Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
bareness
Usage: 1) bareness, smooth or bare height, bare place, high places, barren height 1a) bareness 1b) bare place, bare height
Strong's Number
H8205
Language
Hebrew
Linked Usages
9
Books
3
Strong's H8205 Quick Answer
Strong's H8205 שְׁפִי (shphiy) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. shphiy (shef-ee') n-m. 1. bareness 2. (concretely) a bare hill or plain It has 9 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include high. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
- Meaning
- shphiy (shef-ee') n-m. 1. bareness 2. (concretely) a bare hill or plain
- Usage
- 9 linked usages
- Books
- 3 indexed books
- Corpus
- Old Testament
- Usage Words
- high
Meaning and Definition
shphiy (shef-ee') n-m. 1. bareness 2. (concretely) a bare hill or plain [from H8192] KJV: high place, stick out. Root(s): H8192
Across Lexicons
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H8205. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
How Strong's H8205 Is Translated
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render shphiy, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
high
Isaiah 41:18
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How Strong's H8205 Usage Compares
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
- The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 9 linked usages.
- The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.
Strong's H8205 by Corpus
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
Strong's H8205 in the Old Testament
9 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.
I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.
Usage Excerpts
First 9 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H8205.
And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.
I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.
Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.
At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,
Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.
And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.
All Indexed Usage Links
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H8205, grouped by book.
Numbers 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 6 usages, Old Testament
Strong's H8205 FAQ
What does shephi (שְׁפִי) mean?
Shephi (Strong's H8205) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "high place". shphiy (shef-ee') n-m. 1. bareness 2. (concretely) a bare hill or plain
How many times is shephi (שְׁפִי) used in the Bible?
This page currently indexes 9 linked usages for Strong's H8205 across 3 books.
Where can I study shephi (שְׁפִי) in context?
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H8205 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
What English words translate shephi (שְׁפִי)?
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as high. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.