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ταπεινοφροσύνη

Humility

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ταπεινοφροσύνη G5012
Pronunciation tapeinophrosýnē

What does ταπεινοφροσύνη (tapeinophrosýnē) mean in the Bible?

ταπεινοφροσύνη (tapeinophrosýnē) is a Greek word meaning "humility". ταπεινοφροσύνη, -ης, ἡ (ταπεινόφρων) lowliness of mind, humility: Act. Defines the attitude necessary for gospel unity.

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Meaning

humility
Extended definition

Lowliness of mind; humility marked by recognition of one's true spiritual condition before God

(ταπεινόφρων) lowliness of mind, humility: Act.20:19, Eph.4:2, Php.2:3, Col.3:12, 1Pe.5:5; of a false humility, Col.2:18, 23 (rare outside of NT, but found in bad sense in FlJ, BJ, iv, 9, 2; also in Epictet., see Tr., Syn., § xlii).

Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Why This Word Matters
Defines the attitude necessary for gospel unity. Philippians 2:1–4
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Genitive · Singular · Feminine Acts 20:19 · Eph 4:2 2×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Phil 2:3 · Col 2:18 · Col 2:23 3×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Col 3:12 · 1 Pet 5:5 2×
7 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

New Testament Witnesses
Philippians 2:1–4 ταπεινοφροσύνη tapeinophrosýnē Dative · Singular · Feminine
humility of mind
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Acts 20 — Paul’s Farewell Charge to Shepherd the Church of God Colossians 2 — Fullness in Christ and Freedom from Christ-Plus Religion Colossians 3 — Raised with Christ: Putting Off the Old Life and Putting On the New Ephesians 4 — Walking Worthy: Unity, Maturity, and the New Life in Christ Philippians 2 — The Mind of Christ and the Humility of Gospel Witness

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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