Lexicon :: Strong's H8213 - šāp̄ēl

שָׁפֵל

Transliteration

šāp̄ēl

Pronunciation

shaw-fale'

Part of Speech

verb

Root Word (Etymology)

A primitive root

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2445

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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 DHM^{xxix (1875), 604}; Arabic , , be low (Lag^{BN 48}); Aramaic שְׁפַל, (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 Che^Hpt 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 Lag^{BN 121}); (thy ways) are brought low (Ew De Di).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H8214.

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