Quick Definition
poverty
Strong's Definition
an humble rank
Derivation: from H8213 (שָׁפֵל);
KJV Usage: low estate (place).
TWOT Reference: 2445a
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) lowliness, low estate or condition
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שֵׁ֫פֶל (she.phel) — poverty. lowliness, low estate or condition
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · שׁפל
Insignificant
humble position literally: lowness; hence: = state in which humans have a relatively low status in their own eyes or in the eyes of others
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שֵׁ֫פֶל n.[m.] low estate, condition base