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שְׁפַלStrong’s H8215

shephal (she-phal)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Shephal is the Aramaic word usually translated “lowly of”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.”
Daniel 4:17 KJV
Meaning
  1. Low, lowliest (of station)
How it's translated
  • and a lowly of 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Daniel 1

1 book in all.

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    Aramaic dictionary

    שְׁפַל shephal · low

    low, lowliest (of station) Aramaic of sha.phel (שָׁפֵל "to abase" H8213)

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “low” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    LOW, adjective

    1. Not high or elevated; depressed below any given surface or place. low ground or land, is land below the common level. low is opposed to high, and both are relative terms.
    2. Not rising to the usual height; as a man of low stature.
    3. Declining near the horizon.
    4. Deep; descending far below the adjacent ground; as a low valley.
    All definitions and other forms of “low”
    1. Sunk to the natural level of the ocean by the retiring of the tide; as low water.
    2. Below the usual rate or amount, or below the ordinary value; as a low price of corn; low wages.
    3. Not high or loud; as a low voice.
    4. Grave; depressed in the scale of sounds; as a low note.
    5. Near or not very distant from the equator; as a low latitude.
    6. Late in time; modern as the lower empire.
    7. Dejected; depressed in vigor; wanting strength or animation; as low spirits; low in spirits.
    8. Depressed in condition; in a humble state.
    9. Humble in rank; in a mean condition; as men of high and low condition; the lower walks of life; a low class of people.
    10. Mean; abject; groveling; base; as a person of low mind.
    11. Dishonorable; mean; as a low trick or stratagem.
    12. Not elevated or sublime; not exalted in thought or diction; as a low comparison; a low metaphor; low language.
    13. Vulgar; common; as a low education.
    14. Submissive; humble; reverent.
    15. Weak; exhausted of vital energy.
    16. Feeble; weak; without force; as a low pulse.
    17. Moderate; not inflammatory; as a low fever.
    18. Moderate; not intense; as a low heat; a low temperature.
    19. Impoverished; in reduced circumstances.
    20. Moderate; as a low calculation or estimate.
    21. Plain; simple; not rich, high seasoned or nourishing; as a low diet.

    LOW, adverb

    1. Not aloft; not on high; often in composition; as low-brow'd rocks.
    2. Under the usual price; at a moderate price.
    3. Near the ground; as, the bird flies very low
    4. In a mean condition; in composition; as a low-born fellow; a low-born lass.
    5. In time approaching our own.
    6. With a depressed voice; not loudly; as, speak low
    7. In a state of subjection, poverty or disgrace; as, to be brought low by oppression, by want or by vice.

    LOW, verb transitive

    To sink; to depress. [Not used.]

      LOW, verb intransitive

      [Latin lugeo, to weep, the sense of which is, to cry out.]

        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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.