ταπεινός, -ή, -όν

[in LXX for שָׁפָל, עָנִי, etc. ;]

low-lying; metaphorically,

__(a) lowly, of low degree, brought low: Jas.1:9, 2Co.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: 2Co.10:1; before τ. καρδίᾳ, Mat.11:29 (cf. Psa.34:19); opposite to ὑπερήφανος, Jas.4:6, 1Pe.5:5" (LXX) .†

(AS)

lowly, of low degree, brought low; lowly in spirit, humble