Hebrew word study

שָׁפֵלshâphêl — to depress or sink (expectation figuratively, to humiliat…

Pronounced “shaw-fale'”

to depress or sink (expectation figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)

Translated in the King James as: abase, bring (cast, put) down, debase, humble (self), be (bring, lay, make, put) low(-er).

Appears 31 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

1 Samuel — 1×
1 Sam 2:7
2 Samuel — 1×
2 Sam 22:28
Job — 2×
Job 22:29Job 40:11
Psalms — 4×
Psalms 18:27Psalms 75:7Psalms 113:6Psalms 147:6
Proverbs — 3×
Proverbs 16:19Proverbs 25:7Proverbs 29:23
Ecclesiastes — 1×
Eccles 12:4
Isaiah — 16×
Isaiah 2:9Isaiah 2:11Isaiah 2:12Isaiah 2:17Isaiah 5:15Isaiah 10:33Isaiah 13:11Isaiah 25:11Isaiah 25:12Isaiah 26:5Isaiah 29:4Isaiah 32:19Isaiah 40:4Isaiah 57:9+ 2 more in Isaiah
Jeremiah — 1×
Jeremiah 13:18
Ezekiel — 2×
Ezekiel 17:24Ezekiel 21:26

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