What does ταπείνωσις (tapeínōsis) mean in the Bible?
ταπείνωσις (tapeínōsis): Humiliation or low social/spiritual estate resulting from external circumstances or divine action, not mere feeling
Greek · G5014
ταπείνωσις
Depression (in rank or feeling)
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ταπείνωσις G5014
Pronunciation tapeínōsis
What does ταπείνωσις (tapeínōsis) mean in the Bible?
ταπείνωσις (tapeínōsis): Humiliation or low social/spiritual estate resulting from external circumstances or divine action, not mere feeling
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5014?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include humble state (1), humiliation (1), low position (1), lowly (1).
Where does ταπείνωσις (tapeínōsis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 1:48. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1), James (1), Luke (1), Philippians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It humble state 1× Luke 1:48
humiliation 1× Acts 8:33
low position 1× James 1:10
lowly 1× Philippians 3:21
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 1:48
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 4
Luke 1 Acts 1 Philippians 1 James 1
Source forms
ταπεινώσει 2x tapeinōsei Acts 8:33, James 1:10
ταπεινώσεως 1x tapeinōseōs Philippians 3:21
ταπείνωσιν 1x tapeinōsin Luke 1:48
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 2x Acts 8:33, James 1:10
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x Luke 1:48
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Philippians 3:21
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Humiliation or low social/spiritual estate resulting from external circumstances or divine action, not mere feeling
Strong's G5014
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 3 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
depression (in rank or feeling)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Humiliation or low social/spiritual estate resulting from external circumstances or divine action, not mere feeling
(ταπεινόω), [in LXX chiefly for עֳנִי ;] abasement, humiliation, low estate: Luk.1:48, Act.8:33" (LXX), Php.3:21, Jas.1:10 (Plat., Arist., and later writers).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 1:48 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ταπείνωσιν tapeinwsin
abasement, low condition
Read verse Acts 8:33 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ταπεινώσει tapeinwsei
abasement, low condition
Read verse Philippians 3:21 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ταπεινώσεως tapeinwsewv
abasement, low condition
Read verse James 1:10 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ταπεινώσει tapeinwsei
abasement, low condition
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Dative (2) Number pattern Singular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Phil 3:21 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Acts 8:33 · Jas 1:10 2×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Luke 1:48 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
Luke 1:46–55 ταπείνωσιν tapeínōsis
Humiliation, low estate
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Word Origins
ταπείνωσις is built from this root:
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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
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain