To abase
שָׁפֵלStrong’s H8213shaphel (sha-phel)
Appears in 29 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shaphel is the Hebrew word usually translated “become low”, “bringing low” and “bring low”. It appears in 29 verses of the Old Testament.
“The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.”
Meaning
- To be or become low, sink, be humbled, be abased(Qal) to be or become low · (Hiphil)
How it's translated
- they will become low 3
- bringing low 2
- you bring low 2
- and he has become low 2
- it will become low 2
- he will bring low it 2
- people brought low 1
- and bring low him 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 14
- Psalms 4
- Proverbs 3
- Job 2
- Ezekiel 2
- 1 Samuel 1
9 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Samuel 22:28And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
- Job 22:29When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
- Job 40:11Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
- Psalms 18:27For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
- Psalms 75:7But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
- Psalms 113:6Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!
Hebrew dictionary
שָׁפֵל shaphel · 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
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “abase” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ABA'SE, verb transitive
[Fr abaisser, from bas, low, or the bottom; W. bais; Latin and Gr. basis; Eng. base; It. Abbassare; Sp. bare, low. See Abash.]
- The literal sense of abase is to lower or depress, to throw or cast down, as used by Bacon, 'to abase the eye.' But the word is seldom used in reference to material things.
- To cast down; to reduce low; to depress; to humble; to degrade; applied to the passions, rank, office, and condition in life.“Those that walk in pride he is able to abase” Daniel 4:37“Whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased” Matthew 23:12
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.