שְׁפֵל
she.phal
“be low”
Definition
{to depress or sink (expectation figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)}
(Aramaic) corresponding to H8213 (שָׁפֵל)
- to be or bring low, humble 1a) (Aphel) to bring low, humble
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Occurrences
שְׁפֵל appears 3 times in the Old Testament.
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Key Passages
Because of the greatness that He bestowed on him, the people of every nation and language trembled in fear before him. He killed whom he wished and kept alive whom he wished; he exalted whom he wished and humbled whom he wished.
But you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this.
And the ten horns are ten kings who will rise from this kingdom. After them another king, different from the earlier ones, will rise and subdue three kings.
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