Deuteronomy 28:43
The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.
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Low
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James 1:10
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
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שָׁפֵל
shâphêl · shaw-fale'
10 times translated as this KJV form30 total Strong's occurrences
to depress or sink (especially figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
Strong's KJV usage: abase, bring (cast, put) down, debase, humble (self), be (bring, lay, make, put) low(-er).
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 2:7Strong's last: Isaiah 40:4
Open full H8213 profile →שָׁפָל
shâphâl · shaw-fawl'
5 times translated as this KJV form19 total Strong's occurrences
depressed, literally or figuratively
Strong's KJV usage: base(-st), humble, low(-er, -ly).
Strong's first: Job 5:11Strong's last: Ezekiel 21:26
Open full H8217 profile →דָּלַל
dâlal · daw-lal'
3 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
to slacken or be feeble; figuratively, to be oppressed
Strong's KJV usage: bring low, dry up, be emptied, be not equal, fail, be impoverished, be made thin.
Strong's first: Psalms 79:8Strong's last: Psalms 142:6
Open full H1809 profile →שָׁחַח
shâchach · shaw-khakh'
3 times translated as this KJV form21 total Strong's occurrences
to sink or depress (reflexive or causative)
Strong's KJV usage: bend, bow (down), bring (cast) down, couch, humble self, be (bring) low, stoop.
Strong's first: Psalms 107:39Strong's last: Isaiah 29:4
Open full H7817 profile →כָּנַע
kânaʻ · kaw-nah'
2 times translated as this KJV form37 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to bend the knee; hence, to humiliate, vanquish
Strong's KJV usage: bring down (low), into subjection, under, humble (self), subdue.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 28:19Strong's last: Job 40:12
Open full H3665 profile →מָכַךְ
mâkak · maw-kak'
2 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
to tumble (in ruins); figuratively, to perish
Strong's KJV usage: be brought low, decay.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 24:24Strong's last: Psalms 106:43
Open full H4355 profile →ταπεινόω
tapeinóō · tap-i-no'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form14 total Strong's occurrences
to depress; figuratively, to humiliate (in condition or heart)
Strong's KJV usage: :--abase, bring low, humble (self).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 3:5Strong's last: Luke 3:5
Open full G5013 profile →ταπείνωσις
tapeínōsis · tap-i'-no-sis
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
depression (in rank or feeling)
Strong's KJV usage: :--humiliation, be made low, low estate, vile.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: James 1:10Strong's last: James 1:10
Open full G5014 profile →בֵּן
bên · bane
1 times translated as this KJV form4,878 total Strong's occurrences
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ( ) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, (young) bullock, (young) calf, × came up in, child, colt, × common, × corn, daughter, × of first, firstborn, foal, very fruitful, postage, × in, kid, lamb, ( ) man, meet, mighty, nephew, old, ( ) people, rebel, robber, × servant born, × soldier, son, spark, steward, stranger, × surely, them of, tumultuous one, valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 49:2Strong's last: Psalms 49:2
Open full H1121 profile →כָּרַע
kâraʻ · kaw-rah'
1 times translated as this KJV form37 total Strong's occurrences
to bend the knee; by implication, to sink, to prostrate
Strong's KJV usage: bow (down, self), bring down (low), cast down, couch, fall, feeble, kneeling, sink, smite (stoop) down, subdue, × very.
Strong's first: Judges 11:35Strong's last: Judges 11:35
Open full H3766 profile →מַטָּה
maṭṭâh · mat'-taw
1 times translated as this KJV form19 total Strong's occurrences
downward, below or beneath; often adverbially with or without prefixes
Strong's KJV usage: beneath, down(-ward), less, very low, under(-neath).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 28:43Strong's last: Deuteronomy 28:43
Open full H4295 profile →עָנָה
ʻânâh · aw-naw'
1 times translated as this KJV form329 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
Strong's KJV usage: give account, afflict (by mistake for 6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for 6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, × scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also 1042, 1043.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Isaiah 25:5Strong's last: Isaiah 25:5
Open full H6030 profile →צָעַר
tsâʻar · tsaw-ar'
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
to be small, i.e. (figuratively) ignoble
Strong's KJV usage: be brought low, little one, be small.
Strong's first: Job 14:21Strong's last: Job 14:21
Open full H6819 profile →תַּחְתִּי
tachtîy · takh-tee'
1 times translated as this KJV form19 total Strong's occurrences
lowermost; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit, the womb)
Strong's KJV usage: low (parts, -er, -er parts, -est), nether (part).
Strong's first: Lamentations 3:55Strong's last: Lamentations 3:55
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H8213
And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
H8213
And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
H6030
Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.
H8213
And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.
H8213
For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.
H8213
For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.
H7817
And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.
H8213
When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.
no direct Strong's tag
When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.
H8213
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
H8482
I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
H8217
And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.
H8217
And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it.
H8217
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.
no direct Strong's tag
When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living;
no direct Strong's tag
For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
no direct Strong's tag
He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
G5013
Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
no direct Strong's tag
Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
no direct Strong's tag
Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
G5014
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
English meaning and historical usage.
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low
LOW, adjective
1. Not high or elevated; depressed below any given surface or place. low ground or land, is land below the common level. low is opposed to high, and both are relative terms. That which is low with respect to one thing, may be high with respect to another. A low house would be a high fence. A low flight for an eagle, would be a high flight for a partridge.
2. Not rising to the usual height; as a man of low stature.
3. Declining near the horizon. The sun is low at four o'clock in winter, and at six in summer.
4. Deep; descending far below the adjacent ground; as a low valley.
The lowest bottom shook of Erebus.
5. Sunk to the natural level of the ocean by the retiring of the tide; as low water.
6. Below the usual rate or amount, or below the ordinary value; as a low price of corn; low wages.
7. Not high or loud; as a low voice.
8. Grave; depressed in the scale of sounds; as a low note.
9. Near or not very distant from the equator; as a low latitude. We say, the low southern latitudes; the high northern latitudes.
10. Late in time; modern as the lower empire.
11. Dejected; depressed in vigor; wanting strength or animation; as low spirits; low in spirits. His courage is low
12. Depressed in condition; in a humble state.
Why but to keep you low and ignorant?
13. Humble in rank; in a mean condition; as men of high and low condition; the lower walks of life; a low class of people.
14. Mean; abject; groveling; base; as a person of low mind.
15. Dishonorable; mean; as a low trick or stratagem.
16. Not elevated or sublime; not exalted in thought or diction; as a low comparison; a low metaphor; low language.
In comparison of these divine writers, the noblest wits of the heathen world are low and dull.
17. Vulgar; common; as a low education.
18. Submissive; humble; reverent.
And pay their fealty with low subjection.
But first low reverence done.
19. Weak; exhausted of vital energy. His disease has brought him very low
20. Feeble; weak; without force; as a low pulse.
21. Moderate; not inflammatory; as a low fever.
22. Moderate; not intense; as a low heat; a low temperature.
23. Impoverished; in reduced circumstances. The rich are often reduced to a low condition.
24. Moderate; as a low calculation or estimate.
25. Plain; simple; not rich, high seasoned or nourishing; as a low diet.
LOW, adverb
1. Not aloft; not on high; often in composition; as low-brow'd rocks.
2. Under the usual price; at a moderate price. He sold his wheat low
3. Near the ground; as, the bird flies very low
4. In a mean condition; in composition; as a low-born fellow; a low-born lass.
5. In time approaching our own.
In the part of the world which was first inhabited, even as low down as Abraham's time, they wandered with their flocks and herds.
6. With a depressed voice; not loudly; as, speak low
7. In a state of subjection, poverty or disgrace; as, to be brought low by oppression, by want or by vice.
LOW, verb transitive To sink; to depress. [Not used.]
LOW, verb intransitive [Latin lugeo, to weep, the sense of which is, to cry out.]
To bellow, as an ox or cow.
The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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