τᾰπειν-όω,

lower, in point of height, reduce, σπλῆνα (swollen spleen) Dsc. 2.155: - Pass., πᾶν ὄρος ταπεινωθήσεται LXX Isa 40:4; πρόσωπον ἐκ μετεώρου ταπεινούμενον Hp. Coac. 208; of a plant, decrease in size, Thphr. HP 7.13.9; of rivers, D.S. 1.36; Astrol., of a planet, suffer dejection, Vett.Val. 119.15.

II metaph., lessen, τὸν φθόνον Plu. Per. 32; τὸ ἐν μέλιτι χολῶδες Gal. 15.683 (to expl. κολάζεται in Hp. Acut. 59); disparage, minimize, Plb. 6.15.7, cf. 3.85.7: - Pass., to be lowered or lessened, Pl. Ti. 72d.

2. humble, abase, X. An. 6.3.18; τ. καὶ συστέλλων Pl. Ly. 210e; ταπεινώσαντες.. τοὺς νῦν ἐπηρμένους Aeschin. 3.235: - Pass., ταπεινωθεὶς ἕπεται Pl. Phdr. 254e; ὑπὸ πενίας Id. R. 553c, Phld. Rh. 1.225 S.; τεταπείνωται ἡ τῶν Ἀθηναίων δόξα X. Mem. 3.5.4; ἐταπεινοῦντο ταῖς ἐλπίσι D.S. 13.11; τεταπεινωμένων τῶν ἄλλων διὰ τὴν τῶν πραγμάτων κατάστασιν Anon. Oxy. 664.22. violate a woman, LXX Gen 34:2, 2Ki 13:12; 2Ki 13:14, Eze 22:10-11.

3. in moral sense, make lowly, humble, ἑαυτόν Phld. Vit. p.38 J., Mat 23:12, al.: - Pass., humble oneself, τὴν θεὸν ἐξιλάσαντο τῷ ταπεινοῦσθαι σφόδρα Men. 544, cf. LXX Gen 16:9, Si. 18.21, 1Pe 5:6.

4. esp. of fasting or abstinence, θεοῦ ᾧ πᾶσα ψυχὴ ἐν τῇ σήμερον ἡμέρᾳ (i.e. on a fast-day) ταπεινοῦται μεθ’ ἱκετείας SIG 1181.11 (Rhenea, Jewish, ii A.D.); ἐὰν ψυχὴν τεταπεινωμένην ἐμπλήσῃς feed the hungry, LXX Isa 58:10, cf. Lev 23:27, al.; οἶδα ταπεινοῦσθαι, opp. περισσεύειν, Php 4:12.

ταπεινόω tapeinoō 14x

    to bring low, depress, level, Luk 3:5;

    met. to humble, abase, Php 2:8;

    mid. to descend to, or live in, a humble condition, 2Co 11:7; Php 4:12;     to humble, depress the pride of, any one, Mat 18:4;

    mid. to humble one’s self, exhibit humility and contrition, Jas 4:10; 1Pe 5:6;

    to humble with respect to hopes and expectations, to depress with disappointment, Mat 23:12; Luk 14:11; Luk 18:14; 2Co 12:21* humble; humiliate; make low.

G5013 — 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, Phi 4:12; ἑαυτόν, of one who stoops to the condition of s servant, Phi 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, Jam 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.)

ταπεινόω , - ῶ

( < ταπεινός ),

[in LXX chiefly for H6030, also for H8213, H3665, etc.;]

to make low: ὄρος ( βουνόν ), Luk 3:5 ( LXX ). Metaph ., to humble, abase: Mat 18:4; Mat 23:12, Luk 14:11; Luk 18:14, 2Co 11:7; 2Co 12:21, Php 2:8; pass ., Mat 23:12, Luk 14:11; Luk 18:14, Php 4:12; id . with mid . sense, Jas 4:10, 1Pe 5:6. †

詞類次數：動詞（14）

原文字根：（使成）卑微 相當於：H8213（שָׁפֵל‎）

字義溯源：降為卑，降卑，謙卑，降低，慚愧，自卑，卑，削平；源自（G5011（ταπεινός）*=喪氣）

出現次數：總共（14）；太（3）；路（5）；林後（2）；腓（2）；雅（1）；彼前（1）

譯字彙編：

1）卑的（2）太23:12；路18:14；

2）必降為卑（2）路14:11；路18:14；

3）你們當自卑（1）雅4:10；

4）處卑微（1）腓4:12；

5）你們要謙卑（1）彼前5:6；

6）他就⋯卑微（1）腓2:8；

7）慚愧（1）林後12:21；

8）卑（1）路14:11；

9）必被降卑（1）太23:12；

10）都要削平（1）路3:5；

11）謙卑（1）太18:4；

12）居卑微（1）林後11:7