noun · feminine
tapeinōsias
Strong’sG5014
abasement, low condition
stem tapeinōsi-4 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ταπείνωσις, -εως, ἡ
(< ταπεινόω), [in LXX chiefly for עֳנִי;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5014 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidtap-i'-no-sis
depression (in rank or feeling)
Fromfrom G5013;
King Jameshumiliation, be made low, low estate, vile.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
lowering, of a movement in dancing, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 lessening, opposed to αὔξησις, Refs 4th c.BC+; reduction of a swelling, Refs 2nd c.AD+
3 humiliation, abasement, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἀγέννεια καὶ τ. Refs 1st c.BC+; low estate, low condition, LXX+NT
4 lowness of style, Refs 1st c.AD+
5 dejection of a planet (compare ταπείνωμα), Refs 2nd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | tapeinōsias | tapeinōsiais |
| object accusative | tapeinōsian1×ταπείνωσιν | tapeinōsiain |
| direct address vocative | tapeinōsiar | tapeinōsiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | tapeinōsiau1×ταπεινώσεως | tapeinōsiaiu |
| to, for dative | tapeinōsia2×ταπεινώσει | tapeinōsiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
tapeinōsia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
tapeinōsian“humble state”objectaccusative singular1×
Luke 1:48hoti epiblepata epi tan tapeinōsian tau doulau autou, idou gar apo …… has looked with favor on the humble state of His servant. From now on …
tapeinōsiau“lowly”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Philippians 3:21hos metaschēmatizati tem sōmem tau tapeinōsiau nu summorfem te sōme tau doxau …… things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious …
tapeinōsia“humiliation”to, fordative singular2×
Acts 8:33en ta tapeinōsia tas krisias autou airita; tan genean …In His humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who …
James 1:10“humiliation”tos de plousios en ta tapeinōsia autou, hoti hōs anthem chortou parercheti.But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.