Definition:
ταπεινός, -ή, -όν [in LXX for שָׁפָל, עָנִי, etc;] low-lying; metaphorically, (a) lowly, of low degree, brought low: Jas.1:9, 2Co.7:6 (cf. Sir.25:23); οἱ τ, opposite to δυνάσται, Luk.1:52; τ. ταπεινοῖς (neut, R, txt; masc, R, mg; see ICC, in l), Rom.12:16; (b) lowly in spirit, humble, in cl. usually in a slighting sense (see Tr, Syn., § xlii; but see also Abbott, Essays, 81), in NT in an honourable sense: 2Co.10:1; before τ. καρδίᾳ, Mat.11:29 (cf. Psa.34:19); opposite to ὑπερήφανος, Jas.4:6, 1Pe.5:5 " (LXX). (AS)
Definition:
τᾰπεινός, ή, όν,
low:
1) of Place,
low-lying, χώρη [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; νῆσος [
Refs 1st c.BC+]; ταπεινὰ νέμεσθαι to live in
low regions, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of stature or size,
low, ὀστᾶ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of position in the body, τὰ τ. τοῦ θώρακος [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of a river,
low, opposed to μέγας, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]; of stars,
low, i.e. near the horizon, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; but also,
near the earth, [
Refs]; of the sun, opposed to ὑψηλός, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; λοξὸς καὶ τ. [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2) of persons,
humbled, abased in power, pride, etc, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; σὺ δ᾽ οὐδέπω τ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
submissive, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἱ τ. τῶν πόλεων
small, poor, weak, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. δύναμις [
Refs 4th c.BC+];
of low intelligence, αἱ τῶν ἀσυνέτων καὶ τ. ἀνθρώπων ψυχαί [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
adverb, ταπεινῶς (or ταπεινὰ) πράττειν to be
in low estate or
obscurity, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3) of the spirits,
downcast, dejected, διάνοια [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
4) in moral sense, either bad,
mean, base, abject, τ. καὶ ἀνελεύθερος [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; or good,
lowly, humble, [
Refs 5th c.BC+], frequently in
NT, [
NT]
5) of things,
mean, low, poor, τ. καὶ ἄπορος δίαιτα [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
superlative, -οτάτη περίστασις [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; θεωρία -οτέρα, opposed to τιμιωτέρα, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; of style,
low, poor, τ. λέξις, opposed to κεκοσμημένη, [
Refs]
adverb, -νῶς λέγειν
in a submissive manner, [
Refs]
Definition:
depressed, i.e. (figuratively) humiliated (in circumstances or disposition); base, cast down, humble, of low degree (estate), lowly; of uncertain derivation;