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Lexicon :: Strong's H8217 - šāp̄āl

Aa
שָׁפָל
Transliteration
šāp̄āl
Pronunciation
shaw-fawl'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2445c

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁפָל shâphâl, shaw-fawl'; from H8213; depressed, literally or figuratively:—base(-st), humble, low(-er, -ly).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's H8217 in the following manner: low (5x), lower (4x), base (4x), humble (4x), basest (1x), lowly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's H8217 in the following manner: low (5x), lower (4x), base (4x), humble (4x), basest (1x), lowly (1x).

  1. low, humble

    1. low (in height)

    2. low (in station), humble (of condition or spirit)

    3. humiliated

    4. lowly (as subst)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁפָל shâphâl, shaw-fawl'; from H8213; depressed, literally or figuratively:—base(-st), humble, low(-er, -ly).
STRONGS H8217: Abbreviations
שָׁפָל adjective low; — absolute שׁ׳ 2 Samuel 6:22 +, construct שְׁפַל Psalm 29:23 +; feminine singular שְׁפָלָה Ezekiel 17:14 +, construct שִׁפְלַת Ezekiel 17:6; plural שְׁפָלִים Job 5:11; —
1. low, in height, of vine Ezekiel 17:6, tree Ezekiel 17:24 (opposed to גָּבֹהַּ); מִןהָֿעוֺר שׁ׳ Leviticus 13:20 lower (deeper) than the skin (around it), so Leviticus 13:21; Leviticus 13:26, compare Leviticus 14:37.
2. of a modest, unambitious kingdom Ezekiel 17:14; Ezekiel 29:14, 15; low in station Job 5:11 (opposed to שָֽׂגְבוּ), Ezekiel 21:31 (Ges§ 90f.; read הַשְּׁפָלָה֣).
3. humiliated, בְּעֵינָ֑י שׁ׳ 2 Samuel 6:22; plural Malachi 2:9 (|| נִבְזִים).
4. lowly, as substantive Psalm 138:6 (opposed to גָּבֹהַּ), רוּחַ שְׁפָלִים Isaiah 57:15 (|| נִדְכָּ אִים); שְׁפַל רוּחַ Isaiah 57:15, Proverbs 29:23 (opposed to גַּאֲוַת אָדָם), + Proverbs 16:19 Thes and others (but see checkQal 2).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

13:20; 13:21; 13:26; 14:37

2 Samuel

6:22; 6:22

Job

5:11; 5:11

Psalms

138:6

Proverbs

16:19; 29:23

Isaiah

57:15; 57:15

Ezekiel

17:6; 17:6; 17:14; 17:14; 17:24; 21:31; 29:14; 29:15

Malachi

2:9

H8217

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8217 matches the Hebrew שָׁפָל (šāp̄āl),
which occurs 19 times in 18 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:20 - And after looking at it, if it seems to go deeper than the skin, and the hair on it is turned white, then the priest will say that the man is unclean: it is the leper's disease, it has come out in the bad place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:21 - But if, after looking at it, he sees that there are no white hairs on it, and it is not deeper than the skin, and it is not very bright, then let the priest keep him shut up for seven days:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:26 - But if, after looking at it, the priest sees that there is no white hair on the bright place, and it is not deeper than the skin, and is not very bright, then let the priest keep him shut up for seven days:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:37 - And if he sees that the walls of the house are marked with hollows of green and red, and if it seems to go deeper than the face of the wall;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:22 - And I will do even worse than this, and make myself even lower in your eyes: but the servant-girls of whom you were talking will give me honour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:11 - Lifting up those who are low, and putting the sad in a safe place;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 138:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 138:6 - Though the Lord is high, he sees those who are low; and he has knowledge from far off of those who are lifted up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:19 - Better it is to have a gentle spirit with the poor, than to take part in the rewards of war with men of pride.

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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 BoxEcc 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:4 - When the doors are shut in the street, and the sound of the crushing is low, and the voice of the bird is soft, and the daughters of music will be made low;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:15 - For this is the word of him who is high and lifted up, whose resting-place is eternal, whose name is Holy: my resting-place is in the high and holy place, and with him who is crushed and poor in spirit, to give life to the spirit of the poor, and to make strong the heart of the crushed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:6 - And its growth went on and it became a vine, low and widely stretching, whose branches were turned to him and its roots were under him: so it became a vine, putting out branches and young leaves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:14 - So that the kingdom might be made low with no power of lifting itself up, but might keep his agreement to be his servants.

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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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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:14 - I will let the fate of Egypt be changed, and will make them come back into the land of Pathros, into the land from which they came; and there they will be an unimportant kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:9 - And so I have taken away your honour and made you low before all the people, even as you have not kept my ways, and have given no thought to me in using the law.
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