Greek verb · G5013
ταπεινόω
tapeinootap-i-no'-o
to humble
14 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: tapeinóō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5013is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5013
to depress; figuratively, to humiliate (in condition or heart)
The King James renders it: abase, bring low, humble (self).
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
tapeinoo is rendered "to humble". It stands 14 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Five of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 18:4Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 18:4ταπεινώσει
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Five of the word's fourteen uses are in Luke.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- humbling3
- will be humbled3
- do be humbled2
- will humble2
- He humbled1
- he may humble1
- to be brought low1
- will be made low1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ταπεινός | tapeinos | lowly | Uses8 |
| ταπεινοφροσύνη | tapeinophrosyne | humility | Uses7 |
| ταπείνωσις | tapeinosis | lowliness | Uses4 |
All 14, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 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
- ταπεινωθήσεται4
- ταπεινῶν3
- ταπεινώθητε2
- ταπεινώσει2
- ἐταπείνωσεν1
- ταπεινοῦσθαι1
- ταπεινώσῃ1
The grammar of each form
- verb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singular4V-FPI-3S
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular3V-PAP-NSM
- verb · aorist passive, command · 2nd person plural2V-APM-2P
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-FAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular1V-AAS-3S
- verb · present passive, infinitive (“to…”)1V-PPN
Matthew
three uses
Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
- ταπεινώσειtapeinoseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will humble
For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
- ταπεινωθήσεταιtapeinothesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be humbled
- ταπεινώσειtapeinoseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will humble
Luke
five uses
Every valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill made low. The crooked ways shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth.
- ταπεινωθήσεταιtapeinothesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be made low
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
- ταπεινωθήσεταιtapeinothesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be humbled
- ταπεινῶνtapeinonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: humbling
I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
- ταπεινωθήσεταιtapeinothesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be humbled
- ταπεινῶνtapeinonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: humbling
2 Corinthians
two uses
Was it a sin for me to humble myself in order to exalt you, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?
- ταπεινῶνtapeinonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: humbling
I am afraid that when I come again, my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of their acts of impurity, sexual immorality, and debauchery.
- ταπεινώσῃtapeinoseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: he may humble
Philippians
two uses
And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross.
- ἐταπείνωσενetapeinosenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He humbled
I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. I am accustomed to any and every situation—to being filled and being hungry, to having plenty and having need.
- ταπεινοῦσθαιtapeinousthaiverb · present passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be brought low
James
one use
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
- ταπεινώθητεtapeinotheteverb · aorist passive, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do be humbled
1 Peter
one use
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.
- ταπεινώθητεtapeinotheteverb · aorist passive, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do be humbled
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.