Shaphel means “abase” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H8213 שָׁפֵל (shaphel) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. shaphel (shaw-fale') v. 1. to depress or sink (expec. figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive) [a primitive root] It has 27 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include down, bring, bringeth, abase, and cast. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
shaphel (shaw-fale') v. 1. to depress or sink (expec. figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive) [a primitive root] KJV: abase, bring (cast, put) down, debase, humble (self), be (bring, lay, make, put) low(-er).
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to abase
Usage: 1) to be or become low, sink, be humbled, be abased 1a) (Qal) to be or become low 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to lay or bring low, humiliate 1b2) to set in a lower place, show abasement 1b3) to make low, sit down
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render shaphel, 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.
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.
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27 indexed usages in Old Testament.
The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
First 27 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H8213.
The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!
The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.
A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.
And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands.
And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.
For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.
And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.
When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.
Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.
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Shaphel (Strong's H8213) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "abase". shaphel (shaw-fale') v. 1. to depress or sink (expec. figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive) [a primitive root]
This page currently indexes 27 linked usages for Strong's H8213 across 8 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H8213 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as down, bring, bringeth, abase, cast, and casteth. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.