- Transliteration: Tapeinos

- Phonetic: tap-i-nos'

- Definition:

1. not rising far from the ground

2. metaph.

a. as a condition, lowly, of low degree

b. brought low with grief, depressed

c. lowly in spirit, humble

d. in a bad sense, deporting one's self abjectly, deferring servilely to others

- Origin: of uncertain derivation

- TDNT entry: 08:01,1

- Part(s) of speech: Adjective

- Strong's: Of uncertain derivation; depressed that is (figuratively) humiliated (in circumstances or disposition): - base cast down humble of low degree (estate) lowly.