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The meaning of שְׁפִי

Understanding shᵉphîy reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.

Definition

high place, stick out. - bareness - concretely, a bare hill or plain 1) bareness, smooth or bare height, bare place, hig...

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שְׁפִי

Phoneticshef-ee'
Transliterationshᵉphîy
Grammar Code
H:N-M
Hebrew Noun, Masculine
Strong's Definition
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

high place, stick out. - bareness - concretely, a bare hill or plain 1) bareness, smooth or bare height, bare place, high places, barren height 1a) bareness 1b) bare place, bare height

Scripture References

Occurrences in the Bible

9 total references
ReferenceText
Numbers 23:3

And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the Lord will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.

Word: שְׁפִי (shᵉphîy)
Isaiah 49:9

That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.

Word: שְׁפִי (shᵉphîy)
Jeremiah 7:29

Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the Lord hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.

Word: שְׁפִי (shᵉphîy)

Usage Statistics

Total Occurrences
9x
Most Frequent Book
Jeremiah
Book Distribution

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