שְׁפַלshᵉphal
be low
Pronunciation: shef-al' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8214
Meanings
Haph`el: bring low, humble (Daniel 5:22; Daniel 7:24; Daniel 4:34)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Daniel 4:37 “Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and glorify and honor the King of heaven. All his acts are just and true, and he is able to humble the proud.”
- Daniel 5:19 He made him so great that people of all races and nations and languages trembled before him in fear. He killed those he wanted to kill and spared those he wanted to spare. He honored those he wanted to honor and disgraced those he wanted to disgrace.
- Daniel 5:22 “You are his successor, O Belshazzar, and you knew all this, yet you have not humbled yourself.
- Daniel 7:24 Its ten horns are ten kings who will rule that empire. Then another king will arise, different from the other ten, who will subdue three of them.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).