ταπεινός
low
‘low’ is one of 2 main senses fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Adjective
- A word that describes or qualifies a noun.
Case
- Nominative
- The case of the subject (and the predicate nominative).
- Accusative
- The case of the direct object and of extent.
- Dative
- The case of the indirect object, means, or location — “to / for / with / in.”
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Neuter
- Grammatically neuter.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one.
Every verse where G5011 appears in the Book of Luke — 1 distinct verse. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
Luke
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
ταπεινος (tapeinós) is a Greek adjective most often rendered “low.” Debuting at Matthew 11:29, it then recurs through the corpus. The Greek New Testament uses it across 8 verses — uncommon. 2 Corinthians dominates its distribution — 2 of 8 verses. Its lexical range runs to 2 senses. The sections below give every sense, occurrence, and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G5011 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 8
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 8 distinct verses.
- 6 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 6 of 27 New Testament books.
- #1,240
- by frequency
- Top 2500 most frequent Greek words (rank 1,240 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 8 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- 2 Corinthians 2 verses 25%
- James 2 verses 25%
- Matthew 1 verse 13%
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 8 distinct verses.
- Pauline corpus 3 verses · 38%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 3 verses · 38%
- Gospels 2 verses · 25%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 1 verse · 13%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Humble 2×, Low degree 2×
- American Standard Version: Lowly 3×, Humble 2×, Low degree 2×
- Berean Standard Bible: Humble 5×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Humble 4×, Lowly 2×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G5011 across 7 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 3 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G5011 across 8 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 1 rendering that appears only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G5011 across 8 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 3 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G5011 across 10 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 4 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 2 senses Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- not rising far from the ground
- metaph.
Word origin
Origin: of uncertain derivation
Of uncertain derivation; depressed that is (figuratively) humiliated (in circumstances or disposition): - base cast down humble of low degree (estate) lowly.
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Forms in the corpus
The 4 distinct written forms G5011 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that case’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ταπεινοῖς tapeinoîs | Adjective, Dative, Plural, Masculine | James 4:6 | 3 |
| ταπεινὸς tapeinòs | Adjective, Nominative, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 11:29 | 3 |
| ταπεινούς tapeinoús | Adjective, Accusative, Plural, Masculine | Luke 1:52 | 1 |
| ταπεινοὺς tapeinoùs | Adjective, Accusative, Plural, Masculine | 2 Corinthians 7:6 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G5011, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
Compare all same-root words → They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word ταπεινος appears 47 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 45 verses in 14 books.
- 47
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 45
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 14 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 14 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Leviticus 13:3 ταπεινός
- Joshua 11:16 ταπεινός
- Judges 1:15 ταπεινός
- 1 Samuel 18:13 ταπεινός
- Job 5:11 ταπεινός
- Psalms 9:39 ταπεινός
- Proverbs 3:34 ταπεινός
- Ecclesiastes 10:6 ταπεινός
- Isaiah 2:11 ταπεινός
- Jeremiah 22:16 ταπεινός
- Ezekiel 17:24 ταπεινός
- Daniel 3:37 ταπεινός
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G5011) appears in the Greek Septuagint. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Leviticus 13:3 ταπεινός and the priest shall examine the plague in the skin of the body: and if the hair in the plague has turned white, and the appearance of the plague is deeper than the body's skin, it is the plague of leprosy; and the priest shall examine him, and pronounce him unclean.
- Leviticus 13:4 ταπεινός If the bright spot is white in the skin of his body, and the appearance of it isn't deeper than the skin, and the hair of it hasn't turned white, then the priest shall isolate the infected person for seven days.
- Leviticus 13:20 ταπεινός and the priest shall examine it; and, behold, if the appearance of it is lower than the skin, and the hair of it has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is the plague of leprosy. It has broken out in the boil.
- Leviticus 13:21 ταπεινός But if the priest examines it, and, behold, there are no white hairs in it, and it isn't deeper than the skin, but is dim, then the priest shall isolate him seven days.
- Leviticus 13:25 ταπεινός then the priest shall examine it; and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot has turned white, and the appearance of it is deeper than the skin; it is leprosy. It has broken out in the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is the plague of leprosy.
- Leviticus 13:26 ταπεινός But if the priest examines it, and, behold, there is no white hair in the bright spot, and it isn't lower than the skin, but is faded; then the priest shall isolate him seven days.
- Leviticus 14:37 ταπεινός He shall examine the plague; and, behold, if the plague is in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, and it appears to be deeper than the wall;
- Leviticus 27:8 ταπεινός But if he is poorer than your valuation, then he shall be set before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to the ability of him who vowed shall the priest value him.
- Joshua 11:16 ταπεινός So Joshua took all that land, the hill-country, and all the South, and all the land of Goshen, and the lowland, and the Arabah, and the hill-country of Israel, and the lowland of the same;
- Judges 1:15 ταπεινός She said to him, Give me a blessing; for that you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water. Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
- 1 Samuel 18:13 ταπεινός Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
- Job 5:11 ταπεινός So that he sets up on high those who are low, Those who mourn are exalted to safety.
- Job 12:21 ταπεινός He pours contempt on princes, And loosens the belt of the strong.
- Psalms 9:39 ταπεινός
- Psalms 17:28 ταπεινός
- Psalms 33:19 ταπεινός To deliver their soul from death, To keep them alive in famine.
- Psalms 81:3 ταπεινός Blow the trumpet at the New Moon, At the full moon, on our feast day.
- Psalms 101:18 ταπεινός
- Psalms 112:6 ταπεινός For he will never be shaken. The righteous will be remembered forever.
- Psalms 137:6 ταπεινός Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don't remember you; If I don't prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.
- Proverbs 3:34 ταπεινός Surely he mocks the mockers, But he gives grace to the humble.
- Proverbs 11:2 ταπεινός When pride comes, then comes shame, But with humility comes wisdom.
- Proverbs 16:1 ταπεινός The plans of the heart belong to man, But the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh.
- Proverbs 30:14 ταπεινός There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, And their jaws like knives, To devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.
- Ecclesiastes 10:6 ταπεινός Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.
- Isaiah 2:11 ταπεινός The lofty looks of man will be brought low, The haughtiness of men will be bowed down, And Yahweh alone will be exalted in that day.
- Isaiah 11:4 ταπεινός but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips shall he kill the wicked.
- Isaiah 14:32 ταπεινός What then shall one answer the messengers of the nation? That Yahweh has founded Zion, and in her shall the afflicted of his people take refuge.
- Isaiah 25:4 ταπεινός For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the awesome ones is as a storm against the wall.
- Isaiah 26:6 ταπεινός The foot shall tread it down; even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
- Isaiah 32:7 ταπεινός The instruments of the churl are evil: he devises wicked devices to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.
- Isaiah 49:13 ταπεινός Sing, heavens; and be joyful, earth; and break forth into singing, mountains: for Yahweh has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.
- Isaiah 54:11 ταπεινός you afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in beautiful colors, and lay your foundations with sapphires.
- Isaiah 58:4 ταπεινός Behold, you fast for strife and contention, and to strike with the fist of wickedness: you don't fast this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high.
- Isaiah 66:2 ταπεινός For all these things has my hand made, and [so] all these things came to be, says Yahweh: but to this man will I look, even to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.
- Jeremiah 22:16 ταπεινός He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Wasn't this to know me? says Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 17:24 ταπεινός All the trees of the field shall know that I, Yahweh, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish; I, Yahweh, have spoken and have done it.
- Ezekiel 21:31 ταπεινός I will pour out my indignation on you; I will blow on you with the fire of my wrath; and I will deliver you into the hand of brutish men, skillful to destroy.
- Ezekiel 29:14 ταπεινός and I will bring back the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their birth; and they shall be there a base kingdom.
- Daniel 3:37 ταπεινός
- Daniel 3:87 ταπεινός
- Amos 2:7 ταπεινός They trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, And deny justice to the oppressed; And a man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name;
- Amos 8:6 ταπεινός That we may buy the poor for silver, And the needy for a pair of shoes, And sell the sweepings with the wheat?'"
- Zephaniah 2:3 ταπεινός Seek Yahweh, all you humble of the land, who have kept his ordinances. Seek righteousness. Seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of Yahweh's anger.
- Zephaniah 3:12 ταπεινός But I will leave in the midst of you an afflicted and poor people, and they will take refuge in the name of Yahweh.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G5011) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
