שָׁפָלshâphâl

low

Pronunciation: shaw-fawl' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8217

Meanings

1. low, in height (Ezekiel 17:6; Ezekiel 17:24; Leviticus 13:20)

2. of a modest, unambitious kingdom (Ezekiel 17:14; Ezekiel 29:14; Ezekiel 29:15)

3. humiliated (2 Samuel 6:22; Malachi 2:9)

4. lowly (Psalms 138:6; Isaiah 57:15; Proverbs 29:23)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 17 times in the Bible.

  • Leviticus 13:20 If the priest examines it and finds it to be more than skin-deep, and if the hair in the affected area has turned white, the priest must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean. The boil has become a serious skin disease.
  • Leviticus 13:21 But if the priest finds no white hair on the affected area and the problem appears to be no more than skin-deep and has faded, the priest must quarantine the person for seven days.
  • Leviticus 13:26 But if the priest finds no white hair on the affected area and the problem appears to be no more than skin-deep and has faded, the priest must quarantine the infected person for seven days.
  • Leviticus 14:37 Then the priest will go in and examine the mildew on the walls. If he finds greenish or reddish streaks and the contamination appears to go deeper than the wall’s surface,
  • 2 Samuel 6:22 Yes, and I am willing to look even more foolish than this, even to be humiliated in my own eyes! But those servant girls you mentioned will indeed think I am distinguished!”
  • Job 5:11 He gives prosperity to the poor and protects those who suffer.
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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).