not use the noun, has the vb. (which means be humble, modest) once in Ps. 131:2 (130:2)for the MT quieten the mind, and the adj. once in Prov. 29:23, meaning lowly in spirit in a good sense. The opposite in both passages and in Sir. 13:20 (see above) is → pride, insolence and arrogance. OT The fundamental difference between the Gk. and the biblical use of these words has already been indicated. In the Gk. world, with its anthropocentric view of man, lowliness is looked on as shameful, to be avoided