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Lexicon :: Strong's H8217 - šāp̄āl

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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 Box Lev 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:20 - and the priest shall look on it, and behold, it looketh deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof is turned white; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the sore of leprosy broken out in the boil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:21 - But if the priest look on it, and behold, there are no white hairs therein, and it is not deeper than the skin, and is pale, the priest shall shut him up seven days;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:26 - But if the priest look on it, and behold, there is no white hair in the bright spot, and it is no deeper than the skin, and is pale, the priest shall shut him up seven days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:37 - And when he looketh on the plague, and behold, the plague is in the walls of the house, greenish or reddish hollows, and their look is deeper than the surface of the wall,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:22 - And I will make myself yet more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight; and of the handmaids that thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:11 - Setting up on high those that are low; and mourners are exalted to prosperity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 138:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 138:6 - For Jehovah is high; but he looketh upon the lowly, and the proud he knoweth afar off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:19 - Better is it to be of a humble spirit with the meek, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:23 - A man's pride bringeth him low; but the humble in spirit shall obtain honour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:4 - and the doors are shut toward the street; when the sound of the grinding is subdued, and they rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of song are brought low;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:15 - For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, and whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, and with him that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:6 - And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, so that its branches should turn toward him, and the roots thereof be under him; and it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:14 - that the kingdom might be abased, that it might not lift itself up, that it might keep his covenant in order to stand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:24 - And all the trees of the field shall know that I Jehovah have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and made the dry tree to flourish: I Jehovah have spoken, and will do it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:26 - -- thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Remove the mitre and take off the crown; what is shall be no more. Exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:14 - and I will turn again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return to the land of Pathros, into the land of their birth, and they shall there be a base kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:15 - It shall be the basest of kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations; and I will diminish them, so that they shall no more rule over the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:9 - And I also have made you contemptible and base before all the people, because ye have not kept my ways, but have respect of persons in administering the law.
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