שָׁפֵל
shâphêl · shaw-fale'
to depress or sink (expectation figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to depress or sink (expectation figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: abase, bring (cast, put) down, debase, humble (self), be (bring, lay, make, put) low(-er).
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to speak, the word › authority, the one who leads
To consume, to destroy that works to speak, the word of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁפֵל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
31 occurrences · 31 OT · 0 NT · 28 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shall be humbled4 · 13%
- and abase2 · 7%
- shall be made low2 · 7%
- he layeth it low2 · 7%
- he bringeth low1 · 3%
- that thou mayest bring them down1 · 3%
- when men are cast down1 · 3%
- but wilt bring down1 · 3%
- he putteth down1 · 3%
- who humbleth1 · 3%
- he casteth1 · 3%
- down1 · 3%
- hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower1 · 3%
- shall bring him low1 · 3%
- humbleth1 · 3%
- and he shall be brought low1 · 3%
- and will lay low1 · 3%
- and he shall bring down1 · 3%
- lay low1 · 3%
- and thou shalt be brought down1 · 3%
- shall be low1 · 3%
- and didst debase1 · 3%
- humble1 · 3%
- have brought down1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.