47 occurrences in 13 translations

'Lowly' in the Bible

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.

Verse ConceptsFavouritismethics, socialequalityJudging OthersLaw, OtLawsuitsPrejudiceRespect, For Human BeingsJusticeCivil GovernmentPartialityJudging RightlyInjusticeMighty in its influenceRespectMaking DecisionsRespecting Authority

They must not discriminate in judgment, but hear the lowly and the great alike. Nor should they be intimidated by human beings, for judgment belongs to God. If the matter being adjudicated is too difficult for them, they should bring it before me for a hearing.

Verse ConceptsLawsuitsSmallnessMagistratesFear Of ManPartialityGreat And SmallHard TasksDo Not Fear MenJudgingRespectMaking DecisionsDecision MakingConflictFamily ConflictRespecting AuthorityJudging Others Actionsdiscrimination

You must not oppress a lowly and poor servant, whether one from among your fellow Israelites or from the resident foreigners who are living in your land and villages.

Verse ConceptsThe NeedyAbuse Of Authority, Warnings AgainstMastersUnkindnessEmployersMasters Duties Towards ServantsAdvantagesForeigners Included In The LawNot Helping The PoorAliens

She arose, bowed her face toward the ground, and said, "Your female servant, like a lowly servant, will wash the feet of the servants of my lord."

Verse ConceptsFoot washingFeetGuestsReadinessFeet WashingClean Feet

When those days were completed, the king then provided a seven-day banquet for all the people who were present in Susa the citadel, for those of highest standing to the most lowly. It was held in the court located in the garden of the royal palace.

Verse ConceptsDinnerSeven Days

And let the king's decision which he will enact be disseminated throughout all his kingdom, vast though it is. Then all the women will give honor to their husbands, from the most prominent to the lowly."

Verse ConceptsThe Honourable Will Be HonouredWives

His children may [come to] honor, but he does not know [it]; or they may become lowly, but he does not realize it.

Verse ConceptsThe Honourable Will Be HonouredThose Who Were Ignorant

when God rose up to judgeand to save all the lowly of the earth.Selah

Verse ConceptsPsalm Interjections

It is like the dew of [Mount] HermonComing down on the hills of Zion;For there the Lord has commanded the blessing: life forevermore.

Verse ConceptsdewZion, As A SymbolHoly Spirit, Types Of

He it is who remembered us in our lowly circumstances, for his gracious love is everlasting

Verse ConceptsMemoriesDivine RemembranceGod Remembering The NeedyGod ReprovingHumble Peopledevotionmindfulness

It is better to be lowly and a servant {to someone} than self-glorifying and lacking food.

Verse ConceptsPretenceServanthood, In SocietyShortagesServants Of PeopleSeeking HonourBeing Gay

A poor man who oppresses the lowlyIs like a driving rain which leaves no food.

Verse ConceptsRich, ThePitilessnessPitilessness CondemnedNot Helping The Poor

Do not slander or malign a servant before his master [stay out of another’s personal life],Or he will curse you [for your interference], and you will be found guilty.

Verse ConceptsInjuryServanthood, In SocietySlanderSlavescriticismgossipingaccusations

As for the rogue, his weapons are evil;He conceives wicked plansTo ruin the poor with lies,Even when the plea of the needy one is just and right.

Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfEvil PlansTrapEvil DevicesPlottinginstruments

Say to the king and the queen mother, "Come take a lowly seat, because your beautiful crowns have fallen off your heads."

Verse ConceptsQueensThroneNo KingBeing HumbleSurrenderHumble Yourselfhumblenesscrownsmistressprincipalities

And thanksgiving and [the] sound of merrymakers will come out from them, and I will make them numerous, and they will not be few. And I will make them honored, and they will not be lowly.

Verse ConceptsMultiplyingThanksgivingRestored JoyGod Multipling PeopleSource Of HonourBeing Thankful For BlessingsCelebrationThankscelebrating

so it would be a lowly kingdom which could not rise on its own but must keep its treaty with him in order to stand.

Verse ConceptsThose Subjected To PeopleHumbling Oneself

Then all the trees of the fields will know that I, the LORD, bring down the lofty tree and exalt the lowly tree. I dry up the green tree and cause the dry tree to bud. I the LORD have spoken this, and I will fulfill it."

Verse ConceptsColors, GreenSmall ThingsMoist ThingsHarming TreesPutting Things DownThings Lifted UpThings On High

This is what the Lord God says:Remove the turban, and take off the crown.Things will not remain as they are;exalt the lowly and bring down the exalted.

Verse ConceptsPeople Stripping PeoplePutting Things DownThings Lifted UpThings On HighAbasementcrowns

I will restore the fortunes of Egypt and bring them back to the land of Pathros, the land of their origin. There they will be a lowly kingdom.

Verse ConceptsReturning to their land

Of [all] the kingdoms it will be [the most] lowly, and it will not exalt itself again over the nations, and I will make them small [so as] not to rule over the nations.

Verse ConceptsInferiority

and said, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless you repent [that is, change your inner self—your old way of thinking, live changed lives] and become like children [trusting, humble, and forgiving], you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Verse ConceptsChildrenBirth, SpiritualKingdom Of God, Entry IntoTeachablenessKingdom Of HeavenExclusionPeople ConvertedEntering The KingdomChrist Telling The TruthLike ChildrenChildren And The KingdomLike Good PeopleBabies Going To HeavenGoing To HeavenKidsHumble YourselfChild Of GodHaving A BabyChanging YourselfLoving Childrenbabyactingmindset

For he has had pity on his servant, though she is poor and lowly placed: and from this hour will all generations give witness to the blessing which has come to me.

Verse ConceptsFuture GenerationsGod And The HumbleBlessed By Godmindfulness

And looking toward His disciples, He began speaking: “Blessed [spiritually prosperous, happy, to be admired] are you who are poor [in spirit, those devoid of spiritual arrogance, those who regard themselves as insignificant], for the kingdom of God is yours [both now and forever].

Verse ConceptsKingdom Of God, Entry IntoRiches, Believers AttitudesChrist SeeingBlessings Of The PoorChrist Speaking To DisciplesPeople Of The Kingdom

It would be better for him if a millstone [as large as one turned by a donkey] were hung around his neck and he were hurled into the sea, than for him to cause one of these little ones to stumble [in sin and lose faith].

Verse ConceptsInexperienceMillstonesTemptation, Avoiding CausingThrowing PeopleCausing Others To StumbleSinkingBeing Killed By A RockDealing With Young PeopleIn The Heart Of The SeaChild AbuseHurt And Betrayaljumping

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:

Verse ConceptsChosen InstrumentsHumilityArrogant ExistenceChosen DisciplesOther Unimportant PeopleimportanceJustification Excluding Boasting

Bible Theasaurus

Lowly (47 instances)
Menial (8 instances)
Modest (8 instances)
Petty (2 instances)
Secondary (8 instances)
Subordinate (5 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁחח 
Shachach 
Usage: 21

שׁפל 
Shephel 
Usage: 2

שׁפלה 
Sh@phelah 
Usage: 20

תּחתּי 
Tachtiy 
Usage: 19

ταπεινός 
Tapeinos 
Usage: 7

ταπεινοφροσύνη 
Tapeinophrosune 
Usage: 7

ταπείνωσις 
Tapeinosis 
Usage: 4

אף 
'aph 
Usage: 134

גּעה 
Ga`ah 
low
Usage: 2

דּלל 
Dalal 
Usage: 9

חסר 
Chacer 
Usage: 22

כּנע 
Kana` 
Usage: 36

כּרע 
Kara` 
Usage: 36

מטּה 
Mattah 
Usage: 19

מכך 
Makak 
Usage: 3

עניו ענו 
`anav 
meek , humble , poor , lowly , vr meek
Usage: 21

עני 
`aniy 
Usage: 75

צנע 
Tsana` 
Usage: 2

צער 
Tsa`ar 
Usage: 3

קצה 
Qatsah 
Usage: 36

שׁפל 
Shaphel 
...low , ...down , humble , abase , debase , put lower
Usage: 31

שׁפל 
Shaphal 
Usage: 18

תּחתּן תּחתּון 
Tachtown 
Usage: 13

ἐλαττόω 
Elattoo 
Usage: 3

ἔσχατος 
Eschatos 
Usage: 24

κατώτερος 
Katoteros 
Usage: 1

στυγνάζω 
Stugnazo 
lower , be sad
Usage: 1

ταπεινόω 
Tapeinoo 
Usage: 7

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