To humble

Usually translated “humbled”, “humbling” and “humble”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

• will be humbled 3
• humbling 3
• will humble 2
• do be humbled 2
• will be made low 1
• he may humble 1
• he humbled 1
• to be brought low 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

• Luke 3
• Matthew 2
• 2 Corinthians 2
• Philippians 2
• James 1
• 1 Peter 1

6 books in all.

• Poor (anav)
• Be humble (kana)
• Be occupied (anah)
• Lowly (tapeinos)

• Matthew 23:12And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
• Luke 3:5Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
• Luke 14:11For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
• Luke 18:14I 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.
• 2 Corinthians 11:7Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?
• 2 Corinthians 12:21And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

How the English word “humbled” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.