UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Sense 1: to make low

Semantic entry: 81.7

Semantic domains: Spacial Dimensions

Subdomains: High, Low, Deep

Definition: to cause something to become low in height

Notes: For another (probably preferred) interpretation of RV LUK 3:5 · LV LUK 3:5 · Read together LUK 3:5, see 79.87: ταπεινόω.

LUK 3:5: RV LUK 3:5 · LV LUK 3:5 · Read together LUK 3:5

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OET-RV LUK 3:5

5 Every valley will be filled up,
⇔ and every mountain and hill will be levelled off.
⇔ What’s crooked will be made straight,
⇔ and the rough roads will be made smooth.

OET-LV LUK 3:5

5 Every valley will _be _being _filled, and every mountain and hill will _be _being _brought _low, and the crooked will _be into straight, and the rough ways into smooth,

Sense 2: to level off, to make level

Semantic entry: 79.87

Semantic domains: Features of Objects

Subdomains: Uneven [Rough], Level [Smooth]

Definition: to cause something to become level

Notes: One might argue that ταπεινόω in RV LUK 3:5 · LV LUK 3:5 · Read together LUK 3:5 is to be understood as ‘to be brought low,’ but in contrast with πληρωθήσεται, which refers to filling up valleys, ταπεινωθήσεται should perhaps be understood as referring to ‘leveling off’ mountains and hills. For this other interpretation of ταπεινόω in RV LUK 3:5 · LV LUK 3:5 · Read together LUK 3:5, see 81.7: ταπεινόω.

LUK 3:5: RV LUK 3:5 · LV LUK 3:5 · Read together LUK 3:5

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OET-RV LUK 3:5

5 Every valley will be filled up,
⇔ and every mountain and hill will be levelled off.
⇔ What’s crooked will be made straight,
⇔ and the rough roads will be made smooth.

OET-LV LUK 3:5

5 Every valley will _be _being _filled, and every mountain and hill will _be _being _brought _low, and the crooked will _be into straight, and the rough ways into smooth,

Sense 3: to make humble, to bring down low

Semantic entry: 87.62

Semantic domains: Status

Subdomains: Low Status or Rank [including persons of low status]

Definition: to cause someone to be in a low status

MAT 23:12: RV MAT 23:12 · LV MAT 23:12 · Read together MAT 23:12

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OET-RV MAT 23:12

12 and anyone who praises themself will be humbled, and anyone who humbles themself will be praised.

OET-LV MAT 23:12

12 And whoever will _be _exalting himself, will _be _being _humbled, and whoever will _be _humbling himself, will _be _being _exalted.

CO2 11:7: RV CO2 11:7 · LV CO2 11:7 · Read together CO2 11:7

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OET-RV CO2 11:7

7 Or did I disobey God when I humbled myself so that all of you might be elevated, because I shared the good message with you all without any personal gain?

OET-LV CO2 11:7

7 Or a_sin I _did myself humbling, in _order _that you _all may _be _exalted, because undeservedly the of_ the _god good _message I _good _message _preached to _you _all?

All 4 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 23:12 · LV MAT 23:12 · Read together MAT 23:12

CO2: RV CO2 11:7 · LV CO2 11:7 · Read together CO2 11:7

PHP: RV PHP 2:8 · LV PHP 2:8 · Read together PHP 2:8

JAM: RV JAM 4:10 · LV JAM 4:10 · Read together JAM 4:10

Sense 4: to make humble, to humble

Semantic entry: 88.56

Semantic domains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior

Subdomains: Humility

Definition: (derivative of ταπεινός [source selector 000001][b] ‘humble,’ 88.52: ταπεινός) to cause someone to be or to become humble

Notes: A strictly literal rendering of ‘he who humbles himself’ could be misunderstood as ‘one who despises himself’ or ‘one who has no regard for himself.’ In the context of RV MAT 18:4 · LV MAT 18:4 · Read together MAT 18:4 it is often important to use an idiomatic expression which will adequately convey the meaning, for example, ‘one who causes his heart to bow down’ or even ‘one who makes his heart small.’

MAT 18:4: RV MAT 18:4 · LV MAT 18:4 · Read together MAT 18:4

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