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Lexicon :: Strong's H8219 - šᵊp̄ēlâ

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שְׁפֵלָה
Transliteration
šᵊp̄ēlâ
Pronunciation
shef-ay-law'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2445d

Strong’s Definitions

שְׁפֵלָה shᵉphêlâh, shef-ay-law'; from H8213; Lowland, i.e. (with the article) the maritime slope of Palestine:—low country, (low) plain, vale(-ley).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H8219 in the following manner: valley (8x), vale (5x), plain (3x), low country (2x), low plain (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H8219 in the following manner: valley (8x), vale (5x), plain (3x), low country (2x), low plain (2x).

  1. lowland, valley

    1. lowland

      1. strip west of Judean mountains (technical term)

        1. the Shephelah

      2. strip near coast north of Carmel

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שְׁפֵלָה shᵉphêlâh, shef-ay-law'; from H8213; Lowland, i.e. (with the article) the maritime slope of Palestine:—low country, (low) plain, vale(-ley).
STRONGS H8219: Abbreviations
† שְׁפֵלָה noun feminine lowland; — always absolute שׁ׳ with article, except suffix שְׁפֵלָתֹה Joshua 11:16; — lowland:
1. usually technical term of strip west of Judaean mountains (on exact limits see GASmGeogr. 201 ff.; Expos. Dec. 1896, 404 f. BuhlGeogr. 104 DrHast. DB iii. 892 f.): almost always distinguished from הָהָר and הַנֶּגֶב, sometimes from הָעֲרָבָה, in Deuteronomy 1:7; Joshua 9:1 (RD), also from חוֺף הַיָּם, compare Joshua 10:40; Joshua 12:8 (both RD), Judges 1:9 (perhaps RD, compare Bu GFM), Joshua 15:33 (P), Jeremiah 17:26; Jeremiah 32:44; Jeremiah 33:13; Obadiah 19; Zechariah 7:7; 2 Chronicles 26:10 (distinguished from הַמִּישׁוֺר, table-land east of Jordan); region of sycomores 1 Kings 10:27 2 Chronicles 1:15; 9:27; 1 Chronicles 27:28.
2. of lowland (near coast) north of Carmel Joshua 11:2; Wwst of mountains of Ephraim Joshua 11:16 (both RD).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

1:7

Joshua

9:1; 10:40; 11:2; 11:16; 11:16; 12:8; 15:33

Judges

1:9

1 Kings

10:27

1 Chronicles

27:28

2 Chronicles

1:15; 9:27; 26:10

Jeremiah

17:26; 32:44; 33:13

Obadiah

1:19

Zechariah

7:7

H8219

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8219 matches the Hebrew שְׁפֵלָה (šᵊp̄ēlâ),
which occurs 20 times in 19 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:7 - ‘Turn and resume your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites, and to all their neighbors in the Arabah, in the hill country and in the lowland (the Shephelah), in the Negev (South country) and on the coast of the [Mediterranean] Sea, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:1 -

Now when all the kings who were beyond the Jordan, in the hill country and in the lowland [at the western edge of the hills of Judea], and all along the coast of the Great [Mediterranean] Sea toward Lebanon, the Hittite and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, heard of this [army and its victories over Jericho and Ai],

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:40 -

So Joshua struck all the land, the hill country, the Negev (South country) and the lowland and the slopes [that descend to the Dead Sea] and all their kings. He left no survivor, but he utterly destroyed all who breathed, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:2 - and to the kings who were in the north, in the hill country, and in the Arabah [the plain] south of Chinnereth (the Sea of Galilee) and in the lowland and on the hills of Dor on the west;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:16 -

So Joshua took all this land: the hill country, all the Negev (South country), all the land of Goshen, the lowland, the Arabah [plain], the hill country of Israel and its lowland

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:8 - in the hill country, in the lowland (foothills), in the Arabah [plain], on the slopes [descending to the Dead Sea], and in the wilderness, and in the Negev (South country)—the [lands of the] Hittite, the Amorite and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:33 -

In the lowland: Eshtaol and Zorah and Ashnah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:9 - Afterward the sons of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who lived in the hill country, in the Negev (South country) and in the lowland.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:27 - The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars as plentiful as the [fn]sycamore trees that are in the lowland.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:28 - Baal-hanan the Gederite was in charge of the olive and [fn]sycamore trees in Shephelah (the lowlands); and Joash was in charge of the stores of [olive] oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 1:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:15 - The king made silver and gold as plentiful and common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar as plentiful as the [fn]sycamore-fig trees in the lowland.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:27 - The king made silver in Jerusalem as common as stones, and cedar wood as plentiful as the [fn]sycamore-fig trees that are in the [fn]lowland.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:10 - He also built towers in the wilderness and dug many cisterns, for he had a great deal of livestock, both in the lowlands and in the plain. He also had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields, for he loved the soil.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:18 - The Philistines had also invaded the cities of the low country and of the Negev (the South country) of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, and Soco with their villages, and also Timnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages, and they settled there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:26 - “People will come from the cities of Judah and the places all around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, from the lowland, from the hill country and from the South (the Negev), bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and incense, and bringing sacrifices of thanksgiving to the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:44 - ‘People will buy fields for money, sign deeds, seal them, and call in witnesses in the land of Benjamin, in the places around Jerusalem, in the cities of Judah, in the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South (the Negev); for I will restore their fortunes and release them from exile,’ says the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:13 - ‘In the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the lowland, in the cities of the South (the Negev), in the land of Benjamin, in the places around Jerusalem and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again pass under the hand of the one who counts them,’ says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:19 -

Then those of the Negev shall possess the mountain of Esau,

And those of the Shephelah [shall possess] the Philistine plain;

Also, [they shall] possess the fields of Ephraim and the fields of Samaria,

And Benjamin will possess Gilead [across the Jordan River].

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:7 - ‘Should you not hear the words which the LORD proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and prosperous along with her cities around her, and the South (the Negev) and the foothills were inhabited?’”
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