT

8:1,1152

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

not rising far from the ground
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

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 34 ‑ אֶבְיוֹן (eb‑yone'); 779 ‑ אָרַר (aw‑rar'); 1790 ‑ דַּךְ (dak); 1792 ‑ דָּכָא (daw‑kaw'); 1800 ‑ דַּל (dal); 4134 ‑ מוּךְ (mook); 6013 ‑ עָמֹק (aw‑moke'); 6041 ‑ עָנִי (aw‑nee'); 6800 ‑ צָנַע (tsaw‑nah'); 7326 ‑ רוּשׁ (roosh); 8217 ‑ שָׁפָל (shaw‑fawl'); 8482 ‑ תַּחְתִּי (takh‑tee');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (8)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 2

James 2

1 Peter 1

BSB (8)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 2

James 2

1 Peter 1

CSB (8)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 2

James 2

1 Peter 1

ESV (7)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 2

James 2

1 Peter 1

KJV (8)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 2

James 2

1 Peter 1

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (8)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 2

James 2

1 Peter 1

N95 (8)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 2

James 2

1 Peter 1

NAS (8)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 2

James 2

1 Peter 1

NLT (8)

Matthew 1

Luke 2

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 2

James 3

1 Peter 2

WEB (8)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 2

James 2

1 Peter 1

YLT (8)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 2

James 2

1 Peter 1

ASV (8)

lowly 3

of low degree 1

them of low degree 1

to the humble 2

to things that are lowly 1

BSB (8)

am humble 1

downcast 1

humble 1

in humble circumstances 1

lowly 1

the humble 1

to the humble 2

CSB (8)

humble 3

the humble 2

the lowly 1

to the humble 2

ESV (7)

downcast 1

humble 2

humble estate 1

lowly 3

KJV (8)

base 1

degree 2

down 1

estate 1

humble 2

lowly 1

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (8)

humble 7

humbled 1

N95 (8)

depressed 1

humble 5

lowly 1

meek 1

NAS (8)

discouraged 1

humble 5

lowly 1

meek 1

NLT (8)

discouraged 1

gentle 1

humble 3

people 1

poor 1

timid 1

WEB (8)

in humble circumstances 1

lowly 3

the lowly 1

to the humble 2

with the humble 1

YLT (8)

[am] humble 1

cast-down 1

humble 1

lowly 1

the lowly 1

to lowly ones 1

to the humble 1

who is low 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

A-APM 2

A-DPM 2

A-DPN 1

A-NSM 3

ANT

A-APM 2

A-DPM 3

A-NSM 3

BEZ

A-APM 2

A-DPM 3

A-NSM 3

BGB

A-APM 2

A-DPM 3

A-NSM 3

BMT

A-APM 2

A-DPM 3

A-NSM 3

BYZ

A-APM 2

A-DPM 3

A-NSM 3

ELZ

A-APM 2

A-DPM 3

A-NSM 3

NA26

A-APM 2

A-DPM 3

A-NSM 3

SBL

A-APM 2

A-DPM 3

A-NSM 3

SCV

A-APM 2

A-DPM 3

A-NSM 3

STV

A-APM 2

A-DPM 3

A-NSM 3

TIS

A-APM 2

A-DPM 3

A-NSM 3

A-APM 2

A-DPM 3

A-NSM 3

TRG

A-APM 2

A-DPM 1

A-NSM 3

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

τᾰπεινός, ή, όν,

low:

1 of Place, low-lying, χώρη Hdt. 4.191, cf. Arist. Mete. 352b32 (Comp.); νῆσος D.S. 3.21; ταπεινὰ νέμεσθαι to live in low regions, Pi. N. 3.82; τ. ἕζεσθαι E. Or. 1411 (lyr.); ἡ μαῖα καθεζέσθω -οτέρα Sor. 1.70a, cf. 2.61; of stature or size, low, ὀστᾶ X. Eq. 1.4; τροχοί ib. 10.6; of position in the body, τὰ τ. τοῦ θώρακος Gal. 15.531; of a river, low, opp. μέγας, Plb. 9.43.3; of stars, low, i.e. near the horizon, Cleom. 1.5, al.; but also, near the earth, Id. 2.5; of the sun, opp. ὑψηλός, Diog.Oen. 8; λοξὸς καὶ τ. Gal. 15.87.

2. of persons, humbled, abased in power, pride, etc., Hdt. 7.14; σὺ δ' οὐδέπω τ. A. Pr. 322, cf. 908; τ. παρέχειν τινά X. An. 2.5.13; τά τοι μέγιστα πολλάκις θεὸς ταπείν' ἔθηκε E. Fr. 716, cf. Hec. 245, Andr. 979; submissive, X. Hier. 5.4 (Comp.), etc.; αἱ τ. τῶν πόλεων small, poor, weak, Isoc. 4.95, cf. 7.7, X. Cyr. 7.5.69 (Sup.); τ. δύναμις D. 4.23; of low intelligence, αἱ τῶν ἀσυνέτων καὶ τ. ἀνθρώπων ψυχαί Gal. 19.220; τὴν μικρὰν καὶ τ. [ἰατρικὴν θεωρίαν] ὁ Ἱπποκράτης ηὔξησεν Id. 16.550. Adv., ταπεινῶς (or ταπεινὰ) πράττειν to be in low estate or obscurity, Isoc. 5.64, Plu. Thes. 6; -νῶς ζῆν Philem. 227; ὁμιλεῖν Arist. Pol. 1313b41.

3. of the spirits, downcast, dejected, διάνοια Th. 2.61; τ. καὶ ἔρημοι συνεκάθηντο X. HG 2.4.23, cf. 6.4.16.

4. in moral sense, either bad, mean, base, abject, τ. καὶ ἀνελεύθερος Pl. Lg. 791d, cf. X. Mem. 3.10.5, Isoc. 2.34, etc.; or good, lowly, humble, Pl. Lg. 716a, X. Cyr. 5.1.5, freq. in NT, Matthew 11:29; , al.

5. of things, mean, low, poor, τ. καὶ ἄπορος δίαιτα Pl. Lg. 762e, cf. Phld. Oec. p.48 J.: Sup., -οτάτη περίστασις Id. Vit. p.26 J.; θεωρία -οτέρα, opp. τιμιωτέρα, Arist. PA 639a1; of style, low, poor, τ. λέξις, opp. κεκοσμημένη, Id. Rh. 1404b6. Adv., -νῶς λέγειν in a submissive manner, ib. 1408a19.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

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 (); 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.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ταπεινός , -ή , -όν ,

[in LXX for H8217, H6041, etc.;]

low-lying; metaph.,

(a) lowly, of low degree, brought low: James 1:9, 2 Corinthians 7:6 (cf. Sirach 25:23); οἱ τ ., opp. to δυνάσται , Luke 1:52; τ . ταπεινοῖς (neut., R, txt.; masc., R, mg.; v. ICC, in l), Romans 12:16;

(b) lowly in spirit, humble, in cl. usually in a slighting sense (v. Tr., Syn., § xlii; but v. also Abbott, Essays, 81), in NT in an honourable sense: 2 Corinthians 10:1; seq. τ . καρδίᾳ , Matthew 11:29 (cf. Psalms 34:19); opp. to ὑπερήφανος , James 4:6, 1 Peter 5:5 (LXX).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

";have courage,"; ";am bold"; : P Par 22.16 (B.C. 165) (= UPZ i. p. 193) μέχρι τοῦ νῦν οὐ τετόλμηκεν αὐτὸν ἡ Νέφορις θάψαι, BGU IV. 1209.16 (B.C. 23) ἵνα π ̣ρὸς μὲν κατάπληξιν τῶν τολμησάντων ἔχωμεν α [ὐτο ]ὺς ἑτοίμους πρὸς ἐντυχίαν, P Ryl II. 144.20 (A.D. 38) ἐτόλμησεν πθόνους (l. φθόνου) μοι ἐπαγαγεῖν αἰτίας τοῦ μὴ ὄντος, ";moreover he had the audacity to bring baseless accusations of malice against me"; (Edd.), P Oxy VIII. 1120.15 (early iii/A.D.) εἰσεπήδησεν εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν μου καὶ ἐτόλμησεν ἀποσπάσαι δούλην μου, ";rushed into my house and dared to carry off my slave"; (Ed.), ib. IX. 1204.20 (A.D. 299) τις Ὀξυρυγχείτης. . . ὁρμώμενος τετόλμηκεν αὐτὸν ὀνομάζειν εἰς δεκαπρωτείαν, ";an Oxyrhynchite made a design upon him and ventured to nominate him for the decemprimate"; (Ed.), and BGU III. 909.18 (A.D. 359) ἐπὶ τοίνυν οὐχ ὀλίγ [α ] ἐστὶν τὰ τολμηθέντα ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶν κατ᾽ ἐμοῦ.

On τολμάω in the sense of ";take courage,"; as in Mark 15:43, see the exx. in Field Notes, p. 155, and for the meaning ";submit to,"; as in Romans 5:7, see ib. p. 44. For the form τορμάω cf. BGU III. 948.7 (iv/v A.D.) οὐκ ἐτόρμηκας ἐμοὶ γράψεν (= -ειν), also 9, 11 (see Mayser Gr. i. p. 188).

For the subst. τόλμη see P Oxy VIII. 1119.8 (A.D. 254) ὑφηγησάμενοι τὴν τόλμαν καὶ τὴν παρανομίαν, ";recounting the audacity and the illegality"; of a certain official, and for τόλμημα see ib. 1106.7 (vi/A.D.) ἀποσχέσθαι τοῦ τοιούτου τολμήματος, ";to abstain from any such outrage"; (Ed.).

List of Word Forms

εταπεινοφρόνουν ταπεινά ταπεινή ταπεινοί ταπεινοις ταπεινοίς ταπεινοῖς ταπεινόν ταπεινος ταπεινός ταπεινὸς ταπεινοτέρα ταπεινότερα ταπεινού ταπεινους ταπεινούς ταπεινοὺς ταπεινώ ταπεινών ταπείνων ταπεινωτάτη tapeinois tapeinoîs tapeinos tapeinòs tapeinous tapeinoús tapeinoùs