Lexical Summary tapeinōsis: low estate, humiliation Original Word: ταπείνωσιςTransliteration: tapeinōsis Phonetic Spelling: (tap-i'-no-sis) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: low estate, humiliation Meaning: low estate, humiliation Strong's Concordance humiliation, low estateFrom tapeinoo; depression (in rank or feeling) -- humiliation, be made low, low estate, vile. see GREEK tapeinoo Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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.) |
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