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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

  • καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ἀσχά. δὸσ δή μοι εὐλογίαν, ὅτι εἰσ γῆν νότου ἐκδέδοσαί με, καὶ δώσεισ μοι λύτρωσιν ὕδατοσ. καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῇ Χάλεβ κατὰ τὴν καρδίαν αὐτῆσ λύτρωσιν μετεώρων καὶ λύτρωσιν ταπεινῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 1:15)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἐν πλήθει τὸ κράτοσ σου, οὐδὲ ἡ δυναστεία σου ἐν ἰσχύουσιν, ἀλλὰ ταπεινῶν εἶ Θεόσ, ἐλαττόνων εἶ βοηθόσ, ἀντιλήπτωρ ἀσθενούντων, ἀπεγνωσμένων σκεπαστήσ, ἀπηλπισμένων σωτήρ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 9:11)
  • ἐπέβλεψεν ἐπὶ τὴν προσευχὴν τῶν ταπεινῶν καὶ οὐκ ἐξουδένωσε τὴν δέησιν αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 101:18)
  • ἀναλαμβάνων πρᾳεῖσ ὁ Κύριοσ, ταπεινῶν δὲ ἁμαρτωλοὺσ ἕωσ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 146:6)
  • οὗ ἐὰν εἰσέλθῃ ὕβρισ, ἐκεῖ καὶ ἀτιμία. στόμα δὲ ταπεινῶν μελετᾷ σοφίαν (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 11:2)

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