שָׁפָל
shâphâl · shaw-fawl'
depressed, literally or figuratively
Lexicon
Derivation: from H8213 (שָׁפֵל);
depressed, literally or figuratively
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: base(-st), humble, low(-er, -ly).
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 שָׁפָל 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
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- lower1 · 5%
- therein, and if it be not lower1 · 5%
- and it be no lower1 · 5%
- are lower1 · 5%
- and will be base1 · 5%
- those that be low1 · 5%
- unto the lowly1 · 5%
- it is to be of an humble1 · 5%
- the humble1 · 5%
- is low1 · 5%
- and humble1 · 5%
- of the humble1 · 5%
- of low1 · 5%
- might be base1 · 5%
- the low1 · 5%
- him that is low1 · 5%
- and they shall be there a base1 · 5%
- it shall be the basest1 · 5%
- and base1 · 5%
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.