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Lexicon :: Strong's H8213 - šāp̄ēl

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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 Box 1Sa 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:7 - The LORD sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:28 - You save the humble, but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them low.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:29 - When people are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then he will save the downcast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:11 - Unleash the fury of your wrath, look at all who are proud and bring them low,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:27 - You save the humble but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 75:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:7 - It is God who judges: He brings one down, he exalts another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 113:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:6 - who stoops down to look on the heavens and the earth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:6 - The LORD sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:7 - it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,” than for him to humiliate you before his nobles. What you have seen with your eyes

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:23 - Pride brings a person low, but the lowly in spirit gain honor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:9 - So people will be brought low and everyone humbled— do not forgive them.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:11 - The eyes of the arrogant will be humbled and human pride brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:12 - The LORD Almighty has a day in store for all the proud and lofty, for all that is exalted (and they will be humbled),

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:17 - The arrogance of man will be brought low and human pride humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:15 - So people will be brought low and everyone humbled, the eyes of the arrogant humbled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:33

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:33 - See, the Lord, the LORD Almighty, will lop off the boughs with great power. The lofty trees will be felled, the tall ones will be brought low.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:11 - I will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their sins. I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty and will humble the pride of the ruthless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:11 - They will stretch out their hands in it, as swimmers stretch out their hands to swim. God will bring down their pride despite the cleverness[fn] of their hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:12 - He will bring down your high fortified walls and lay them low; he will bring them down to the ground, to the very dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:5 - He humbles those who dwell on high, he lays the lofty city low; he levels it to the ground and casts it down to the dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:4 - Brought low, you will speak from the ground; your speech will mumble out of the dust. Your voice will come ghostlike from the earth; out of the dust your speech will whisper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:19 - Though hail flattens the forest and the city is leveled completely,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:4 - Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:9 - You went to Molek[fn] with olive oil and increased your perfumes. You sent your ambassadors[fn] far away; you descended to the very realm of the dead!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:18 - Say to the king and to the queen mother, “Come down from your thrones, for your glorious crowns will fall from your heads.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:24 - All the trees of the forest will know that I the LORD bring down the tall tree and make the low tree grow tall. I dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish. “ ‘I the LORD have spoken, and I will do it.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:26 - this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Take off the turban, remove the crown. It will not be as it was: The lowly will be exalted and the exalted will be brought low.
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