Greek noun (feminine) · G5012
ταπεινοφροσύνη
tapeinophrosynetap-i-nof-ros-oo'-nay
humility
7 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: tapeinophrosýnē
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5012is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5012
humiliation of mind, i.e. modesty
The King James renders it: humbleness of mind, humility (of mind, loneliness (of mind).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
tapeinophrosyne is rendered "humility". It stands 7 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Three of the uses stand in Colossians, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 20:19I served the Lord with great humility and with tears, especially in the trials that came upon me through the plots of the Jews.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
I served the Lord with great humility and with tears, especially in the trials that came upon me through the plots of the Jews.
Acts 20:19ταπεινοφροσύνης
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's seven uses are in Colossians.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- humility5
- in humility1
- with humility1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ταπεινόω | tapeinoo | to humble | Uses14 |
| ταπεινός | tapeinos | lowly | Uses8 |
| ταπείνωσις | tapeinosis | lowliness | Uses4 |
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ταπεινοφροσύνῃ3
- ταπεινοφροσύνην2
- ταπεινοφροσύνης2
The grammar of each form
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular3N-DSF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular2N-ASF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular2N-GSF
Acts
one use
I served the Lord with great humility and with tears, especially in the trials that came upon me through the plots of the Jews.
- ταπεινοφροσύνηςtapeinophrosunesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: humility
Ephesians
one use
with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
- ταπεινοφροσύνηςtapeinophrosunesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: humility
Philippians
one use
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
- ταπεινοφροσύνῃtapeinophrosunenoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: in humility
Colossians
three uses
Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind.
- ταπεινοφροσύνῃtapeinophrosunenoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: humility
Such restrictions indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-prescribed worship, their false humility, and their harsh treatment of the body; but they are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.
- ταπεινοφροσύνῃtapeinophrosunenoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: with humility
Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
- ταπεινοφροσύνηνtapeinophrosunennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: humility
1 Peter
one use
Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
- ταπεινοφροσύνηνtapeinophrosunennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: humility
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.