ταπεινός

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lowly

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)