שָׁפָל
šāpāl
low
Strong's H8217AdjectiveHebrewTWOT 2445c

שָׁפָל (šāpāl) is a Hebrew adjective meaning low. It appears 19 times in 9 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H8217).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2445c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2445c)low; humiliated; lowly; depressed; base, bast, humble, lower
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שָׁפָל adjective: low

Strong's H8217 שָׁפָל: depressed, literally or figuratively
KJV:base(-st), humble, low(-er, -ly).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2445: שָׁפֵל šāpēl — be, become low, be abased; become, low, to be lowly of spirit; lay low, set, in a lower place, make low, sit down; depress, sink, humiliate; abase, bring down, debase, humble, be lower

See it in Scripture

Leviticus 13:202 Samuel 6:22Job 5:11

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