Quick Definition
to abase
Strong's Definition
to depress or sink (expectation figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: abase, bring (cast, put) down, debase, humble (self), be (bring, lay, make, put) low(-er).
TWOT Reference: 2445
Outline of Biblical Usage
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
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
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
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁפֵל
shâphêl
BDB Definition:
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
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2445
Total KJV Occurrences: 42