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ταπεινός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ταπεινός

Structure: ταπειν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. low, (of place) low-lying
  2. (of persons) humbled, abased in power, pride; submissive; small, poor, weak
  3. (of the spirits) downcast, dejected
  4. (in moral sense);, (bad) mean, base, abject
  5. (good) lowly, humble

Examples

  • Κύριοσ πτωχίζει καὶ πλουτίζει, ταπεινοῖ καὶ ἀνυψοῖ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 2:7)
  • καὶ ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ εὐλόγει Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν καὶ παῤ αὐτοῦ αἴτησον, ὅπωσ αἱ ὁδοί σου εὐθεῖαι γένωνται, καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ τρίβοι καὶ βουλαί σου εὐοδωθῶσι. διότι πᾶν ἔθνοσ οὐκ ἔχει βουλήν, ἀλλ̓ αὐτὸσ ὁ Κύριοσ δίδωσι πάντα τὰ ἀγαθὰ καὶ ὃν ἐὰν θέλῃ, ταπεινοῖ, καθὼσ βούλεται. καὶ νῦν, παιδίον, μνημόνευε τῶν ἐντολῶν μου, καὶ μὴ ἐξαλειφθήτωσαν ἐκ τῆσ καρδίασ σου. (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 4:19)
  • τότε ἠλάλαξαν οἱ ταπεινοί μου, καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν οἱ ἀσθενοῦντέσ μου καὶ ἐπτοήθησαν, ὕψωσαν τὴν φωνὴν αὐτῶν καὶ ἀνετράπησαν. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 16:11)
  • κ καὶ φῶσ καὶ ἥλιοσ ἀνέτειλε, καὶ οἱ ταπεινοὶ ὑψώθησαν καὶ κατέφαγον τοὺσ ἐνδόξουσ. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 1:10)
  • ὅτι ὁ Θεὸσ κριτήσ ἐστι, τοῦτον ταπεινοῖ καὶ τοῦτον ὑψοῖ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 74:8)

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