1 Kings 21:29
Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.
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Humbleth
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Luke 18:14
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
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ταπεινόω
tapeinóō · tap-i-no'-o
2 times translated as this KJV form14 total Strong's occurrences
to depress; figuratively, to humiliate (in condition or heart)
Strong's KJV usage: :--abase, bring low, humble (self).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 14:11Strong's last: Luke 18:14
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kânaʻ · kaw-nah'
2 times translated as this KJV form37 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to bend the knee; hence, to humiliate, vanquish
Strong's KJV usage: bring down (low), into subjection, under, humble (self), subdue.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Kings 21:29Strong's last: 1 Kings 21:29
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shâphêl · shaw-fale'
2 times translated as this KJV form30 total Strong's occurrences
to depress or sink (especially figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
Strong's KJV usage: abase, bring (cast, put) down, debase, humble (self), be (bring, lay, make, put) low(-er).
Strong's first: Psalms 113:6Strong's last: Isaiah 2:9
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shâchach · shaw-khakh'
1 times translated as this KJV form21 total Strong's occurrences
to sink or depress (reflexive or causative)
Strong's KJV usage: bend, bow (down), bring (cast) down, couch, humble self, be (bring) low, stoop.
Strong's first: Psalms 10:10Strong's last: Psalms 10:10
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H3665
Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.
H3665
Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.
H7817
He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
H8213
Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!
H8213
And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
G5013
For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
G5013
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
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humble
HUM'BLE, a. [L. humilis.]
1. Low; opposed to high or lofty. Thy humble nest built on the ground.2. Low; opposed to lofty or great; mean; not magnificent; as a humble cottage. A humble roof, and an obscure retreat.3. Lowly; modest; meek; submissive; opposed to proud, haughty, arrogant or assuming. In an evangelical sense, having a low opinion of one's self, and a deep sense of unworthiness in the sight of God. God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble. James 4. Without a humble imitation of the divine author of our blessed religion, we can never hope to be a happy nation.
HUM'BLE, v.t. To abase; to reduce to a low state. This victory humbled the pride of Rome. The power of Rome was humbled, but not subdued.
1. To crush; to break; to subdue. The battle of Waterloo humbled the power of Buonaparte.2. To mortify.3. To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride of; to reduce arrogance and self-dependence; to give a low opinion of one's moral worth; to make meek and submissive to the divine will; the evangelical sense. Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you. 1 Pet.5. Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart. 2 Chron. 32.4. To make to condescend. He humbles himself to speak to them.5. To bring down; to lower; to reduce. The highest mountains may be humbled into valleys.6. To deprive of chastity. Deut. 21.To humble one's self, to repent; to afflict one's self for sin; to make contrite.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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