H8219 שְׁפֵלָה (shᵉphêlâh) shef-ay-law'

Hebrew

Noun

Quick Definition

Shephelah

Biblical Persons & Places

Shephelah Shephelah

A location first mentioned at Deu.1.7; only referred to as Shephelah (שְׁפֵלָה).

Strong's Definition

Lowland, i.e. (with the article) the maritime slope of Palestine

Derivation: from H8213 (שָׁפֵל);

KJV Usage: low country, (low) plain, vale(-ley).

TWOT Reference: 2445d

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) lowland, valley

1a) lowland

1a1) strip west of Judean mountains (technical term)

1a1a) the Shephelah

1a2) strip near coast north of Carmel

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G3977 G3977 G3977

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שְׁפֵלָה (she.phe.lah) — Shephelah. 1) lowland, valley 1a) lowland 1a1) strip west of Judean mountains (technical term) 1a1a) the Shephelah 1a2) strip near coast north of Carmel

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שְׁפֵלָה (H8219)

noun f · שׁפל

Names of Locations | ≈ אָשֵׁד · הַר · חֹוף הַיָּם · מִישֹׁור · נֶגֶב · עֲרָבָה

Western Foothills, Shephelah literally: the lowland; = the area situated between the hill-country and the coastal plain, which consists of foothills; named thus by the Israelites who occupied the hill-country; known for its olive trees and sycamore trees

DEU 1:7 · JOS 9:1 · JOS 10:40 · JOS 11:2 · JOS 11:16 · JOS 11:16 · JOS 12:8 · JOS 15:33 · JDG 1:9 · 1KI 10:27 · 1CH 27:28 · 2CH 1:15 · 2CH 9:27 · 2CH 26:10 · 2CH 28:18 · JER 17:26 · JER 32:44 · JER 33:13 · OBA 1:19 · ZEC 7:7

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שְׁפֵלָה n.f. lowland base

Bible Occurrences (19)

1:7

9:1 10:40 11:2 11:16 12:8 15:33

1:9

10:27

27:28

1:15 9:27 26:10 28:18

17:26 32:44 33:13

1:19

7:7

Deuteronomy 1:7

Resume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites; [go] to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the foothills, in the Negev, and along the seacoast... to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great River Euphrates.

Joshua 9:1

Now when news of this reached all the kings west of the Jordan — those in the hill country, the foothills, and all along the coast of the Great Sea toward... Lebanon the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites)—

Joshua 10:40

So Joshua conquered the whole region— the hill country, the Negev, the foothills, and the slopes, together with all their kings— leaving no survivors. He devoted to destruction everything that breathed, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.

Joshua 11:2

to the kings of the north in the mountains, in the Arabah south of Chinnereth, in the foothills, and in Naphoth-dor... to the west;

Joshua 11:16

So Joshua took this entire region: the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the [western] foothills, the Arabah, and the mountains of Israel and their foothills,

Joshua 12:8

the hill country, the foothills, the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev — [the lands of] the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites):

Joshua 15:33

[These were] in the foothills: Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,

Judges 1:9

Afterward, the men of Judah marched down to fight against the Canaanites living in the hill country, in the Negev, and in the foothills.