Humiliation
Bible Usage:
- humiliation used once.
- Bible Reference: Acts 8:33
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: No
Strongs Concordance:
- G5014 Used 1 time
HUMILIA'TION, noun The act of humbling; the state of being humbled.
1. Descent from an elevated state or rank to one that is low or humble.
The former was a humiliation of deity; the latter, a humiliation of manhood.
2. The act of abasing pride; or the state of being reduced to lowliness of mind, meekness, penitence and submission.
The doctrine he preached was humiliation and repentance.
3. Abasement of pride; mortification.
(Philippians 2:8), seen in (1) his birth (Galatians 4:4; Luke 2:7; John 1:46; Hebrews 2:9), (2) his circumstances, (3) his reputation (Isaiah 53; Matthew 26:59, 67; Psalms 22:6; Matthew 26:68), (4) his soul (Psalms 22:1; Matthew 4:1-11; Luke 22:44; Hebrews 2:17, 18; 4:15), (5) his death (Luke 23; John 19; Mark 15:24, 25), (6) and his burial (Isaiah 53:9; Matthew 27:57, 58, 60).
His humiliation was necessary (1) to execute the purpose of God (Acts 2:23, 24; Psalms 40:6-8), (2) fulfil the Old Testament types and prophecies, (3) satisfy the law in the room of the guilty (Isaiah 53; Hebrews 9:12, 15), procure for them eternal redemption, (4) and to show us an example.