Shâphêl — H8213

Definition

verb

to depress or sink (expectation figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)

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

Usually translated as

low, abase, bring, down, debase, lower, humble, be

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• asthéneia (G769)
• atimázō (G818)
• katabállō (G2598)
• píptō (G4098)
• tapeinóō (G5013)
• philóphrōn (G5391)

Occurrences

Shâphêl occurs 31 times in 29 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (2), Job (2), Psalms (4), Proverbs (2), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (14), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (2)

• 1 Samuel 2:7 — The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low (מַשְׁפִּ֖יל), and lifteth up.
• 2 Samuel 22:28 — And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down (תַּשְׁפִּֽיל).
• 2 Samuel 22:48 — It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,
• Job 22:29 — When men are cast down (הִ֭שְׁפִּילוּ), then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
• Job 40:11 — Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase (וְהַשְׁפִּילֵֽהוּ) him.
• Psalms 18:27 — For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down (תַּשְׁפִּֽיל) high looks.
• Psalms 75:7 — But God is the judge: he putteth down (יַ֝שְׁפִּ֗יל) one, and setteth up another.
• Psalms 113:6 — Who humbleth (הַֽמַּשְׁפִּילִ֥י) himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!
• Psalms 147:6 — The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down (מַשְׁפִּ֖יל) to the ground.
• Proverbs 25:7 — For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower (מֵֽ֭הַשְׁפִּ֣ילְךָ) in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.
• Proverbs 29:23 — A man’s pride shall bring him low (תַּשְׁפִּילֶ֑נּוּ): but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
• Ecclesiastes 12:4 — And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low (בִּשְׁפַ֖ל), and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;
• Isaiah 2:9 — And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth (וַיִּשְׁפַּל) himself: therefore forgive them not.
• Isaiah 2:11 — The lofty looks of man shall be humbled (שָׁפֵ֔ל), 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 (וְשָׁפֵֽל):
• Isaiah 2:17 — And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low (וְשָׁפֵ֖ל): and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
• Isaiah 5:15 — And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled (וַיִּשְׁפַּל), and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
• Isaiah 5:15 — And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled (תִּשְׁפַּֽלְנָה):
• 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 (יִשְׁפָּֽלוּ).
• 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 (אַשְׁפִּֽיל) the haughtiness of the terrible.
• Isaiah 25:11 — And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down (וְהִשְׁפִּיל֙) their pride together with the spoils of their hands.
• Isaiah 25:12 — And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low (הִשְׁפִּ֛יל), and bring to the ground, even to the dust.
• Isaiah 26:5 — For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low (יַשְׁפִּילֶ֤נָּה); he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.
• Isaiah 26:5 — For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low (יַשְׁפִּילָהּ֙), even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.
• Isaiah 29:4 — And thou shalt be brought down (וְשָׁפַלְתְּ֙), and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.
• Isaiah 32:19 — When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low (תִּשְׁפַּ֥ל) in a low place.
• Isaiah 40:4 — Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low (יִשְׁפָּ֑לוּ): and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
• Isaiah 57:9 — And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase (וַתַּשְׁפִּ֖ילִי) thyself even unto hell.
• Jeremiah 13:18 — Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves (הַשְׁפִּ֣ילוּ), 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 (הִשְׁפַּ֣לְתִּי) the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it.
• Ezekiel 21:26 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase (הַשְׁפִּֽיל) him that is high.