Lexicon tapeinósis: low estate, humiliation Original Word: ταπείνωσις, εως, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: tapeinósis Phonetic Spelling: (tap-i'-no-sis) Short Definition: abasement, low condition Definition: abasement (in spirit), low condition (in circumstances). HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 5014 tapeínōsis (a noun, derived from the root, tapein-) – properly, lowliness ("humiliation"). See 5011 (tapeinos). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom tapeinoóDefinitionlow estate, humiliation NASB Translationhumble state (2), humiliation (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 5014: ταπείνωσιςταπείνωσις, ταπεινώσεως, ἡ ( ταπεινόω), lowness, low estate (humiliation): Luke 1:48; Acts 8:33 (from Isaiah 53:8); Philippians 3:21 (on which see σῶμα, 1 b.); metaphorically, spiritual abasement, leading one to perceive and lament his (moral) littleness and guilt, James 1:10, see Kern at the passage (In various senses, by Plato, Aristotle, Polybius, Diodorus, Plutarch; the Sept. for עֳנִי.) (See references under the word ταπεινοφροσύνη.)
Strong's humiliation, low estate From tapeinoo; depression (in rank or feeling) -- humiliation, be made low, low estate, vile. see GREEK tapeinoo |
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