שָׁפֵל (sha.phel) means “to abase” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: shaw-fale' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
שָׁפֵל · sha.phel · to abase
1) to be or become low, sink, be humbled, be abased 1a) (Qal) to be or become low 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to lay or bring low, humiliate 1b2) to set in a lower place, show abasement 1b3) to make low, sit down
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a primitive root; to depress or sink (expectation figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
KJV glosses: abase, bring (cast, put) down, debase, humble (self), be (bring, lay, make, put) low(-er).
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| will be humbled | 2 |
| and bring him low | 1 |
| and lay low | 1 |
| but casts | 1 |
| but you humble | 1 |
| fades away | 1 |
| he brings down | 1 |
| he brings it down | 1 |
| he humbles | 1 |
| he humbles himself | 1 |
| he lays | 1 |
| humbled | 1 |
| i bring | 1 |
| is humbled | 1 |
| it will be humbled | 1 |
| made low | 1 |
| men are brought low | 1 |
| take a lowly | 1 |
| than to be demoted | 1 |
| the exalted | 1 |
| to be lowly | 1 |
| to bring them down | 1 |
| will be brought low | 1 |
| will be felled | 1 |
| will bring him low | 1 |
| will lower | 1 |
| will sink | 1 |
| you have descended | 1 |
| you will be brought low | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| shall be humbled | 4 |
| and abase | 2 |
| down | 2 |
| he layeth it low | 2 |
| shall be made low | 2 |
| and didst debase | 1 |
| and he shall be brought low | 1 |
| and he shall bring down | 1 |
| and thou shalt be brought down | 1 |
| and will lay low | 1 |
| are cast down | 1 |
| but wilt bring down | 1 |
| have brought down | 1 |
| he bringeth low | 1 |
| he casteth | 1 |
| he putteth down | 1 |
| hither than that thou shouldest be put lower | 1 |
| humble | 1 |
| humbleth | 1 |
| lay low | 1 |
| shall be low | 1 |
| shall bring him low | 1 |
| who humbleth | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 29 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.
Read word by wordYou save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.
Read word by wordWhen men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.
Read word by wordUnleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low.
Read word by wordFor You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 18.28
but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 75.8
He humbles Himself to behold the heavens and the earth.
Read word by wordThe LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground.
Read word by wordIt is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Read word by wordfor 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,
Read word by wordA man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
Read word by wordwhen 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,
Read word by wordSo mankind is brought low, and man is humbled—do not forgive them!
Read word by wordThe proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
Read word by wordFor the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled—
Read word by wordSo 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,
Read word by wordSo mankind will be brought low, and each man humbled; the arrogant will lower their eyes.
Read word by wordBehold, 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.
Read word by wordI 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.
Read word by wordHe 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.
Read word by wordThe high-walled fortress will be brought down, cast to the ground, into the dust.
Read word by wordFor 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.
Read word by wordYou 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.
Read word by wordBut hail will level the forest, and the city will sink to the depths.
Read word by wordEvery valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain.
Read word by wordYou went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended even to Sheol itself.
Read word by wordSay to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”
Read word by wordThen 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.’”
Read word by wordThis 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.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 21.31
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