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שָׁפָל

sha.phal

low

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Strong’s H8217Adjective17 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

lowly6

is deep4

lowly people2

a person lowly of2

the lowly1

low of1

low1

In the text

Leviticus 13:20שָׁפָל
The priest shall examine it, and if it appears to be beneath the skin and the hair in it has turned white, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection that has broken out in the boil.
2 Samuel 6:22שָׁפָל
and I will humiliate and humble myself even more than this. Yet I will be honored by the maidservants of whom you have spoken.”
Job 5:11שְׁפָלִים
He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.
Psalm 138:6וְשָׁפָל
Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
Isaiah 57:15שְׁפָלִים
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
Ezekiel 17:14שְׁפָלָה
so that the kingdom would be brought low, unable to lift itself up, surviving only by keeping his covenant.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

שָׁפָל adj. low

1. low, in height

2. of a modest, unambitious kingdom

3. humiliated

4. lowly, as subst.

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.