H8213 שָׁפֵל
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 30 KJV occurrences
שָׁפֵל
shâphêl · shaw-fale'
Definition
to depress or sink (expectation figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
KJV Renderings
abase, bring (cast, put) down, debase, humble (self), be (bring, lay, make, put) low(-er).
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 30)
- 1 Samuel 2:7The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
- Job 40:11Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
- Psalms 147:6The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
- Isaiah 2:9And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
- Isaiah 5:15And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
- Isaiah 13:11And 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.
- Isaiah 26:5¶ 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.
- Isaiah 57:9And 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.