Hebrew adjective · H8217
שָׁפָל
shaphalshaw-fawl'
low
17 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: shâphâl
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8217is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 39Old Testament books
- 13spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H8217
depressed, literally or figuratively
The King James renders it: base(-st), humble, low(-er, -ly).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
shaphal is rendered "low". It stands 17 times in the Hebrew text, across eight books.
- Six of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Leviticus 13:20The 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.
- The Greek text spells it thirteen different ways.
The first use
The 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 13:20שָׁפָ֣ל
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- lowly6
- and a lowly of2
- and deep2
- and lowly2
- deep2
- low1
- low of1
- the lowly1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 17, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
13 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וּשְׁפַל־2
- וּשְׁפָלָ֥ה2
- שָׁפָ֖ל2
- שְׁפָלָ֔ה2
- הַשָּׁפָ֣לָה1
- וְשָׁפָ֣ל1
- וּשְׁפָלִ֖ים1
- שָׁפָ֣ל1
- שָׁפָ֔ל1
- שְׁפָלָֽה׃1
- שְׁפָלִ֣ים1
- שְׁפָלִ֔ים1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- adjective · masculine singular4HAamsa
- adjective · feminine singular3HAafsa
- adjective · masculine plural2HAampa
- conjunction (“and”) + adjective · feminine singular2HC/Aafsa
- conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HC/Aamsc
- adjective · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HAafsc
- conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine plural1HC/Aampa
- conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular1HC/Aamsa
- the definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singular1HTd/Aafsa
Leviticus
four uses
The 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.
- שָׁפָ֣לshafaladjective · masculine singulartagged: deep
But 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.
- וּשְׁפָלָ֥הushefalahconjunction (“and”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: and deep
But 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.
- וּשְׁפָלָ֥הushefalahconjunction (“and”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: and deep
He 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,
- שָׁפָ֖לshafaladjective · masculine singulartagged: deep
2 Samuel
one use
and I will humiliate and humble myself even more than this. Yet I will be honored by the maidservants of whom you have spoken.”
- שָׁפָ֖לshafaladjective · masculine singulartagged: lowly
Job
one use
He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.
- שְׁפָלִ֣יםshefalimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: lowly
Psalms
one use
Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
- וְשָׁפָ֣לveshafalconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and lowly
Proverbs
one use
A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
- וּשְׁפַל־ushefal-conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and a lowly of
Isaiah
two uses
For 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.
- וּשְׁפַל־ushefal-conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and a lowly of
- שְׁפָלִ֔יםshefalimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: lowly
Ezekiel
six uses
It 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.
- שִׁפְלַ֣תshiflatadjective · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: low of
so that the kingdom would be brought low, unable to lift itself up, surviving only by keeping his covenant.
- שְׁפָלָ֔הshefalahadjective · feminine singulartagged: lowly
Then 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.’”
- שָׁפָ֔לshafaladjective · masculine singulartagged: low
This 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.
- הַשָּׁפָ֣לָהhashafalahthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: the lowly
I 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.
- שְׁפָלָֽה׃shefalahadjective · feminine singulartagged: lowly
Egypt 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.
- שְׁפָלָ֔הshefalahadjective · feminine singulartagged: lowly
Malachi
one use
“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.”
- וּשְׁפָלִ֖יםushefalimconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: and lowly
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
