Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v.) To degrade; to lower in rank or esteem; to dishonor. 2. (v.) To cast down or reduce low or lower, as in rank, office, condition in life, or estimation of worthiness; to depress; to humble; to degrade. 3. To throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ABASE a-bas': The English rendition of shaphel (Job 40:11 Ezekiel 21:26), and of its derivative shephal (Daniel 4:37) = "bring down," "debase," "humble"; of `anah (Isaiah 31:4) = "abase self," "afflict," "chasten self," "deal harshly with," etc.; and of tapeinoo = "to depress"; figure "to humiliate" (in condition or heart): "abase," "bring low," "humble self" (Philippians 4:12). The word is always employed to indicate what should be done to or by him who nurtures a spirit and exhibits a demeanor contrary to the laudable humility which is a natural fruit of religion. Such a person is warned that the most extravagant audacity will not daunt Yahweh nor abate His vengeance (Isaiah 31:4), and good men are exhorted to employ their powers to bring him low (Job 40:11 Ezekiel 21:26). If men are not able to curb the arrogant, God is (Daniel 4:37); and He has so constituted the world, that sinful arrogance must fall (Matthew 23:12 the King James Version; Luke 14:11 the King James Version; Luke 18:14 the King James Version). Frank E. Hirsch

Multi-Version Concordance Abase (7 Occurrences) 2 Samuel 22:28 You will save the afflicted people, But your eyes are on the haughty, that you may bring them down. (See NAS) Job 40:11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV) Psalms 18:27 For you will save the afflicted people, but the haughty eyes you will bring down. (See NAS) Isaiah 13:11 And I will send punishment on the world for its evil, and on the sinners for their wrongdoing; and I will put an end to all pride, and will make low the power of the cruel. (See NAS) Isaiah 31:4 For thus says Yahweh to me, "As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds is called together against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them, so Yahweh of Armies will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its heights. Jeremiah (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS) Ezekiel 21:26 thus says the Lord Yahweh: Remove the turban, and take off the crown; this shall be no more the same; exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV) Daniel 4:37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)