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The term "lowest" in the Bible often refers to the most humble, base, or inferior position or state, whether in a physical, social, or spiritual context. It is used to describe both literal and metaphorical conditions, emphasizing humility, degradation, or the depths of human experience.

1. Physical and Geographical Contexts:
· In a literal sense, "lowest" can refer to the deepest parts of the earth or sea. For example, in Jonah 2:6 , Jonah describes his descent into the depths: "To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever. But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!" Here, the "roots of the mountains" and "the pit" signify the lowest parts of the earth, symbolizing Jonah's dire situation.

2. Social and Hierarchical Contexts:
· The Bible often uses "lowest" to describe social status or rank. In 1 Samuel 2:8 , Hannah's prayer acknowledges God's power to elevate the humble: "He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor." The "ash heap" represents the lowest social status, from which God can elevate individuals.

3. Spiritual and Moral Contexts:
· Spiritually, "lowest" can refer to a state of moral degradation or humility. In Psalm 86:13 , the psalmist praises God's deliverance from the depths of Sheol: "For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol." Here, "the depths of Sheol" symbolize the lowest spiritual state, from which God redeems the faithful.
· The concept of humility is also tied to being "lowest." Jesus teaches in Matthew 23:12 , "For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted." This principle underscores the value of humility in the Kingdom of God, where the "lowest" in terms of self-perception may be elevated by divine grace.

4. Prophetic and Eschatological Contexts:
· In prophetic literature, the "lowest" often describes the fate of nations or individuals who oppose God. Ezekiel 26:20 speaks of the judgment on Tyre: "then I will bring you down with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of old. I will make you dwell in the earth below, as in ancient ruins, with those who go down to the Pit, so that you will not return or have a place in the land of the living." The "Pit" represents the lowest point of judgment and destruction.

5. Christological Contexts:
· The concept of "lowest" is also seen in the life and ministry of Jesus Christ, who exemplified humility by taking the lowest position for the sake of humanity. Philippians 2:7-8 states, "but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross." Jesus' willingness to assume the lowest position highlights the redemptive power of humility and sacrifice.

In summary, the term "lowest" in the Bible encompasses a range of meanings, from physical depths to spiritual humility, and serves as a powerful reminder of God's ability to transform and elevate those who are humble or in dire circumstances.
Greek
2078. eschatos -- last, extreme
... A superlative probably from echo (in the sense of contiguity); farthest, final
(of place or time) -- ends of, last, latter end, lowest, uttermost. ...
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Strong's Hebrew
8482. tachti -- lower, lowest
... 8481, 8482. tachti. 8483 . lower, lowest. Transliteration: tachti Phonetic
Spelling: (takh-tee') Short Definition: lower. Word Origin ...
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8481. tachton -- lower, lowest
... 8480, 8481. tachton. 8482 . lower, lowest. Transliteration: tachton Phonetic
Spelling: (takh-tone') Short Definition: lower. Word ...
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7098. qatsah -- an end
... coast, corner, lowest, uttermost participle. Feminine of qatseh; a termination
(used like qatseh) -- coast, corner, (selv-)edge, lowest, (uttermost) participle. ...
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8217. shaphal -- low
... Word Origin from shaphel Definition low NASB Word Usage abased (1), deeper (2),
humble (3), low (3), lower (2), lowest (1), lowly (5), subjection (1), which is ...
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8484. tikon -- middle
... Word Origin from the same as tavek Definition middle NASB Word Usage lowest
(1), middle (7), middle ones (2), second (1). middlemost, midst. ...
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Library

Of Meditation: the First and Lowest Degree of Internal Prayer. ...
... CHAPTER II. Of Meditation: the first and lowest degree of internal prayer.? Sec.
Sec. 1, 2. Of Meditation: the first and lowest degree of internal prayer. ...
/.../chapter ii of meditation the.htm

The Lowest Degradation Reached by Degrees.
... Book XII. Chapter 10."The Lowest Degradation Reached by Degrees. 15. When
the soul then consults either for itself or for others ...
/.../augustine/on the holy trinity/chapter 10 the lowest degradation reached.htm

Give Me the Lowest Place: not that I Dare
... Book First CCCXLI Give me the lowest place: not that I dare. Ask for that lowest
place, but Thou hast died ... Give me the lowest place: or if for me. ...
/.../palgrave/the treasury of sacred song/cccxli give me the lowest.htm

The Highest Seeks the Lowest.
... THE HIGHEST SEEKS THE LOWEST. 6,6,8,6,8,8 Du unvergleichlich Gut. [222]Johann Scheffler.
trans. by Catherine Winkworth, 1869. O Good beyond compare! ...
/.../winkworth/christian singers of germany/the highest seeks the lowest.htm

Whether to Guard Men Belongs Only to the Lowest Order of Angels?
... OF THE GUARDIANSHIP OF THE GOOD ANGELS (EIGHT ARTICLES) Whether to guard
men belongs only to the lowest order of angels? Objection ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether to guard men belongs.htm

"The Goodness of God is the Highest Prayer, and it Cometh Down to ...
... THE FIRST REVELATION CHAPTER VI "The Goodness of God is the highest prayer,
and it cometh down to the lowest part of our need". "The ...
/.../julian/revelations of divine love/chapter vi the goodness of.htm

"Himself is Nearest and Meekest, Highest and Lowest, and Doeth All ...
... THE SIXTEENTH REVELATION CHAPTER LXXX "Himself is nearest and meekest, highest and
lowest, and doeth all." Love suffereth never to be without Pity". ...
/.../julian/revelations of divine love/chapter lxxx himself is nearest.htm

Fragment vii. 1. He who Rescued from the Lowest Hell the First ...
... Part II."Dogmatical and Historical. Fragment VII. 1. He who rescued from
the lowest hell the first-formed man of earth when he? ...
/.../the extant works and fragments of hippolytus/fragment vii 1 he who.htm

"Whereby we Cry, Abba, Father. "
... When he speaks of a donation or privilege, he supplies to the meanest, to show that
the lowest and most despised creature is not in any incapacity to receive ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/sermon xxxix whereby we cry.htm

Of the Fact that the Mystery of a Mediator was Made Known to those ...
... In order, therefore, that we may be called off from the lowest objects, and led
up again to the highest, and in order also that what is made may attain to the ...
/.../augustine/the harmony of the gospels/chapter xxxv of the fact that.htm

Thesaurus
Lowest (28 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Lowest (28 Occurrences). Matthew 20:27 And whoever has
a desire to be first among you, let him take the lowest place: (BBE). ...
/l/lowest.htm - 15k

Least (76 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Smallest, either in size or degree; shortest; lowest; most unimportant;
as, the least insect; the least mercy; the least space. ...
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Depths (56 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 32:22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And burneth unto the lowest
Sheol, And devoureth the earth with its increase, And setteth on fire the ...
/d/depths.htm - 22k

Nether-world (41 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 32:22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And burneth unto the lowest
Sheol, And devoureth the earth with its increase, And setteth on fire the ...
/n/nether-world.htm - 16k

Low (216 Occurrences)
... 26. (n.) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn. 27.
(adv.) In a low position or manner; not aloft; not on high; near the ground. ...
/l/low.htm - 39k

Gallery (2 Occurrences)
... not supported by pillars and therefore not on top of each other, but in terraces,
did take away from the upper stories more than from the lowest and middlemost ...
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Giver (21 Occurrences)
... Luke 14:9 And then the giver of the feast will come to you and say, Give your place
to this man; and you, with shame, will have to take the lowest seat. (BBE). ...
/g/giver.htm - 12k

Invited (49 Occurrences)
... Luke 14:9 and he who invited both of you would come and tell you,'Make room for
this person.' Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place. ...
/i/invited.htm - 21k

Foundation (82 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and
by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure ...
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Foot (193 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain or
column; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extremity, esp. ...
/f/foot.htm - 48k

Resources
What is a pariah? | GotQuestions.org

What is the hierarchy of angels? | GotQuestions.org

What were the key events in the life of Jesus Christ? (Part 3) | GotQuestions.org

Lowest: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Lowest (28 Occurrences)

Matthew 20:27
And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let him take the lowest place:
(BBE)

Luke 14:9
and he who invited both of you would come and tell you,'Make room for this person.' Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS RSV)

Luke 14:10
But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you,'Friend, move up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS RSV NIV)

Acts 17:5
But the Jews having been stirred up to jealousy, and taken to themselves certain wicked men of the lowest rabble, and having got a crowd together, set the city in confusion; and having beset the house of Jason sought to bring them out to the people;
(DBY)

Philippians 2:8
And being seen in form as a man, he took the lowest place, and let himself be put to death, even the death of the cross.
(BBE)

Genesis 9:25
He said, "Canaan is cursed. He will be servant of servants to his brothers."
(See NIV)

Deuteronomy 32:22
For a fire is kindled in my anger, Burns to the lowest Sheol, Devours the earth with its increase, and sets the foundations of the mountains on fire.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

1 Samuel 2:8
Lifting the poor out of the dust, and him who is in need out of the lowest place, to give them their place among rulers, and for their heritage the seat of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's and he has made them the base of the world.
(BBE)

1 Kings 6:6
The lowest line of them being five cubits wide, the middle six cubits wide and the third seven cubits; for there was a space all round the outside walls of the house so that the boards supporting the rooms did not have to be fixed in the walls of the house.
(BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 6:8
The door to the lowest side rooms was in the right side of the house; and they went up by twisting steps into the middle rooms, and from the middle into the third.
(BBE JPS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 12:31
And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.
(KJV WBS)

1 Kings 13:33
After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.
(KJV WBS)

2 Kings 17:32
So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.
(KJV WBS)

Ezra 6:14
The elders of the Jews built and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. the lowest
(WEB)

Nehemiah 4:13
Therefore set I in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I set there the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 55:23
But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you.
(See RSV)

Psalms 86:13
For your loving kindness is great toward me. You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Psalms 88:6
You have laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Psalms 139:15
My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
(KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS)

Isaiah 44:23
Sing, O ye heavens, for Jehovah hath done it; shout, ye lower parts of the earth; break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for Jehovah hath redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.
(See JPS)

Lamentations 3:55
I called on your name, Yahweh, out of the lowest dungeon.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS)

Ezekiel 29:15
It will be the lowest of the kingdoms, and never again will it be lifted up over the nations: I will make them small, so that they may not have rule over the nations.
(BBE YLT NAS)

Ezekiel 31:14
In order that no trees by the waters may be lifted up in their growth, putting their tops among the clouds; and that no trees which are watered may take their place on high: for they are all given up to death, to the lowest parts of the earth among the children of men, with those who go down to the underworld.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 31:18
Whom then are you like? for you will be sent down with the trees of Eden into the lowest parts of the earth: there you will be stretched out among those without circumcision, with those who were put to the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his people, says the Lord.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 32:18
Son of man, let your voice be loud in sorrow for the people of Egypt and send them down, even you and the daughters of the nations; I will send them down into the lowest parts of the earth, with those who go down into the underworld.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 41:7
And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst.
(KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 42:6
For they were in three stories, and they didn't have pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the uppermost was straitened more than the lowest and the middle from the ground.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS)

Daniel 4:17
The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones; to the intent that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will, and sets up over it the lowest of men. Jonah
(WEB JPS ASV BBE YLT)

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