5013. tapeinoó
Strong's Concordance
tapeinoó: to make low, fig. to humble
Original Word: ταπεινόω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: tapeinoó
Phonetic Spelling: (tap-i-no'-o)
Definition: to make low, to humble
Usage: I make or bring low, humble, humiliate; pass: I am humbled.
HELPS Word-studies

Cognate: 5013 tapeinóō – make (become) low, to humble. See 5011 (tapeinos).

With the believer, 5013 /tapeinóō ("show humility, true lowliness") happens by being fully dependent on the Lord – dismissing reliance upon self (self-government) and emptying carnal ego. This exalts the Lord as our all-in-all and prompts the gift of His fullness in us.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from tapeinos
Definition
to make low, fig. to humble
NASB Translation
brought low (1), get along (1), humble (2), humble means (1), humbled (4), humbles (4), humbling (1), humiliate (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5013: ταπεινόω

ταπεινόω, ταπεινῷ; future ταπεινώσω; 1 aorist ἐταπείνωσα; passive, present ταπεινοῦμαι; 1 aorist ἐταπεινώθην; 1 future ταπεινωθήσομαι; (ταπεινός); to make low, bring low (Vulg.humilio);

a. properly: ὄρος, βουνόν, i. e. to level, reduce to a plain, passive, Luke 3:5 from Isaiah 40:4.

b. metaphorically, to bring into it humble condition, reduce to meaner circumstances; i. e. α. to assign a lower rank or place to; to abase; τινα, passive, to be ranked below others who are honored or rewarded (R. V. to humble): Matthew 23:12; Luke 14:11; Luke 18:14. β. ταπεινῷ ἐμαυτόν, to humble or abase myself, by frugal living, 2 Corinthians 11:7; in the passive of one who submits to want, Philippians 4:12; ἑαυτόν, of one who stoops to the condition of s servant, Philippians 2:8.

c. to lower, depress (English humble): τινα, one's soul, bring down one's pride; ἐμαυτόν, to have a modest opinion of oneself, to behave in an unassuming manner devoid of all haughtiness, Matthew 18:4; Matthew 23:12; Luke 14:11; Luke 18:14; passive, ταπεινοῦμαι ἐνώπιον κυρίου (see ἐνώπιον, 2 b. at the end) in a middle sense (Buttmann, 52 (46)), to confess and deplore one's spiritual littleness and unworthiness, James 4:10 (in the same sense ταπεινοῦν τήν ψυχήν αὐτοῦ, Sir. 2:17 Sir. 7:17; the Sept. for נַפְשׁו עִנָּה, he afflicted his soul, of persons fasting, Leviticus 16:29, 31; Leviticus 23:27, 32; Isaiah 58:3, 5, 10; τήν ψυχήν τίνος, to disturb, distress, the soul of one, Protevangelium Jacobi,

c. 2.13.15 (rather, to humiliate; see the passages)); ὑπό τήν χεῖρα τοῦ Θεοῦ, to submit oneself in a lowly spirit to the power and will of God, 1 Peter 5:6 (cf. Genesis 16:9); equivalent to to put to the blush, 2 Corinthians 12:21. ((Hippocrates), Xenophon, Plato, Diodorus, Plutarch; the Sept. for עָנָה, שָׁפֵל and הִשְׁפִּיל, דִּכָּא, הִכְנִיעַ , etc.) (See references under the word ταπεινοφροσύνη.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
to humble

From tapeinos; to depress; figuratively, to humiliate (in condition or heart) -- abase, bring low, humble (self).

see GREEK tapeinos

Forms and Transliterations
εταπείνου εταπεινούμην εταπείνουν εταπεινώθη εταπεινώθην εταπεινώθης εταπεινώθησαν εταπείνωσα εταπεινώσαμεν εταπείνωσαν εταπείνωσας εταπείνωσάς εταπείνωσε εταπείνωσέ εταπεινωσεν εταπείνωσεν ἐταπείνωσεν ταπεινοί ταπεινουμένην ταπεινούν ταπεινούντες ταπεινουσθαι ταπεινούσθαι ταπεινοῦσθαι ταπεινούται ταπεινωθείη ταπεινωθή ταπεινωθήναι ταπεινωθήναί ταπεινωθησεται ταπεινωθήσεται ταπεινωθήσονται ταπεινωθητε ταπεινώθητε ταπεινώθητι ταπεινων ταπεινών ταπεινῶν ταπεινώσαι ταπεινώσαί ταπεινωσάντων ταπεινώσας ταπεινώσατε ταπεινωσει ταπεινώσει ταπεινώσεις ταπεινώσετε ταπεινωση ταπεινώση ταπεινώσῃ ταπεινώσης ταπείνωσον ταπείνωσόν ταπεινώσουσιν ταπεινώσω ταταπεινωμένην τεταπεινωμένα τεταπεινωμένη τεταπεινωμένην τεταπεινωμένος etapeinosen etapeinōsen etapeínosen etapeínōsen tapeinon tapeinôn tapeinōn tapeinō̂n tapeinose tapeinōsē tapeinosei tapeinōsei tapeinṓsei tapeinṓsēi tapeinothesetai tapeinothḗsetai tapeinōthēsetai tapeinōthḗsetai tapeinothete tapeinōthēte tapeinṓthete tapeinṓthēte tapeinousthai tapeinoûsthai
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 18:4 V-FIA-3S
GRK: ὅστις οὖν ταπεινώσει ἑαυτὸν ὡς
NAS: Whoever then humbles himself as this
KJV: therefore shall humble himself
INT: whoever therefore will humble himself as

Matthew 23:12 V-FIP-3S
GRK: ὑψώσει ἑαυτὸν ταπεινωθήσεται καὶ ὅστις
NAS: himself shall be humbled; and whoever
KJV: himself shall be abased; and
INT: will exalt himself will be humbled and whoever

Matthew 23:12 V-FIA-3S
GRK: καὶ ὅστις ταπεινώσει ἑαυτὸν ὑψωθήσεται
NAS: and whoever humbles himself
KJV: he that shall humble himself
INT: and whoever will humble himself will be exalted

Luke 3:5 V-FIP-3S
GRK: καὶ βουνὸς ταπεινωθήσεται καὶ ἔσται
NAS: AND HILL WILL BE BROUGHT LOW; THE CROOKED
KJV: hill shall be brought low; and
INT: and hill will be made low and will become

Luke 14:11 V-FIP-3S
GRK: ὑψῶν ἑαυτὸν ταπεινωθήσεται καὶ ὁ
NAS: himself will be humbled, and he who humbles
KJV: himself shall be abased; and
INT: exalts himself will be humbled and he that

Luke 14:11 V-PPA-NMS
GRK: καὶ ὁ ταπεινῶν ἑαυτὸν ὑψωθήσεται
NAS: will be humbled, and he who humbles himself
KJV: and he that humbleth himself
INT: and he that humbles himself will be exalted

Luke 18:14 V-FIP-3S
GRK: ὑψῶν ἑαυτὸν ταπεινωθήσεται ὁ δὲ
NAS: himself will be humbled, but he who humbles
KJV: himself shall be abased; and
INT: exalts himself will be humbled the [one who] however

Luke 18:14 V-PPA-NMS
GRK: ὁ δὲ ταπεινῶν ἑαυτὸν ὑψωθήσεται
NAS: will be humbled, but he who humbles himself
KJV: and he that humbleth himself
INT: the [one who] however humbles himself will be exalted

2 Corinthians 11:7 V-PPA-NMS
GRK: ἐποίησα ἐμαυτὸν ταπεινῶν ἵνα ὑμεῖς
NAS: a sin in humbling myself
KJV: an offence in abasing myself
INT: did I commit myself humbling that you

2 Corinthians 12:21 V-ASA-3S
GRK: ἐλθόντος μου ταπεινώσῃ με ὁ
NAS: my God may humiliate me before
KJV: my God will humble me among
INT: having come of me should humble me the

Philippians 2:8 V-AIA-3S
GRK: ὡς ἄνθρωπος ἐταπείνωσεν ἑαυτὸν γενόμενος
NAS: as a man, He humbled Himself
KJV: a man, he humbled himself,
INT: as a man he humbled himself having become

Philippians 4:12 V-PNM/P
GRK: οἶδα καὶ ταπεινοῦσθαι οἶδα καὶ
NAS: I know how to get along with humble means, and I also
KJV: I know both how to be abased, and
INT: I know also [how] to be brought low I know also

James 4:10 V-AMP-2P
GRK: ταπεινώθητε ἐνώπιον Κυρίου
NAS: Humble yourselves in the presence
KJV: Humble yourselves in the sight
INT: Humble yourselves before Lord

1 Peter 5:6 V-AMP-2P
GRK: Ταπεινώθητε οὖν ὑπὸ
NAS: Therefore humble yourselves under
KJV: Humble yourselves therefore under
INT: Be humbled therefore under

Strong's Greek 5013
14 Occurrences


ἐταπείνωσεν — 1 Occ.
ταπεινῶν — 3 Occ.
ταπεινώσῃ — 1 Occ.
ταπεινώσει — 2 Occ.
ταπεινωθήσεται — 4 Occ.
ταπεινώθητε — 2 Occ.
ταπεινοῦσθαι — 1 Occ.

















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