Psalms 138:6
Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
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Lowly
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Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
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עָנָו
ʻânâv · aw-nawv'
2 times translated as this KJV form21 total Strong's occurrences
depressed (figuratively), in mind (gentle) or circumstances (needy, especially saintly)
Strong's KJV usage: humble, lowly, meek, poor. Compare 6041.
Strong's first: Proverbs 3:34Strong's last: Proverbs 16:19
Open full H6035 profile →ταπεινός
tapeinós · tap-i-nos'
1 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
depressed, i.e. (figuratively) humiliated (in circumstances or disposition)
Strong's KJV usage: :--base, cast down, humble, of low degree (estate), lowly.
Strong's first: Matthew 11:29Strong's last: Matthew 11:29
Open full G5011 profile →עָנִי
ʻânîy · aw-nee'
1 times translated as this KJV form74 total Strong's occurrences
depressed, in mind or circumstances
Strong's KJV usage: afflicted, humble, lowly, needy, poor.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Zechariah 9:9Strong's last: Zechariah 9:9
Open full H6041 profile →צָנַע
tsânaʻ · tsaw-nah'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to humiliate
Strong's KJV usage: humbly, lowly.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 11:2Strong's last: Proverbs 11:2
Open full H6800 profile →שָׁפָל
shâphâl · shaw-fawl'
1 times translated as this KJV form19 total Strong's occurrences
depressed, literally or figuratively
Strong's KJV usage: base(-st), humble, low(-er, -ly).
Strong's first: Psalms 138:6Strong's last: Psalms 138:6
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H6035
Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
H6800
When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
H6035
Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
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lowly
LOWLY, adjective [low and like.]
1. Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride.
Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am meek and lovly in heart. Matthew 11:29.
He scorneth the scorners; but he giveth grace to the lowly Proverbs 3:34.
2. Mean; low; wanting dignity or rank.
One common right the great and lowly claim.
3. Not lofty or sublime; humble.
these rural poems, and their lowly strain.
4. Not high; not elevated in place.
LOWLY, adverb
1. Humbly; meekly; modestly.
Belowly wise.
2. Meanly; in a low condition; without grandeur or dignity.
I will show myself highly fed and lowly taught.
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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