Shᵉphal — H8214

Definition

verb

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

1. to be or bring low, humble
1. (Aphel) to bring low, humble

Usually translated as

abase, subdue, humble, put down

Origin

(Aramaic) corresponding to H8213

• Shâphêl (H8213)

Occurrences

Shᵉphal occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Daniel (4)

• Daniel 4:37 — Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase (לְהַשְׁפָּלָֽה).
• Daniel 5:19 — And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down (מַשְׁפִּֽיל).
• Daniel 5:22 — And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled (הַשְׁפֵּ֖לְתְּ) thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
• Daniel 7:24 — And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue (יְהַשְׁפִּֽל) three kings.