ταπεινός

ταπεινός, -ή, -όν

[in LXX for שָׁפָל, עָנִי, etc. ;]

low-lying; metaphorically,

(a) lowly, of low degree, brought low: Jak 1,9, 2 Kor 7,6 (cf. Sir 25,23); οἱ τ., opposite to δυνάσται, Luk 1,52 τ. ταπεινοῖς (neut., R, txt.; masc., R, mg.; see ICC, in l), Rom 12,16

(b) lowly in spirit, humble, in cl. usually in a slighting sense (see Tr., Syn., § xlii; but see also Abbott, Essays, 81), in NT in an honourable sense: 2 Kor 10,1 before τ. καρδίᾳ, Matt 11,29 (cf. Sl 34,19); opposite to ὑπερήφανος, Jak 4,6, 1 Pet 5,5" (LXX) .†