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It is the quality of having a humble opinion of oneself, a deep sense of one's moral littleness, and a modest view of one's importance. In the New Testament, it is often used to describe the attitude believers should have towards God and others, emphasizing the importance of selflessness and servitude.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, humility was not typically seen as a virtue. The culture often valued honor, status, and self-promotion. However, the Christian teaching, as exemplified by Jesus Christ, turned this cultural norm on its head by elevating humility as a key virtue. The early Christian community was called to embody this counter-cultural value, reflecting the humility of Christ in their relationships and community life.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>5012</b> <i>tapeinophrosýnē</i> (a noun, derived from <a href="/greek/5011.htm">5011</a> <i>/tapeinós</i>, "low, humble" and <a href="/greek/5424.htm">5424</a> <i>/phrḗn</i>, "moderation as <i>regulated</i> by inner perspective") – properly, <i>low</i>; <i>humility</i>, "<i>lowliness</i>" of human pride (self-government); that <i>quality</i> of mindset of "having a humble opinion of oneself, i.e. a deep sense of one's (moral) littleness – i.e. lowliness of mind" (J. Thayer).</p><p class="discovery">In Scripture, <a href="/greek/5012.htm">5012</a> <i>/tapeinophrosýnē</i> ("lowliness, humility") is an inside-out virtue produced by comparing ourselves <i>to the Lord</i> (rather than to others). This brings behavior into alignment with this inner revelation to keep one from being <i>self-exalting</i> (self-determining, self-inflated). For the believer, <a href="/greek/5012.htm">5012</a> <i>/tapeinophrosýnē</i> ("humility") means living in <i>complete dependence on the Lord</i>, i.e. with no reliance on <i>self</i> (the flesh).</p><p class="discovery">[<a href="/greek/5012.htm">5012</a> (<i>tapeinophrosýnē</i>) is atypically used of <i>false</i> humility in Col 2:18,23.]</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 5012: ταπεινοφροσύνη</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ταπεινοφροσύνη</span></span>, <span class="greek2">ταπεινοφροσύνης</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> (<span class="greek2">ταπεινόφρων</span>; opposed to <span class="greek2">μεγαλοφροσύνη</span>, <span class="greek2">ὑψηλοφροσύνη</span> (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, 99 (94))), "the having a humble opinion of oneself; a deep sense of one's (moral) littleness; modesty, humility, lowliness of mind"; (<span class="manuref">Vulg.</span><span class="latin">humilitas</span>, Luth. Demuth): <a href="/interlinear/acts/20-19.htm">Acts 20:19</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/4-2.htm">Ephesians 4:2</a>; <a href="/interlinear/philippians/2-3.htm">Philippians 2:3</a>; <a href="/interlinear/colossians/3-12.htm">Colossians 3:12</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_peter/5-5.htm">1 Peter 5:5</a>; used of an affected and ostentatious humility in <a href="/interlinear/colossians/2-18.htm">Colossians 2:18, 23</a>. (The word occurs neither in the O. T., nor in secular authors — (but in <span class="abbreviation">Josephus</span>, <span class="abbreviation">b. j.</span> 4, 9, 2 in the sense of pusillanimity; also <span class="abbreviation">Epictetus</span> diss. 3, 24, 56 in a bad sense. See <span class="abbreviation">Trench</span>, N. T. Synonyms, § xlii.; <span class="abbreviation">Lightfoot</span> on Philippians, the passage cited; Zezschwitz, Profangräcität, as above w., pp. 20, 62; <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, 26).)<FOOTNOTE:1> <p><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 5012a: ταπεινόφρων</span><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ταπεινόφρων</span></span>, <span class="greek2">ταπεινοφρον</span> (<span class="greek2">ταπεινός</span> and <span class="greek2">φρήν</span>), <span class="accented">humble-minded,</span> i. e. <span class="accented">having a modest opinion of oneself</span>: <a href="/interlinear/1_peter/3-8.htm">1 Peter 3:8</a>, where <span class="manuref">Rec.</span> <span class="greek2">φιλόφρονες</span>. (<a href="/interlinear/proverbs/29-23.htm">Proverbs 29:23</a>; in a bad sense, <span class="accented">pusillanimous, mean-spirited,</span> <span class="greek2">μικρούς</span> <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> <span class="greek2">τύχῃ</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">περιδηις</span> <span class="greek2">ποιεῖ</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">ταπεινόφρονας</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Plutarch</span>, de Alex. fort. 2, 4; (de tranquill. animi 17. See <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, § 34, 3 and references under the word <span class="greek2">ταπεινοφροσύνη</span>, at the end).)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>humility<p>From a compound of <a href="/greek/5011.htm">tapeinos</a> and the base of <a href="/greek/5424.htm">phren</a>; humiliation of mind, i.e. Modesty -- humbleness of mind, humility (of mind, loneliness (of mind). <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/5011.htm">tapeinos</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/5424.htm">phren</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>ταπεινόφρονας ταπεινοφρονες ταπεινόφρονες ταπεινοφροσυνη ταπεινοφροσύνη ταπεινοφροσύνῃ ταπεινοφροσυνην ταπεινοφροσύνην ταπεινοφροσυνης ταπεινοφροσύνης tapeinophrones tapeinóphrones tapeinophrosune tapeinophrosunē tapeinophrosunen tapeinophrosunēn tapeinophrosunes tapeinophrosunēs tapeinophrosyne tapeinophrosynē tapeinophrosýnei tapeinophrosýnēi tapeinophrosynen tapeinophrosynēn tapeinophrosýnen tapeinophrosýnēn tapeinophrosynes tapeinophrosynēs tapeinophrosýnes tapeinophrosýnēs<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/acts/20-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 20:19</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/20.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">μετὰ πάσης <b>ταπεινοφροσύνης</b> καὶ δακρύων</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/20.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> with all <span class="itali">humility</span> and with tears<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/20.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> all <span class="itali">humility of mind,</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/20-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> with all <span class="itali">humility</span> and tears<p><b><a href="/text/ephesians/4-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ephesians 4:2</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/ephesians/4.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">μετὰ πάσης <b>ταπεινοφροσύνης</b> καὶ πραΰτητος</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ephesians/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> with all <span class="itali">humility</span> and gentleness,<br><a href="/kjvs/ephesians/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> With all <span class="itali">lowliness</span> and meekness,<br><a href="/interlinear/ephesians/4-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> with all <span class="itali">humility</span> and gentleness<p><b><a href="/text/philippians/2-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Philippians 2:3</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/philippians/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀλλὰ τῇ <b>ταπεινοφροσύνῃ</b> ἀλλήλους ἡγούμενοι</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/philippians/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> empty conceit, <span class="itali">but with humility of mind</span> regard<br><a href="/kjvs/philippians/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> but <span class="itali">in lowliness of mind</span> let<br><a href="/interlinear/philippians/2-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> but <span class="itali">in humility</span> one another esteeming<p><b><a href="/text/colossians/2-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Colossians 2:18</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/colossians/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">θέλων ἐν <b>ταπεινοφροσύνῃ</b> καὶ θρησκείᾳ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/colossians/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> by delighting <span class="itali">in self-abasement</span> and the worship<br><a href="/kjvs/colossians/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> a voluntary <span class="itali">humility</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/colossians/2-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> doing [his] will in <span class="itali">humility</span> and worship<p><b><a href="/text/colossians/2-23.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Colossians 2:23</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/colossians/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐθελοθρησκίᾳ καὶ <b>ταπεινοφροσύνῃ</b> καὶ ἀφειδίᾳ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/colossians/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> in self-made religion <span class="itali">and self-abasement</span> and severe treatment<br><a href="/kjvs/colossians/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">humility,</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/colossians/2-23.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> voluntary worship and <span class="itali">humility</span> and unsparing treatment<p><b><a href="/text/colossians/3-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Colossians 3:12</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/colossians/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">οἰκτιρμοῦ χρηστότητα <b>ταπεινοφροσύνην</b> πραΰτητα μακροθυμίαν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/colossians/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> kindness, <span class="itali">humility,</span> gentleness<br><a href="/kjvs/colossians/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> kindness, <span class="itali">humbleness of mind,</span> meekness,<br><a href="/interlinear/colossians/3-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of compassion kindess <span class="itali">humility</span> gentleness patience<p><b><a href="/text/1_peter/3-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Peter 3:8</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural">Adj-NMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_peter/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">φιλάδελφοι εὔσπλαγχνοι <b>ταπεινόφρονες</b> </span><br><a href="/interlinear/1_peter/3-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> loving the brothers tender hearted <span class="itali">humble</span><p><b><a href="/text/1_peter/5-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Peter 5:5</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_peter/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀλλήλοις τὴν <b>ταπεινοφροσύνην</b> ἐγκομβώσασθε ὅτι</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_peter/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of you, clothe <span class="itali">yourselves with humility</span> toward one another,<br><a href="/kjvs/1_peter/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and be clothed <span class="itali">with humility:</span> for<br><a href="/interlinear/1_peter/5-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> one to another the <span class="itali">humility</span> bind on because<p><b><a href="/greek/5012.htm">Strong's Greek 5012</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_5012.htm">8 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/tapeinophrones_5012.htm">ταπεινόφρονες — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/tapeinophrosune__5012.htm">ταπεινοφροσύνῃ — 3 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/tapeinophrosune_n_5012.htm">ταπεινοφροσύνην — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/tapeinophrosune_s_5012.htm">ταπεινοφροσύνης — 2 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/5011.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="5011"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="5011" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/5012a.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="5012a"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="5012a" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>