H8205 שְׁפִי (shᵉphîy) shef-ee'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

bareness

Strong's Definition

bareness; concretely, a bare hill or plain

Derivation: from H8192 (שָׁפָה);

KJV Usage: high place, stick out.

TWOT Reference: 2440b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) bareness, smooth or bare height, bare place, high places, barren height

1a) bareness

1b) bare place, bare height

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2112 G2117 G3735

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שְׁפִי (she.phi) — bareness. 1) bareness, smooth or bare height, bare place, high places, barren height 1a) bareness 1b) bare place, bare height

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שׁפה (H8192 · H8205b)

verb · שְׁפֹות · שְׁפִי

Uncover | verb nif ptc.act

bare = state in which an area is covered by little or no vegetation

ISA 13:2

See | verb pu'al

to be uncovered (without flesh) > to stick out = state in which one's bones are no longer covered with flesh and therefore clearly visible

JOB 33:21

¹ JOB 33:21 MT-K שׁפי | MT-Q שֻׁפּוּ

Reinier de Blois

שְׁפִי (H8195b · H8205a)

noun m · שׁפה

Landscapes

bare hill = a hill with little or no vegetation

NUM 23:3 · ISA 41:18 · ISA 49:9 · JER 3:2 · JER 3:21 · JER 4:11 · JER 7:29 · JER 12:12 · JER 14:6

name

Names of People | ≈ שְׁפֹו

Shephi = man, also known as Shepho; ◄ son of Shobal, son of Seir

1CH 1:40

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שְׁפִי n.m. bareness, smooth or bare (treeless) height;— bareness

bare place, height

base

Bible Occurrences (10)

23:3

33:21

41:18 49:9

3:2 3:21 4:11 7:29 12:12 14:6

Numbers 23:3

Stay here by your burnt offering while I am gone, Balaam said to Balak. Perhaps... the LORD will meet with me.... And whatever He reveals to me, I will tell you. So [Balaam] went off to a barren height,

Job 33:21

His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden... bones protrude.

Isaiah 41:18

I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs....

Isaiah 49:9

to say to the prisoners, Come out, and to those in darkness, Show yourselves. They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.

Jeremiah 3:2

Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways {waiting} for [your lovers], like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.

Jeremiah 3:21

A voice is heard on the barren heights, the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy, because they have perverted their ways [and] forgotten the LORD their God.

Jeremiah 4:11

At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A searing wind from the barren heights in the desert blows toward the daughter of My people, but not to winnow... or to sift;

Jeremiah 7:29

Cut off your hair and throw it away. Raise up a lamentation on the barren heights, for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.