שָׁפֵל shâphêl

Hebrew · Strong's H8213 · pronounced shaw-fale' · used 31 times in 29 verses

Meaning

to depress or sink (expectation figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)

In the King James Version: abase, bring (cast, put) down, debase, humble (self), be (bring, lay, make, put) low(-er).

Derivation: a primitive root;

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Where it is used

1 Samuel 2:7 The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.
2 Samuel 22:28 You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.
Job 22:29 When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.
Job 40:11 Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low.
Psalms 18:27 For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.
Psalms 75:7 but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another.
Psalms 113:6 He humbles Himself to behold the heavens and the earth.
Psalms 147:6 The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground.
Proverbs 16:19 It is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Proverbs 25:7 for it is better to be told, “Come up here!” than to be demoted in the presence of the prince. Even what you have seen with your own eyes,
Proverbs 29:23 A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
Ecclesiastes 12:4 when the doors to the street are shut and the sound of the mill fades away, when one rises at the sound of a bird and all the daughters of song grow faint,
Isaiah 2:9 So mankind is brought low, and man is humbled—do not forgive them!
Isaiah 2:11 The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
Isaiah 2:12 For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled—
Isaiah 2:17 So the pride of man will be brought low, and the loftiness of men will be humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day,
Isaiah 5:15 So mankind will be brought low, and each man humbled; the arrogant will lower their eyes.
Isaiah 10:33 Behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts will lop off the branches with terrifying power. The tall trees will be cut down, the lofty ones will be felled.
Isaiah 13:11 I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.
Isaiah 25:11 He will spread out his hands within it, as a swimmer spreads his arms to swim. His pride will be brought low, despite the skill of his hands.
Isaiah 25:12 The high-walled fortress will be brought down, cast to the ground, into the dust.
Isaiah 26:5 For He has humbled those who dwell on high; He lays the lofty city low. He brings it down to the ground; He casts it into the dust.
Isaiah 29:4 You will be brought low, you will speak from the ground, and out of the dust your words will be muffled. Your voice will be like a spirit from the ground; your speech will whisper out of the dust.
Isaiah 32:19 But hail will level the forest, and the city will sink to the depths.
Isaiah 40:4 Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain.
Isaiah 57:9 You went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended even to Sheol itself.
Jeremiah 13:18 Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”
Ezekiel 17:24 Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it.’”
Ezekiel 21:26 This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Remove the turban, and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are: Exalt the lowly and bring low the exalted.