ταπεινόω

ταπεινόω — tapeinóō

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, Luk 3:5 from Isa 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): Mat 23:12; Luk 14:11; Luk 18:14. β. ταπεινῷ ἐμαυτόν, to humble or abase myself, by frugal living, 2Co 11:7; in the passive of one who submits to want, Php 4:12; ἑαυτόν, of one who stoops to the condition of s servant, Php 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, Mat 18:4; Mat 23:12; Luk 14:11; Luk 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, Jas 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, Lev 16:29; Lev 16:31; Lev 23:27; Lev 23:32; Isa 58:3; Isa 58:5; Isa 58:10; 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, 1Pe 5:6 (cf. Gen 16:9); equivalent to to put to the blush, 2Co 12:21. ((Hippocrates), Xenophon, Plato, Diodorus, Plutarch; the Sept. for עָנָה, שָׁפֵל and הִשְׁפִּיל, דִּכָּא, הִכְנִיעַ, etc.) (See references under the word ταπεινοφροσύνη.)