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she.phe.lah H8219

שְׁפֵלָה (she.phe.lah) means “Shephelah” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

שְׁפֵלָה Hebrew · H8219 20 tagged occurrences in 19 verses

Pronunciation guide: shef-ay-law' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H8219

שְׁפֵלָה · she.phe.lah · Shephelah

1) lowland, valley 1a) lowland 1a1) strip west of Judean mountains (technical term) 1a1a) the Shephelah 1a2) strip near coast north of Carmel

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H8213 (שָׁפֵל); Lowland, i.e. (with the article) the maritime slope of Palestine

KJV glosses: low country, (low) plain, vale(-ley).

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How translators render H8219

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
in the foothills 7
the foothills 6
and in the foothills 1
and the foothills 1
and their foothills 1
of the foothills 1
the western foothills 1
these were in the foothills 1
those from the foothills 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
and in the valley 2
and in the valleys 2
and the valley 2
in the low plains 2
in the vale 2
and from the plain 1
and in the vale 1
and of the vale 1
and the plain 1
both in the low country 1
in the valley 1
of the low country 1
of the vale 1
of the valley 1
the plain 1

Verses containing H8219

Page 1 of 1. 19 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Deuteronomy 1:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Resume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the foothills, in the Negev, and along the seacoast to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great River Euphrates.

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  2. Joshua 9:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now when news of this reached all the kings west of the Jordan—those in the hill country, the foothills, and all along the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon (the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites)—

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  3. Joshua 10:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Joshua conquered the whole region—the hill country, the Negev, the foothills, and the slopes, together with all their kings—leaving no survivors. He devoted to destruction everything that breathed, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.

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  4. Joshua 11:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    to the kings of the north in the mountains, in the Arabah south of Chinnereth, in the foothills, and in Naphoth-dor to the west;

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  5. Joshua 11:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    So Joshua took this entire region: the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the western foothills, the Arabah, and the mountains of Israel and their foothills,

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  6. Joshua 12:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    the hill country, the foothills, the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev—the lands of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites):

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  7. Joshua 15:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    These were in the foothills: Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,

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  8. Judges 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Afterward, the men of Judah marched down to fight against the Canaanites living in the hill country, in the Negev, and in the foothills.

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  9. 1 Kings 10:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.

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  10. 1 Chronicles 27:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Baal-hanan the Gederite was in charge of the olive and sycamore trees in the foothills. Joash was in charge of the stores of olive oil.

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  11. 2 Chronicles 1:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.

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  12. 2 Chronicles 9:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.

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  13. 2 Chronicles 26:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.

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  14. 2 Chronicles 28:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Philistines had also raided the cities of the foothills and the Negev of Judah, capturing and occupying Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, as well as Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their villages.

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  15. Jeremiah 17:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And people will come from the cities of Judah and the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, and from the foothills, the hill country, and the Negev, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.

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  16. Jeremiah 32:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Fields will be purchased with silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed, and witnessed in the land of Benjamin, in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah—the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev—because I will restore them from captivity, declares the LORD.”

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  17. Jeremiah 33:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev, in the land of Benjamin and the cities surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who counts them, says the LORD.

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  18. Obadiah 1:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Those from the Negev will possess the mountains of Esau; those from the foothills will possess the land of the Philistines. They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria, and Benjamin will possess Gilead.

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  19. Zechariah 7:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Are these not the words that the LORD proclaimed through the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were populous and prosperous, and the Negev and the foothills were inhabited?’”

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