שָׁפֵל shaphel

Hebrew word for “to abase” · Strong’s H8213 · used 31 times in 29 verses

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Meaning

1) to be or become low, sink, be humbled, be abased;

How it is translated

Glosses given for shaphel in context, with how often each is used:

• will become low 7
• will bring low 5
• bring low 4
• bringing low 2
• has become low 2
• bring them low 1
• people brought low 1
• brings low 1
• who is making low 1
• lowly 1
• than to set low 1
• when becomes low 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Isaiah 2 (4), Isaiah 25 (2), 1 Samuel 2 (1), 2 Samuel 22 (1), Job 22 (1), Job 40 (1), Psalms 18 (1), Psalms 75 (1), Psalms 113 (1), Psalms 147 (1)

Forms

• משׁפיל 2
• תשׁפיל 2
• השׁפילו 2
• שׁפל 2
• וישׁפל 2
• ושׁפל 2
• ישׁפלו 2
• השׁפיל 2
• והשׁפילהו 1
• ישׁפיל 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with shaphel more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• שָׁחַח shachach “to bow” 8
• רוּם rum “to exalt” 7
• גָּבֹהַּ gavoah “high” 4
• גֵּאֶה geeh “proud” 3
• שָׁפָל shaphal “low” 3
• גַּאֲוָה gaavah “pride” 3
• שָׂגַב sagav “to exalt” 3
• עַיִן ayin “eye” 6
• אָדָם adam “man” 5
• גַּבְהוּת gavhut “haughtiness” 2
• רוּם rum “height” 2
• עָפָר aphar “dust” 3

Key verses

The verses using shaphel that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 Samuel 2:7 — The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
• Job 40:11 — Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
• Psalms 18:27 — For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
• Psalms 75:7 — But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
• Proverbs 29:23 — A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
• Isaiah 2:11 — The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
• Isaiah 2:12 — For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
• Isaiah 2:17 — And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
• Isaiah 10:33 — Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.
• Isaiah 13:11 — And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the…
• Jeremiah 13:18 — Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
• Ezekiel 17:24 — And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.