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)