1 Peter 5:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ταπεινώθητε οὖν ὑπὸ τὴν κραταιὰν χεῖρα τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἵνα ὑμᾶς ὑψώσῃ ἐν καιρῷ:

Transliteration

Tapeinōthēte therefore under the krataian cheira of the Theou, in order that you hypsōsē in kairō:

Grammar Details

• *Tapeinōthēte*: aorist, imperative, passive, 2nd person plural - be humbled/humble yourselves
• *krataian*: accusative, feminine, singular - mighty/powerful
• *cheira*: accusative, feminine, singular - hand
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God
• *hypsōsē*: aorist, subjunctive, active, 3rd person singular - may exalt/lift up
• *kairō*: dative, masculine, singular - in time/appointed time

Word Meanings

• *Tapeinōthēte*: humble yourselves/be humbled/submit
• *krataian*: mighty/powerful/strong
• *cheira*: hand/power [metaphorical for authority]
• *hypsōsē*: may exalt/lift up/elevate
• *kairō*: time/proper time/appointed time/due season

Referenced Verses

• Jas 4:10 : 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt {G5312} you.
• Matt 23:12 : 12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.
• Prov 29:23 : 23 A man's pride shall bring him low; But he that is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honor.
• Luke 1:52 : 52 He hath put down princes from [their] thrones, And hath exalted them of low degree.
• Luke 14:11 : 11 For every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
• Luke 18:14 : 14 I say unto you, This man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; but he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
• 2 Chr 33:23 : 23 And he humbled not himself before Jehovah, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but this same Amon trespassed more and more.
• 2 Kgs 22:19 : 19 because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before Jehovah, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith Jehovah.
• 2 Chr 12:6-7 : 6 Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, Jehovah is righteous. 7 And when Jehovah saw that they humbled themselves, the word of Jehovah came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves: I will not destroy them; but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
• 2 Chr 12:12 : 12 And when he humbled himself, the wrath of Jehovah turned from him, so as not to destroy him altogether: and moreover in Judah there were good things [found].
• 2 Chr 30:11 : 11 Nevertheless certain men of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.
• 2 Chr 32:26 : 26 Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of Jehovah came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.
• 2 Chr 33:12 : 12 And when he was in distress, he besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
• Exod 10:3 : 3 And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
• Isa 2:11 : 11 The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.
• Isa 40:4 : 4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain:
• Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
• Jer 13:18 : 18 Say thou unto the king and to the queen-mother, Humble yourselves, sit down; for your headtires are come down, even the crown of your glory.
• Jer 44:10 : 10 They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.
• 2 Chr 36:12 : 12 and he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah his God; he humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet [speaking] from the mouth of Jehovah.
• 1 Kgs 21:29 : 29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.
• Ps 75:10 : 10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; But the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.
• Ps 89:13 : 13 Thou hast a mighty arm; Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
• Ps 89:16-17 : 16 In thy name do they rejoice all the day; And in thy righteousness are they exalted. 17 For thou art the glory of their strength; And in thy favor our horn shall be exalted.
• Jas 5:10 : 10 Take, {G3450} brethren, None for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spake in the name of the Lord.
• Jas 1:9-9 : 9 But let the brother of low degree glory in his high estate: 10 and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
• Rom 5:6 : 6 For while we were yet weak, in due season Christ died for the ungodly.
• 1 Cor 10:22 : 22 Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
• Exod 3:19 : 19 And I know that the king of Egypt will not give you leave to go, no, not by a mighty hand.
• Job 36:22 : 22 Behold, God doeth loftily in his power: Who is a teacher like unto him?
• Ezek 21:6 : 6 Sigh therefore, thou son of man; with the breaking of thy loins and with bitterness shalt thou sigh before their eyes.
• Dan 5:22 : 22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thy heart, though thou knewest all this,
• Mic 6:8 : 8 He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?
• Exod 32:11 : 11 And Moses besought Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, that thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?
• Lev 26:41 : 41 I also walked contrary unto them, and brought them into the land of their enemies: if then their uncircumcised heart be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity;
• Deut 32:35 : 35 Vengeance is mine, and recompense, At the time when their foot shall slide: For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that are to come upon them shall make haste.
• 2 Chr 33:19 : 19 His prayer also, and how [God] was entreated of him, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the graven images, before he humbled himself: behold, they are written in the history of Hozai.