KJV dictionary & concordance
Brought low or humbled; reduced to a low condition, including need or want.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Matthew 23:12
Complete exact-word concordance
And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
And whosoeuer shall exalt himselfe, shall be abased: and he that shall humble himselfe, shall be exalted.
1611 marginal noteLuk. 14.11 and 18.14.
For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
For whosoeuer exalteth himselfe, shalbe abased: and hee that humbleth himselfe, shalbe exalted.
1611 marginal noteMat. 23.12.
I 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.
I tell you, this man went downe to his house iustified rather then the other: For euery one that exalteth himselfe, shall be abased: and hee that humbleth himselfe, shall be exalted.
1611 marginal noteMatth. 23.12.
I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
I know both how to bee abased, and I knowe how to abound: euerie where, and in all things I am instructed, both to bee full, and to bee hungrie, both to abound, and to suffer need.
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