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Greek

5011. tapeinos -- low-lying, fig. lowly, hence lowly in spirit
... lowly, hence lowly in spirit. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: tapeinos
Phonetic Spelling: (tap-i-nos') Short Definition: humble, lowly Definition ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7807. shach -- low, lowly
... 7806, 7807. shach. 7808 . low, lowly. Transliteration: shach Phonetic
Spelling: (shakh) Short Definition: person. Word Origin from ...
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6041. ani -- poor, afflicted, humble
... Word Origin from anah Definition poor, afflicted, humble NASB Word Usage afflicted
(42), afflicted one (1), humble (3), lowly (1), needy (2), needy and poor (1 ...
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8217. shaphal -- low
... 8216, 8217. shaphal. 8218 . low. Transliteration: shaphal Phonetic Spelling:
(shaw-fawl') Short Definition: lowly. Word Origin from ...
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6035. anav -- poor, afflicted, humble, meek
... afflicted (8), afflicted ones (1), humble (10), poor (1). humble, lowly,
meek, poor. Or (by intermixture with aniy) Aanayv {aw-nawv ...
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6800. tsana -- to be modest or humble
... root Definition to be modest or humble NASB Word Usage humbly (1). humbly, lowly.
A primitive root; to humiliate -- humbly, lowly. 6799, 6800. tsana. 6801 ...
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1800b. dal -- low, weak, poor, thin
... Word Origin from dalal Definition low, weak, poor, thin NASB Word Usage depressed
(1), helpless (7), least (1), lowly (2), needy (1), poor (29), poor man (3 ...
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8213. shaphel -- to be or become low, to be abased
... 1), brings down (1), brings low (1), brought low (1), cast down (1), go down (1),
humbles (1), laid low (1), lay low (2), lays it low (2), lowly (1), made low ...
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Library

Lowly.
... LOWLY. LOWLY. 7,6,7,6,6,7,6,7. ... [58]Ingolsteller. transl., Sarah Findlater, 1858.
Christ's path was sad and lowly,. But yet thou, in tby pride,. ...
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The Meek and Lowly One
... The Meek and Lowly One. A Sermon (No.265). ... 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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Lowly Praise.
... INTRODUCTION AND CLOSE OF WORSHIP. 39. " Lowly Praise. 39. 7s. M. Bowring.
Lowly Praise. 1 Lord, in heaven, thy dwelling-place ...
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Of Lowly Submission
... THE SECOND BOOK. ADMONITIONS CONCERNING THE INNER LIFE CHAPTER II Of lowly
submission. Make no great account who is for thee or against ...
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December the Twenty-Fourth Entering in at Lowly Doors
... DECEMBER The Twenty-fourth ENTERING IN AT LOWLY DOORS. "Unto us a Child
is born." "Isaiah 9:1-7. How gentle the coming! Who would ...
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PM Bowring. Prayer of a Lowly Spirit.
... SUPPLEMENT. 489. PM Bowring. Prayer of a Lowly Spirit. 1 From the recesses
of a lowly spirit, Our humble prayer ascends; O Father! ...
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M. Bowring. Lowly Praise.
... I. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 54. 7s. M. Bowring. Lowly Praise. 1 Lord, in heaven, Thy
dwelling-place, Hear the praises of our race, And, while ...
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The Meek and Lowly.
... THE MINISTRY IN PEREA THE MEEK AND LOWLY. ... 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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The Lowly Handmaid of Christ Jesus to Ignatius, Her Beloved Fellow ...
... Reply of the Blessed Virgin to this Letter. The lowly handmaid of Christ
Jesus to Ignatius, her beloved fellow-disciple. The things ...
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While they were Thus Speaking, There came Another Lowly Man...
... Part II."The Descent of Christ into Hell. Greek Form. Chapter 10 (26). While
they were thus speaking, there came another lowly man� ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Cast down; common; base; not elevated in place; low.

2. (a.) Low in rank or social importance.

3. (a.) Not lofty or sublime; humble.

4. (a.) Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride.

5. (adv.) In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly.

6. (adv.) In a low condition; meanly.

Thesaurus

Lowly (29 Occurrences)
...Lowly (29 Occurrences). Matthew 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me,
for I am gentle and lowly in heart; and you will find rest for your souls. ...
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Lowly-minded (1 Occurrence)
Lowly-minded. Lowly, Lowly-minded. Loyal . Multi-Version Concordance
Lowly-minded (1 Occurrence). 1 Peter 3:8 In conclusion ...
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Base (127 Occurrences)
... shrubs. 2. (a.) Low in place or position. 3. (a.) of humble birth; or low
degree; lowly; mean. 4. (a.) Illegitimate by birth; bastard. ...
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Low (216 Occurrences)
... And has exalted the lowly. ... 2 Corinthians 7:6 Nevertheless, he who comforts the lowly,
God, comforted us by the coming of Titus; (Root in WEB ASV DBY). ...
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Lowliness (9 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The state or quality of being lowly; humility;
humbleness of mind. 2. (n.) Low condition, especially as to manner of life. ...
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Gentle (48 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Matthew 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle
and lowly in heart; and you will find rest for your souls. ...
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Meekness (14 Occurrences)
... translated "poor" (Job 24:4, the Revised Version margin "meek"; Amos 8:4); "humble"
(Psalm 9:12, 18, the Revised Version margin "meek"); "lowly" (Proverbs 3:34 ...
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Haughty (35 Occurrences)
... James 4:6 But He gives more abundant grace, as is implied in His saying, "God sets
Himself against the haughty, but to the lowly He gives grace." (WEY). ...
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Loyal (15 Occurrences)

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Poor (276 Occurrences)
... The words for "poor" are chiefly 'ebhyon, "desirous," "needy," "poor" (Exodus
23:6, etc.); dal, "moving," "swaying," hence, weak, poor, lowly (Exodus 23:3, etc ...
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Bible Concordance

Lowly (29 Occurrences)

Matthew 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Luke 1:48 Because He has not turned from His maidservant in her lowly position; For from this time forward all generations will account me happy,
(WEY BBE)

Luke 1:52 He has put down princes from their thrones. And has exalted the lowly.
(WEB DBY YLT)

Romans 12:16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Set not your mind on high things, but condescend to things that are lowly. Be not wise in your own conceits.
(ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV)

1 Corinthians 1:28 and God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that are not, that he might bring to nothing the things that are:
(WEB NIV)

2 Corinthians 7:6 Nevertheless, he who comforts the lowly, God, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
(WEB ASV)

2 Corinthians 10:1 Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Christ; I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am of good courage toward you.
(WEB ASV)

Philippians 3:21 who will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.
(See RSV NIV)

James 1:9 And let the brother who is low rejoice in his exaltation,
(See RSV)

James 4:6 But He gives more abundant grace, as is implied in His saying, "God sets Himself against the haughty, but to the lowly He gives grace."
(WEY DBY YLT)

Leviticus 19:15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment; thou shalt not respect the person of the lowly, nor honour the person of the great; in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
(DBY)

Job 5:11 So that He setteth up on high those that are low, and those that mourn are exalted to safety.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Job 22:29 For they have made low, And thou sayest, 'Lift up.' And the bowed down of eyes he saveth.
(See RSV)

Psalms 119:141 I am small and of no account; but I keep your orders in mind.
(See NIV)

Psalms 138:6 For though Yahweh is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but the proud, he knows from afar.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 3:34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Proverbs 11:2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Proverbs 16:19 It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the plunder with the proud.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 28:3 A man of wealth who is cruel to the poor is like a violent rain causing destruction of food.
(See NAS)

Proverbs 29:23 A man's pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor.
(WEB JPS ASV RSV NIV)

Isaiah 57:15 For this is the word of him who is high and lifted up, whose resting-place is eternal, whose name is Holy: my resting-place is in the high and holy place, and with him who is crushed and poor in spirit, to give life to the spirit of the poor, and to make strong the heart of the crushed.
(See NAS NIV)

Jeremiah 13:18 Say to the king and to the mistress: Make yourselves low -- sit still, For come down have your principalities, The crown of your beauty.
(See NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 17:14 that the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.
(See JPS)

Ezekiel 21:26 Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Turn aside the mitre, and bear away the crown, This -- not this -- the low make high, And the high make low.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 29:14 and I will bring back the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their birth; and they shall be there a base kingdom.
(See JPS NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 29:15 Of the kingdoms it is lowest, And it lifteth not up itself any more above the nations, And I have made them few, So as not to rule among nations.
(See RSV)

Micah 6:8 He hath declared to thee, O man, what 'is' good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except -- to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?
(YLT)

Zephaniah 3:12 But I will leave in the midst of you an afflicted and poor people, and they will take refuge in the name of Yahweh.
(See NAS RSV)

Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Subtopics

Lowly

Related Terms

Lowly-minded (1 Occurrence)

Base (127 Occurrences)

Low (216 Occurrences)

Lowliness (9 Occurrences)

Gentle (48 Occurrences)

Meekness (14 Occurrences)

Haughty (35 Occurrences)

Loyal (15 Occurrences)

Poor (276 Occurrences)