Words the Bible translates as humble
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 9 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- tapeinoōταπεινόωto bring low: to lower someone or something in height, standing, or circumstance, whether God humbles the proud, a person lowers himself, or hardship presses someone down
- anahעָנָהto bring someone low: to afflict, humble, or oppress, by force or by hardship; and being brought low oneself.
+1 more meaning
- to be occupied or busied with something: to be kept busy at a task.
- tapeinosταπεινόςlow: describing a person as down rather than up, whether in worldly standing, in spirits, or in a heart that does not push itself forward
- aniעָנִיafflicted and lowly: a person bowed down by hardship, poverty, or oppression, and so dependent on God for help
- kanaכָּנַעto be brought low: to be forced down from a high or proud position, whether by another's hand or by one's own choice
- shaphelשָׁפֵלto be low or become low, and so to bring something low: to lay it flat, cast it down, or humble it
- anavעָנָוthe lowly: one bowed down, by hardship or by a settled inner posture, who looks to God for help instead of asserting himself
- prausπραΰςgentle, meek: a humble, non-self-asserting manner toward others that rests on trust in God rather than on force
- shaphalשָׁפָלlow or lowly: lying beneath what is around it, whether in height, in rank, or in spirit
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