Strongs Number: H8213
- Hebrew Word
- שָׁפֵל
- Transliteration
- shâphêl
- Phonetic
- shaw-fale'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
to depress or sink (especially figuratively to {humiliate} intransitively or transitively)
- BDB Definition
-
1. to be or become low, sink, be humbled, be abased
a. (Qal) to be or become low
b. (Hiphil)
1. to lay or bring low, humiliate
2. to set in a lower place, show abasement
3. to make low, sit down
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- {abase} bring ({cast} put) {down} {debase} humble ({self}) be ({bring} {lay} {make} put) low (-er).