ταπεινόω, -ῶ
(< ταπεινός), [in LXX chiefly for עָנָה, also for שָׁפֵל, כָּנַע, etc.;]
to make low: ὄρος (βουνόν), Lk 3:5(LXX). Metaph., to humble, abase: Mt 18:423:12, Lk 14:1118:14, II Co 11:712:21, Phl 2:8; pass., Mt 23:12, Lk 14:1118:14, Phl 4:12; id. with mid. sense, Ja 4:10, I Pe 5:6.†