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שְׁפִי H8205
H8205 is the Hebrew word שְׁפִי, transliterated shᵉphîy and said shef-ee'. The King James Version most often renders it high places.
What it means
bareness; concretely, a bare hill or plain.
Where it comes from
from H8192 (שָׁפָה).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 7 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: high place, stick out.
Verses using שְׁפִי
All 7 verses, quoted in full.
Isaiah 41:18 · KJV
I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Jeremiah 3:2 · KJV
Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
Jeremiah 3:21 · KJV
A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.
Jeremiah 4:11 · KJV
At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,
Jeremiah 7:29 · KJV
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.
Jeremiah 12:12 · KJV
The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.
Jeremiah 14:6 · KJV
And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.
Common questions
What does Strong's H8205 mean?
H8205 is the Hebrew word שְׁפִי (shᵉphîy), meaning bareness; concretely, a bare hill or plain.
How is H8205 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it high places (7 times).
How many times does H8205 appear in the Bible?
שְׁפִי (shᵉphîy) is tagged in 7 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H8205 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H8192 (שָׁפָה).
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