The corpus record

τᾰπείν-ωσις

tapeinosis · ἡ

lowering, lessening, reduction

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Where it lives

Lamentationes 3 · 12.88/10k
Philippians 1 · 6.26/10k
James 1 · 5.85/10k
Odae 2 · 4.92/10k
Judith 3 · 3.42/10k
Psalmi 10 · 2.92/10k
Siracides 4 · 2.17/10k
Psalmi Salomonis 1 · 2.1/10k
Machabaeourum III 1 · 1.99/10k
Esther 1 · 1.81/10k
Esdras II 2 · 1.69/10k
Genesis 4 · 1.33/10k

Densest 12 of 23 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

lowering

lowering, of a movement in dancing, Pl. Lg. 815a.

2 lessening, reduction

lessening, opp. αὔξησις, Arist. PA 689a25; reduction of a swelling, Gal. 12.816.

3 humiliation, abasement, low estate, low condition

humiliation, abasement, Zeno Stoic. 1.51 (pl.), Plb. 9.33.10; τ. καὶ δουλεία D.S. 2.45; δυνάμεώς τινων ποιεῖν -σιν Id. 11.87, cf. Plu. Arist. 7; ἀγέννεια καὶ τ. Phld. Herc. 1457.4; low estate, low condition, LXX Ge. 29.32, Ev.Luc. 1.48, al.

4 lowness of style

lowness of style, Plu. Lib.educ. 2.7a, Quint. Inst. 8.3.48.

5 dejection

dejection of a planet (cf. ταπείνωμα), Doroth. 86.

In the wild

ταπείνωσις · tapeinōsis Epictetus, Discourses 3.22 (DIORISIS sentence 5096)
ταπεινώσει · tapeinōsei New Testament, Acts 8.33 (DIORISIS sentence 268)
ταπεινώσει · tapeinōsei New Testament, James 1.9 (DIORISIS sentence 7)
ταπείνωσιν · tapeinōsin New Testament, Luke 1.48 (DIORISIS sentence 43)
ταπείνωσιν · tapeinōsin New Testament, Luke 1.48 (DIORISIS sentence 44)
ταπεινώσεως · tapeinōseōs New Testament, Philippians 3.20 (DIORISIS sentence 53)

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Where it came from

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