Quick Definition
ταπείνωσις, εως, ἡ n.f. abasement, low condition
Strong's Definition
from 5013; depression (in rank or feeling)
KJV Usage: humiliation, be made low, low estate, vile
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -εως | ταπεινόω
88.51 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Humility
humility, humble behavior the quality of unpretentious behavior, suggesting a total lack of arrogance or pride In some languages humility is expressed indirectly by an idiomatic phrase, for example, ‘to live without strutting’ or ‘to walk without wanting to be noticed.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ταπείνωσις, -ews, ἡ, (ταπεινόω), lowness, low estate, [humiliation]: Lk. i. 48; Acts viii. 33 (fr. Is. liii. 8); Phil. iii. 21 (on which see σῶμα, 1b.) ; metaph. spiritual abasement, leading one to perceive and lament his (moral) littleness and guilt, Jas. i. 10, see Kern ad loc. (In various senses, by Plat., Aristot., Polyb., Diod., Plut.; Sept. for 20.) [See reff. s. v. ταπεινοφροσύνη.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ταπείνωσις tapeinōsis 4x
depression; low estate, abject condition, Lk. 1:48; Acts 8:33; Phil. 3:21; Jas. 1:10*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ταπείνωσις, -εως, ἡ
(< ταπεινόω), [in LXX chiefly for עֳנִי ;]
abasement, humiliation, low estate: Lk 1:48, Ac 8:33 (LXX), Phl 3:21, Ja 1:10 (Plat., Arist., and later writers).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ταπείνωσις is seen in OGZS 383°! (mid. 1.8...) εἰς ὕβριν ἢ ταπείνωσιν ἢ κατάλυσιν, and P Leid W* 1" (ii/iii A.D.) (= II. p. 115) ἡλίου ταπείνωσις. For ταπείνωμα, cf. the horoscope PSI IV. 312!" (A.D. 345).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ταπείνωσις (tapeinōsis) — lowliness. τᾰπείν-ωσις, εως, ἡ, lowering, of a movement in dancing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. lessening, opposed to αὔξησις, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; reduction of a swelling, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
3. humiliation, abasement, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀγέννεια καὶ τ. [Refs 1st c.BC+]; low estate, low condition, [LXX+NT]
4. lowness of style, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
5. dejection of a planet (compare ταπείνωμα), [Refs 2nd c.AD+]