Definition
a primitive root; to depress or sink (especially figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
Traditional renderings: abase, bring (cast, put) down, debase, humble (self), be (bring, lay, make, put) low(-er).
Traditional renderings: abase, bring (cast, put) down, debase, humble (self), be (bring, lay, make, put) low(-er).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שָׁפֵל:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
31 total
- 1 Samuel 2:7מַשְׁפִּ֖יל · He humblesThe LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.
- 2 Samuel 22:28תַּשְׁפִּֽיל׃ · to bring [them] downYou save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.
- Job 22:29הִ֭שְׁפִּילוּ · men are brought lowWhen men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.
- Job 40:11וְהַשְׁפִּילֵֽהוּ׃ · and bring him lowUnleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low.
- Psalm 18:27תַּשְׁפִּֽיל׃ · but You humbleFor You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.
- Psalm 75:7יַ֝שְׁפִּ֗יל · He brings down…but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another.
- Psalm 113:6הַֽמַּשְׁפִּילִ֥י · He humbles HimselfHe humbles Himself to behold the heavens and the earth.
- Psalm 147:6מַשְׁפִּ֖יל · [but] castsThe LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground.
- Proverbs 16:19שְׁפַל־ · to be lowlyIt is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble than to divide the spoil with the proud.
- Proverbs 25:7מֵֽ֭הַשְׁפִּ֣ילְךָ · than to be demoted…for it is better to be told, “Come up here!” than to be demoted in the presence of the prince. Even what you have seen with your own eyes,
- Proverbs 29:23תַּשְׁפִּילֶ֑נּוּ · will bring him lowA man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
- Ecclesiastes 12:4בִּשְׁפַ֖ל · fades away…when the doors to the street are shut and the sound of the mill fades away, when one rises at the sound of a bird and all the daughters of song grow faint,
- Isaiah 2:9וַיִּשְׁפַּל־ · is humbledSo mankind is brought low, and man is humbled—do not forgive them!
- Isaiah 2:11שָׁפֵ֔ל · will be humbledThe proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
- Isaiah 2:12וְשָׁפֵֽל׃ · it will be humbledFor the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled—
- Isaiah 2:17וְשָׁפֵ֖ל · will be humbledSo the pride of man will be brought low, and the loftiness of men will be humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day,
- Isaiah 5:15וַיִּשְׁפַּל־ · humbled; תִּשְׁפַּֽלְנָה׃ · will lowerSo mankind will be brought low, and each man humbled; the arrogant will lower their eyes.
- Isaiah 10:33יִשְׁפָּֽלוּ׃ · will be felledBehold, the Lord GOD of Hosts will lop off the branches with terrifying power. The tall trees will be cut down, the lofty ones will be felled.
- Isaiah 13:11אַשְׁפִּֽיל׃ · and lay lowI will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.
- Isaiah 25:11וְהִשְׁפִּיל֙ · will be brought lowHe will spread out his hands within it, as a swimmer spreads his arms to swim. His pride will be brought low, despite the skill of his hands.
- Isaiah 25:12הִשְׁפִּ֛ילThe high-walled fortress will be brought down, cast to the ground, into the dust.
- Isaiah 26:5יַשְׁפִּילֶ֤נָּה · He lays; יַשְׁפִּילָהּ֙ · He brings it downFor He has humbled those who dwell on high; He lays the lofty city low. He brings it down to the ground; He casts it into the dust.
- Isaiah 29:4וְשָׁפַלְתְּ֙ · You will be brought lowYou will be brought low, you will speak from the ground, and out of the dust your words will be muffled. Your voice will be like a spirit from the ground; your speech will whisper out of the dust.
- Isaiah 32:19תִּשְׁפַּ֥ל · will sinkBut hail will level the forest, and the city will sink to the depths.
- Isaiah 40:4יִשְׁפָּ֑לוּ · made lowEvery valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain.
- Isaiah 57:9וַתַּשְׁפִּ֖ילִי · you have descendedYou went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended even to Sheol itself.
- Jeremiah 13:18הַשְׁפִּ֣ילוּ · Take a lowlySay to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”
- Ezekiel 17:24הִשְׁפַּ֣לְתִּי׀ · I bringThen all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it.’”
- Ezekiel 21:26הַשְׁפִּֽיל׃ · the exaltedThis is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Remove the turban, and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are: Exalt the lowly and bring low the exalted.