Quick Definition
to pour: pour
Strong's Definition
to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensively, to sprawl out
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: cast (up), gush out, pour (out), shed(-der, out), slip.
TWOT Reference: 2444
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁפַךְ (sha.phakh) — to pour: pour. : pour 1) to pour, pour out, spill 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to pour, pour out 1a2) to shed (blood) 1a3) to pour out (anger or heart) (fig) 1b) (Niphal) to be poured out, be shed 1c) (Pual) to be poured out, be shed 1d) (Hithpael) 1d1) to be poured out 1d2) to pour out oneself
שָׁפַךְ (sha.phakh) — to pour: kill. : kill/shed(blood/life) 1) to pour, pour out, spill 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to pour, pour out 1a2) to shed (blood) 1a3) to pour out (anger or heart) (fig) 1b) (Niphal) to be poured out, be shed 1c) (Pual) to be poured out, be shed 1d) (Hithpael) 1d1) to be poured out 1d2) to pour out oneself
שָׁפַךְ (sha.phakh) — to pour: build siege mound. : build_siege_mound 1) to pour, pour out, spill 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to pour, pour out 1a2) to shed (blood) 1a3) to pour out (anger or heart) (fig) 1b) (Niphal) to be poured out, be shed 1c) (Pual) to be poured out, be shed 1d) (Hithpael) 1d1) to be poured out 1d2) to pour out oneself
שָׁפַךְ (sha.phakh) — to pour: scatter. : scatter 1) to pour, pour out, spill 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to pour, pour out 1a2) to shed (blood) 1a3) to pour out (anger or heart) (fig) 1b) (Niphal) to be poured out, be shed 1c) (Pual) to be poured out, be shed 1d) (Hithpael) 1d1) to be poured out 1d2) to pour out oneself
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · שֶׁפֶךְ · שָׁפְכָה
Non-Contain | verb nif
to be poured out, to be spilled, to gush out = process by which liquids or dry substances pour from a container when it is broken and unable to contain it anymore
Non-Contain | verb qal, verb nif
to pour out = causative action by which humans pour out a liquid or dry substance
EXO 4:9 · EXO 29:12 · LEV 4:7 · LEV 4:18 · LEV 4:25 · LEV 4:30 · LEV 4:34 · LEV 14:41 · LEV 17:13 · DEU 12:16 · DEU 12:24 · DEU 12:27 · DEU 15:23 · JDG 6:20 · 1SA 7:6 · ISA 57:6 · AMO 5:8 · AMO 9:6
Non-Contain | verb qal
to cause to pour out, to spill = causative process by which humans slash an opponent's body with a sword, after which the inner fluids and organs pour out of the victim's body like water
Chastise | verb qal
Collocation: שׁפך זַעַם · שׁפך חֵמָה · שׁכף חֲרוֹן אַף · שׁפך עֶבְרָה
to pour out (one's) anger literally: to pour our (one's) anger; hence: = action by which deities give full vent to their anger by punishing the offender
PSA 69:25 · PSA 79:6 · ISA 42:25 · JER 6:11 · JER 10:25 · LAM 2:4 · LAM 4:11 · EZK 7:8 · EZK 9:8 · EZK 14:19 · EZK 20:8 · EZK 20:13 · EZK 20:21 · EZK 20:33 · EZK 20:34 · EZK 21:36 · EZK 22:22 · EZK 22:31 · EZK 30:15 · EZK 36:18 · HOS 5:10 · ZEP 3:8
Chastise | verb qal
Collocation: שׁפך רָעָה
to requite (people) according to (their) evil actions literally: to pour out (someone's) evil (upon them); hence: = action by which deities punish humans according to their actions
Complain | verb qal
Collocation: שׁפך שִׂיחַ
to vent (one's) complaints literally: to pour our (one's) complaint (before someone else); hence: = action by which humans give full vent to their complaints while praying to God
Dead | verb hit
Collocation: שׁפך נֶפֶשׁ
to expire literally: (one's) life is poured out; hence: = process by which humans slowly stop breathing and die
Desire | verb qal, verb nif
Collocation: שׁפך נְחֹשֶׁת · שׁפך תַּזְנוּת
to pour out (one's) lust, to lavish one's favors literally: to pour out (one's) lust; hence: = action by which humans give full expression to their sexual desire
Engage | verb qal
Collocation: שׂפך רוּחַ
to pour out (one's) spirit literally: to pour out (one's) spirit; hence: = causative action by which deities impart their spirit on others
Exist | verb qal
Collocation: שׁפך סֹלֵלָה
to cast up a siege ramp = causative action by which humans cast up an earthen mound against the wall of a city ► in order to enable to enemy to scale the wall
2SA 20:15 · 2KI 19:32 · ISA 37:33 · JER 6:6 · EZK 4:2 · EZK 17:17 · EZK 21:27 · EZK 26:8 · DAN 11:15
Fail | verb pu'al
Collocation: אֲשֻׁרִים שׁפך
(one's) feet slip, to fail literally: (one's) steps are poured out; hence: = process by which humans do not live up to the expectations others have of them
Grieve | verb nif
Collocation: כָּבֵד שׁפך לָאָרֶץ
to be deeply sad exact meaning unsure; literally: (one's) liver is poured out to the ground; hence, probably: = state in which humans experience extreme grief
Impact | verb qal, verb nif
Collocation: שׁפך דָּם
to shed blood literally: to pour out blood; hence: = causative action by which humans wound or kill (other) humans or animals
GEN 9:6 · GEN 9:6 · GEN 37:22 · LEV 17:4 · NUM 35:33 · NUM 35:33 · DEU 19:10 · DEU 21:7 · 1SA 25:31 · 1KI 2:31 · 2KI 21:16 · 2KI 24:4 · 1CH 22:8 · 1CH 22:8 · 1CH 28:3 · PSA 79:3 · PSA 79:10 · PSA 106:38 · PRO 1:16 · PRO 6:17 · ISA 59:7 · JER 7:6 · JER 22:3 · JER 22:17 · LAM 4:13 · EZK 16:38 · EZK 18:10 · EZK 22:3 · EZK 22:4 · EZK 22:6 · EZK 22:9 · EZK 22:12 · EZK 22:27 · EZK 23:45 · EZK 24:7 · EZK 33:25 · EZK 36:18 · JOL 4:19
Know | verb qal
Collocation: שׁפך לֵב · שׁפך לֵבָב · שׁפך נֶפֶשׁ
to pour out (one's) heart, to pour out (one's) soul literally: to pour out (one's) inner person (before someone else); hence: = to communicate one's thoughts and emotions to someone else
Scatter | verb hit
to lie scattered literally: to be poured out; hence: = state in which a number of objects lie in a haphazard way in a location, ◄ as if they were poured out from a large container
Shame | verb qal
Collocation: שׁפך בּוּז
to pour contempt (on someone), to disgrace (someone) literally: to pour out contempt; hence: = causative action by which deities cause humans to experience total disgrace
Weak | verb nif
to be poured out > to lose one's strength literally: to be poured out; hence: = process by which humans gradually lose their physical strength ◄ as water is poured out of a container
1 PSA 73:2 MT-K שׁפכה | MT-Q שֻׁפְּכוּ
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁפַךְ 113 vb. pour out, pour Qal lit.
fig.
Niph. be poured out
Pu. be poured out
Hithp. my soul pours itself out upon me
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