Word Study · Strong's H8220 · Hebrew

שִׁפְלוּת

shiphluth

shif-looth'

Strong's 1890 spelling: shiphlûwth

“remissness”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

remissness

Rendered in the KJV as

idleness.

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occurrencein the Old Testament
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Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
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inflected formdistinct spellings

Across 1 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 1

וּבְשִׁפְל֥וּת1

How it is rendered · 1

and in lowering of1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 1

conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1

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HC/R/Ncfsc · 1

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Ecclesiastes1 occurrence

Ecclesiastes 10:18וּבְשִׁפְל֥וּתuveshiflutconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Through laziness the roof caves in, and in the hands of the idle, the house leaks.here: and in lowering of

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