שְׁפַל shᵉphal

Meaning

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

In the King James Version: abase, humble, put down, subdue.

Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H8213 (שָׁפֵל)

Where it is used

• Daniel 4:37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.
• Daniel 5:19 Because of the greatness that He bestowed on him, the people of every nation and language trembled in fear before him. He killed whom he wished and kept alive whom he wished; he exalted whom he wished and humbled whom he wished.
• Daniel 5:22 But you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this.
• Daniel 7:24 And the ten horns are ten kings who will rise from this kingdom. After them another king, different from the earlier ones, will rise and subdue three kings.