Quick Definition
low
Strong's Definition
depressed, literally or figuratively
Derivation: from H8213 (שָׁפֵל);
KJV Usage: base(-st), humble, low(-er, -ly).
TWOT Reference: 2445c
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
שָׁפָל (sha.phal) — low. 1) low, humble 1a) low (in height) 1b) low (in station), humble (of condition or spirit) 1c) humiliated 1d) lowly (as subst)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
adj · שׁפל
Low
deep = state in which an object extends below the surface
Insignificant | ≈ בזה | ≠ גָּבֹהַּ
humble, modest, humiliated literally: low; hence: = state in which humans have a relatively low status in their own eyes or in the eyes of others
2SA 6:22 · JOB 5:11 · PSA 138:6 · PRO 29:23 · ISA 57:15 · ISA 57:15 · EZK 17:14 · EZK 21:31 · EZK 29:14 · EZK 29:15 · MAL 2:9
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁפָל adj. low low, in height
of a modest, unambitious kingdom
humiliated
lowly, as subst.
base