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Lexicon :: Strong's H8213 - šāp̄ēl

Aa
שָׁפֵל
Transliteration
šāp̄ēl
Pronunciation
shaw-fale'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2445

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁפֵל shâphêl, shaw-fale'; a primitive root; to depress or sink (especially figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive):—abase, bring (cast, put) down, debase, humble (self), be (bring, lay, make, put) low(-er).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x

The KJV translates Strong's H8213 in the following manner: ...low (10x), ...down (8x), humble (7x), abase (2x), debase (1x), put lower (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x
The KJV translates Strong's H8213 in the following manner: ...low (10x), ...down (8x), humble (7x), abase (2x), debase (1x), put lower (1x).

  1. to be or become low, sink, be humbled, be abased

    1. (Qal) to be or become low

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to lay or bring low, humiliate

      2. to set in a lower place, show abasement

      3. to make low, sit down

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁפֵל shâphêl, shaw-fale'; a primitive root; to depress or sink (especially figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive):—abase, bring (cast, put) down, debase, humble (self), be (bring, lay, make, put) low(-er).
STRONGS H8213: Abbreviations
† שָׁפֵל verb be or become low, be abased (Late Hebrew, derived species; Assyrian šapâlu, derived species and derivatives; Sabean ספל noun humility or lowland DHMxxix (1875), 604; Arabic bdb105001, bdb105002, bdb105003 be low (LagBN 48); Aramaic שְׁפַל, bdb105004 (derived species)); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שׁ׳ Isaiah 2:11; 2nd person feminine singular וְשָׁפַלְתְּ Isaiah 29:4, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיִּשְׁפַּל Isaiah 2:9; Isaiah 5:15; 3rd person feminine plural תִּשְׁפַּלְנָה Isaiah 5:15, etc.; Infinitive construct שְׁפַל Ecclesiastes 12:4; Proverbs 16:19, see below; —
1. all Isaiah: become (be brought, laid) low, of trees Isaiah 10:33 (|| גְּדֻעִים), mountains Isaiah 40:4 (opposed to נִשָּׂא), of כָּלנִֿשָּׂא Isaiah 2:12 (but read, for שׁ׳, נִשְׂגָּב [Kohler], or גָּבֹהַּ [Lag], so Du CheHpt Di-Kit Marti); figurative be humiliated, of man Isaiah 2:9; Isaiah 5:15, his loftiness Isaiah 2:17, haughty eyes Isaiah 2:11 (all || שָׁחַח), Isaiah 5:15; of city Isaiah 32:19; as helping verb (= adverb) מֵאֶרֶץ וְשׁ׳ תְּדַבֵּ֑רִי Isaiah 29:4 thou shalt speak low out of the ground (Ges§ 120g; || מֵעָפָר תִּשַׁח אִמְרָתֵךְ).
2. שְׁפַלרֿוּחַ Proverbs 16:9 to be lowly of spirit, so Buhl SS Toy and others; Thes Rob Ges and others below שָׁפָל.
3. of sound Ecclesiastes 12:4.
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הִשְׁפִּיל Isaiah 25:12, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַשְׁפִּיל Psalm 75:8, suffix יַשְׁפִּילָהּ יַשְׁפִּילֶנָּה Isaiah 26:5 (but 2nd verb probably doublet), etc.; Imperative masculine plural (suffix) (הוּ) הַשְׁפִּילֵ Job 40:11; Jeremiah 13:18; Infinitive construct suffix הַשְׁפִּילְךָ Proverbs 25:7 (Ezek 21:31 read absolute הַשְׁפֵּיל, || הַגְבֵּהַּ, so Co Krae Ges§ 113bb R. 3); Participle מַשְׁפִּיל 1 Samuel 2:7; Psalm 147:6; מַשְׁפִּילִי (Ges§ 90 l) Psalm 113:6; —
1. usually figurative, י׳ subject, lay low, tree Ezekiel 17:24 (opposed to הִגְבַּהְתִּי); city Isaiah 26:5 (|| הֵשַׁח); fortress Isaiah 25:12 (+ הֵשַׁח; Du thinks doublet of Isaiah 26:5); humiliate pride Isaiah 26:11; Isaiah 13:11, compare Job 40:11; object עֵינַיִם רָמוֺת Psalm 18:28, so read also || 2 Samuel 22:28, אַףמְֿרוֺמֵם מַשׁ׳ י׳ 1 Samuel 2:7, רְשָׁעִים Psalm 147:6; וְזֶה יָרִים זֶה יַשׁ׳ Psalm 75:8, compare Ezekiel 21:31.
2. human subject set one in a lower place Proverbs 25:7; subject human pride Proverbs 29:23; declar. Isaiah 57:9 thou didst shew abasement עַדשְֿׁאוֺל.
3. as helping verb: + verb coordinate, שֵׁ֑בוּ הַשׁ׳ Jeremiah 13:18 make low, sit down = take a low seat (Ges§ 120 g); + infinitive לִרְאוֺת מַשׁ׳ Psalm 113:6 he who maketh low to look upon heaven and earth (i.e. י׳; || הַמַּגְבִּיתִי לָשָׁ֑בֶת Psalm 113:5; Ges§ 114 m). — גֵּוָה וַתּאֹמֶר הִשְׁפִּילוּ Job 22:29 is dubious; || יוֺשִׁעַ favours אֱלוֺהַּ as subject, which Bu conjecture For וַתּאֹ׳, read then הִשְׁמִּיל, א׳ hath abased pride, so (in part) Du; > they cast (thee) down (RV); men are cast down (הִשׁ׳ intransitive; AV, compare LagBN 121); (thy ways) are brought low (Ew De Di).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H8214.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

2:7; 2:7

2 Samuel

22:28

Job

22:29; 40:11; 40:11

Psalms

18:28; 75:8; 75:8; 113:5; 113:6; 113:6; 147:6; 147:6

Proverbs

16:9; 16:19; 25:7; 25:7; 29:23

Ecclesiastes

12:4; 12:4

Isaiah

2:9; 2:9; 2:11; 2:11; 2:12; 2:17; 5:15; 5:15; 5:15; 5:15; 10:33; 13:11; 25:12; 25:12; 26:5; 26:5; 26:5; 26:11; 29:4; 29:4; 32:19; 40:4; 57:9

Jeremiah

13:18; 13:18

Ezekiel

17:24; 21:31; 21:31

H8213

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8213 matches the Hebrew שָׁפֵל (šāp̄ēl),
which occurs 29 times in 27 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:7 - The Lord gives wealth and takes a man's goods from him: crushing men down and again lifting them up;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:28 - For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but your eyes are on men of pride, to make them low.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:29 - For God makes low those whose hearts are lifted up, but he is a saviour to the poor in spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:11 - Let your wrath be overflowing; let your eyes see all the sons of pride, and make them low.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:27 - For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but eyes full of pride will be made low.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:7 - But God is the judge, putting down one, and lifting up another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:6 - Looking down on the heavens, and on the earth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:6 - The Lord gives help to the poor in spirit; but he sends sinners down in shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:7 - For it is better to have it said to you, Come up here; than for you to be put down in a lower place before the ruler.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:23 - A man's pride will be the cause of his fall, but he who has a gentle spirit will get honour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:9 - And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face: for this cause there will be no forgiveness for their sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:11 - The high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low, and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:12 - For the day of the Lord of armies is coming on all the pride of men, and on all who are high and lifted up;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:17 - And the high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low: and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:15 - And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face, and the eyes of pride are put to shame:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:33

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:33 - See, the Lord, the Lord of armies, is cutting off his branches with a great noise, and his strong ones are falling and his high ones are coming down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:11 - And if he puts out his hands, like a man stretching out his hands in swimming, the Lord will make low his pride, however expert his designs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:12 - And the strong tower of your walls has been broken by him, made low, and crushed even to the dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:5 - For he has made low those who are lifted up, all the people of the town of pride: he makes it low, crushing it down to the earth; he makes it low in the dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:4 - And you will be made low, and your voice will come out of the earth, and your words will be low out of the dust; and your voice will come out of the earth like that of a spirit, making bird-like noises out of the dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:19 - But the tall trees will come down with a great fall, and the town will be low in a low place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:4 - Let every valley be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low, and let the rough places become level, and the hilltops become a valley,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:9 - And you went to Melech with oil and much perfume, and you sent your representatives far off, and went as low as the underworld.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:18 - Say to the king and to the queen-mother, Make yourselves low, be seated on the earth: for the crown of your glory has come down from your heads.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:24 - And it will be clear to all the trees of the field that I the Lord have made low the high tree and made high the low tree, drying up the green tree and making the dry tree full of growth; I the Lord have said it and have done it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:26 - This is what the Lord has said: Take away the holy head-dress, take off the crown: this will not be again: let that which is low be lifted up, and that which is high be made low.
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