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G05011

An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Keyed to Strong's Numbers

ταπεινός

Alt. τα^πεινός, ή, όν

"low":

1. of Place, "lying low", Hdt.; ταπεινὰ νέμεσθαι to live "in low regions", Pind.; of stature or size, "low", Xen.

2. of the condition of persons, "brought down, humbled, submissive", Hdt., Aesch., etc.: "of low rank, lowly, mean", Lat. vilis, Eur., etc.: "small, poor, weak", id=Eur., Dem.:—adv., ταπεινῶς πράττειν to be "poorly off", Isocr.

3. of the spirits, "humbled, dejected", Thuc., Xen.

4. in moral sense, partly bad, "mean, base, abject", Xen., etc.; partly good, "lowly, humble", id=Xen., NTest.

5. of things, "mean, low, poor", τ. σχῆμα "mean" apparel, Xen.: of style, "low, poor", Arist.; adv., ταπεινῶς λέγειν id=Arist.