Definition
from H8213; depressed, literally or figuratively
Traditional renderings: base(-st), humble, low(-er, -ly).
Traditional renderings: base(-st), humble, low(-er, -ly).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שָׁפָל:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
17 total
- Leviticus 13:20שָׁפָ֣ל · to be beneathThe priest shall examine it, and if it appears to be beneath the skin and the hair in it has turned white, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection that has broken out in the boil.
- Leviticus 13:21וּשְׁפָלָ֥ה · beneathBut when the priest examines it, if there is no white hair in it, and it is not beneath the skin and has faded, the priest shall isolate him for seven days.
- Leviticus 13:26וּשְׁפָלָ֥ה · beneathBut if the priest examines it and there is no white hair in the spot, and it is not beneath the skin but has faded, the priest shall isolate him for seven days.
- Leviticus 14:37שָׁפָ֖ל · to be beneathHe is to examine the house, and if the mildew on the walls consists of green or red depressions that appear to be beneath the surface of the wall,
- 2 Samuel 6:22שָׁפָ֖ל · and humble…and I will humiliate and humble myself even more than this. Yet I will be honored by the maidservants of whom you have spoken.”
- Job 5:11שְׁפָלִ֣ים · the lowlyHe sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.
- Psalm 138:6וְשָׁפָ֣ל · to the lowlyThough the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
- Proverbs 29:23וּשְׁפַל־ · but a humbleA man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
- Isaiah 57:15וּשְׁפַל־ · and humble; שְׁפָלִ֔ים · of the lowlyFor thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
- Ezekiel 17:6שִׁפְלַ֣ת · lowIt sprouted and became a spreading vine, low in height, with branches turned toward him; yet its roots remained where it stood. So it became a vine and yielded branches and sent out shoots.
- Ezekiel 17:14שְׁפָלָ֔ה · brought low…so that the kingdom would be brought low, unable to lift itself up, surviving only by keeping his covenant.
- Ezekiel 17:24שָׁפָ֔ל · and make the lowThen 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 21:26הַשָּׁפָ֣לָה · the lowlyThis 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.
- Ezekiel 29:14שְׁפָלָֽה׃ · a lowlyI will restore Egypt from captivity and bring them back to the land of Pathros, the land of their origin. There they will be a lowly kingdom.
- Ezekiel 29:15שְׁפָלָ֔ה · the lowliestEgypt will be the lowliest of kingdoms and will never again exalt itself above the nations. For I will diminish Egypt so that it will never again rule over the nations.
- Malachi 2:9וּשְׁפָלִ֖ים · and humiliated“So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law.”