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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

  • ΠΑΝΤΑ τὰ ἔργα τοῦ ταπεινοῦ φανερὰ παρὰ τῷ Θεῷ, οἱ δὲ ἀσεβεῖσ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κακῇ ὀλοῦνται. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 16:1)
  • ὅσῳ μέγασ εἶ, τοσούτῳ ταπεινοῦ σεαυτόν, καὶ ἔναντι Κυρίου εὑρήσεισ χάριν. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 3:18)
  • προσφιλῇ συναγωγῇ σεαυτὸν ποίει καὶ μεγιστᾶνι ταπείνου τὴν κεφαλήν σου. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 4:7)
  • ΣΟΦΙΑ ταπεινοῦ ἀνυψώσει κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν μέσῳ μεγιστάνων καθίσει αὐτόν. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 11:1)
  • προσευχὴ ταπεινοῦ νεφέλασ διῆλθε, καὶ ἕωσ συνεγγίσῃ, οὐ μὴ παρακληθῇ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 35:17)

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