a-bas: The English rendition of , shaphel (Job 40:11; Eze 21:26), and of its derivative , shephal (Dan 4:37) = bring down, debase, humble; of , anah (Isa 31:4) = abase self, afflict, chasten self, deal harshly with, etc.; and of , tapeinoo = to depress; figure to humiliate (in condition or heart): abase, bring low, humble self (Phi 4:12). The word is always employed to indicate what should be done to or by him who nurtures a spirit and exhibits a demeanor contrary to the laudable humility which is a natural fruit of religion. Such a person is warned that the most extravagant audacity will not daunt Yahweh nor abate His vengeance (Isa 31:4), and good men are exhorted to employ their powers to bring him low (Job 40:11; Eze 21:26). If men are not able to curb the arrogant, God is (Dan 4:37); and He has so constituted the world, that sinful arrogance must fall (Mat 23:12 the King James Version; Luk 14:11 the King James Version; Luk 18:14 the King James Version).<\/p>\n
signifies “to make low, bring low,” (a) of bringing to the ground, making level, reducing to a plain, as in Luk 3:5<\/span>; (b) metaphorically in the Active Voice, to bring to a humble condition, “to abase,” 2Co 11:7<\/span>, and in the Passive, “to be abased,” Phi 4:12<\/span>; in Mat 23:12<\/span>; Luk 14:11<\/span>; Luk 18:14<\/span>, the AV has “shall be abased,” the RV “shall be humbled.” It is translated “humble yourselves” in the Middle Voice sense in Jam 4:10<\/span>; 1Pe 5:6<\/span>; “humble,” in Mat 18:4<\/span>; 2Co 12:21<\/span> and Phi 2:8<\/span>. See HUMBLE, LOW. Cp., tapeinos, “lowly,” tapeinois, “humiliation,” and tapeinophrosune, “humility.” <\/p>\n Abase a-bas: The English rendition of , shaphel (Job 40:11; Eze 21:26), and of its derivative , shephal (Dan 4:37) = bring down, debase, humble; of , anah (Isa 31:4) = abase self, afflict, chasten self, deal harshly with, etc.; and of , tapeinoo = to depress; figure to humiliate (in condition or heart): abase, … Continue reading “Abase”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14482\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"