What does שָׁפַךְ (šāphaḵ) mean in the Bible?
שָׁפַךְ (šāphaḵ): To pour out violently or completely—especially blood sacrifice or divine wrath; implies total expenditure or loss.
Hebrew · H8210
שָׁפַךְ
To spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensively, to sprawl out
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שָׁפַךְ H8210
Pronunciation šāphaḵ
What does שָׁפַךְ (šāphaḵ) mean in the Bible?
שָׁפַךְ (šāphaḵ): To pour out violently or completely—especially blood sacrifice or divine wrath; implies total expenditure or loss.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H8210?
The BSB source-word alignment has 115 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include pour out (9), I will pour out (8), shed (6), pour (4), You have shed (3).
Where does שָׁפַךְ (šāphaḵ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 9:6. Its strongest book concentrations include Ezekiel (33), Psalms (12), Leviticus (8), Jeremiah (7).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It pour out 9× Leviticus 4:25, Leviticus 4:30, Leviticus 4:34, Judges 6:20
I will pour out 8× Jeremiah 14:16, Ezekiel 7:8, Ezekiel 21:31, Ezekiel 30:15
shed 6× Deuteronomy 21:7, 1 Kings 2:31, 2 Kings 21:16, Jeremiah 22:3
pour 4× Deuteronomy 12:16, Deuteronomy 12:24, Deuteronomy 15:23, Ezekiel 24:7
You have shed 3× 1 Chronicles 22:8, Ezekiel 22:4
. . . 2× 2 Samuel 20:10, Psalms 79:10
and outpoured 2× Ezekiel 20:33, Ezekiel 20:34
and pours them 2× Amos 5:8, Amos 9:6
build 2× Ezekiel 4:2, Ezekiel 26:8
build up 2× 2 Kings 19:32, Daniel 11:15
He has poured out 2× Lamentations 2:4, Lamentations 4:11
He pours out 2× Job 12:21, Psalms 107:40
is poured out 2× Job 30:16, Lamentations 2:11
They shed 2× Psalms 106:38, Joel 3:19
to pour 2× Ezekiel 20:13, Ezekiel 20:21
to pour out 2× Ezekiel 20:8, Zephaniah 3:8
to shed 2× Proverbs 1:16, Isaiah 59:7
will be poured out 2× 1 Kings 13:3, Zephaniah 1:17
- 1× Ezekiel 22:9
and bloodshed 1× Ezekiel 23:45
and built 1× 2 Samuel 20:15
and pour 1× Exodus 4:9
and pour out 1× Ezekiel 14:19
and poured it out 1× 1 Samuel 7:6
and poured out 1× Ezekiel 23:8
and pours out 1× Psalms 102:1
and raise 1× Jeremiah 6:6
and shed 1× Ezekiel 33:25
and spills 1× Job 16:13
and those who shed 1× Ezekiel 16:38
are built 1× Ezekiel 17:17
as I pour out 1× Psalms 42:4
be shed 1× Deuteronomy 19:10
bloodshed 1× 1 Samuel 25:31
but I have poured out 1× 1 Samuel 1:15
by shedding 1× Ezekiel 22:3
Do not shed 1× Genesis 37:22
dumped 1× Leviticus 14:41
fade away 1× Lamentations 2:12
gushed 1× 1 Kings 18:28
have poured out 1× Ezekiel 22:22
he had shed 1× 2 Kings 24:4
He has shed 1× Leviticus 17:4
he is to pour out 1× Leviticus 4:7
he must drain 1× Leviticus 17:13
he must pour out 1× Leviticus 4:18
I am poured out 1× Psalms 22:14
I pour out 1× Psalms 142:2
is shed 1× Numbers 35:33
lie scattered 1× Lamentations 4:1
longer shed 1× Jeremiah 7:6
must be poured out 1× Deuteronomy 12:27
of the one who shed it 1× Numbers 35:33
on shedding 1× Jeremiah 22:17
or build up 1× Isaiah 37:33
Pour it out 1× Jeremiah 6:11
poured out 1× 1 Kings 13:5
shedding 1× Ezekiel 22:27
slipped 1× Psalms 73:2
So He poured out 1× Isaiah 42:25
So I have poured out 1× Ezekiel 22:31
So I poured out 1× Ezekiel 36:18
that shed 1× Proverbs 6:17
Then I will pour out 1× Zechariah 12:10
then pour out 1× Exodus 29:12
they had shed 1× Ezekiel 36:18
They have poured out 1× Psalms 79:3
to build 1× Ezekiel 21:22
when You pour out 1× Ezekiel 9:8
who has shed 1× 1 Chronicles 28:3
who shed 1× Lamentations 4:13
who sheds 1× Ezekiel 18:10
Whoever sheds 1× Genesis 9:6
will be shed 1× Genesis 9:6
you have poured out 1× Isaiah 57:6
You lavished 1× Ezekiel 16:15
you poured out 1× Ezekiel 16:36
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 9:6 שֹׁפֵךְ֙ to Whoever sheds Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct Genesis 9:6 יִשָּׁפֵ֑ךְ to will be shed Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Genesis 37:22 תִּשְׁפְּכוּ־ to Do not shed Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Exodus 4:9 וְשָׁפַכְתָּ֖ to and pour Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Exodus 29:12 תִּשְׁפֹּ֔ךְ to then pour out Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Leviticus 4:7 יִשְׁפֹּךְ֙ to he is to pour out Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Leviticus 4:18 יִשְׁפֹּךְ֙ to he must pour out Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Leviticus 4:25 יִשְׁפֹּ֔ךְ to pour out Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Leviticus 4:30 יִשְׁפֹּ֔ךְ to pour out Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Leviticus 4:34 יִשְׁפֹּ֔ךְ to pour out Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 9:6
Aligned rows 115
Books represented 24
Genesis 3 Exodus 2 Leviticus 8 Numbers 2 Deuteronomy 6 Judges 1 1 Samuel 3 2 Samuel 2 1 Kings 4 2 Kings 3 1 Chronicles 3 Job 3 Psalms 12 Proverbs 2 Isaiah 4 Jeremiah 7 Lamentations 7 Ezekiel 33 Daniel 1 Hosea 1 Joel 3 Amos 2 Zephaniah 2 Zechariah 1
Source forms
שְׁפָךְ־ 5x šə·p̄āḵ- 1 Kings 18:28, Psalms 69:24, Ezekiel 22:6, Ezekiel 22:9
יִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְ 4x yiš·pōḵ 2 Kings 19:32, Job 16:13, Psalms 102:1, Isaiah 37:33
יִשְׁפֹּ֔ךְ 3x yiš·pōḵ Leviticus 4:25, Leviticus 4:30, Leviticus 4:34
תִּשְׁפְּכֶ֖נּוּ 3x tiš·pə·ḵen·nū Deuteronomy 12:16, Deuteronomy 12:24, Deuteronomy 15:23
אֶשְׁפּ֤וֹךְ 2x ’eš·pō·wḵ Ezekiel 7:8, Joel 2:28
וָאֶשְׁפֹּ֤ךְ 2x wā·’eš·pōḵ Ezekiel 22:31, Ezekiel 36:18
וַֽיִּשְׁפְּכֵ֛ם 2x way·yiš·pə·ḵêm Amos 5:8, Amos 9:6
יִשְׁפֹּךְ֙ 2x yiš·pōḵ Leviticus 4:7, Leviticus 4:18
Parsing patterns
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct 9x Proverbs 1:16, Isaiah 59:7, Jeremiah 22:17, Ezekiel 20:8
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular 9x Leviticus 4:7, Leviticus 4:18, Leviticus 4:25, Leviticus 4:30
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular 6x Leviticus 17:4, 1 Kings 2:31, 2 Kings 21:16, 2 Kings 24:4
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular 5x Jeremiah 14:16, Ezekiel 14:19, Ezekiel 21:31, Ezekiel 30:15
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular 5x Judges 6:20, Psalms 69:24, Psalms 79:6, Jeremiah 6:11
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular 5x Psalms 142:2, Ezekiel 7:8, Hosea 5:10, Joel 2:28
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural 4x 1 Samuel 7:6, 2 Samuel 20:15, Psalms 106:38, Ezekiel 23:8
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural 4x Genesis 37:22, Jeremiah 7:6, Jeremiah 22:3, Ezekiel 33:25
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. To pour out violently or completely—especially blood sacrifice or divine wrath; implies total expenditure or loss.
Strong's H8210
Lexical occurrences 117 verses Word forms 5 forms 68 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Isaiah 44:1-5 Source Gloss
to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensively, to sprawl out
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
To pour out violently or completely—especially blood sacrifice or divine wrath; implies total expenditure or loss.
to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensively, to sprawl out BDB: pour out Usage: cast (up), gush out, pour (out), shed(-der, out), slip.
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 5 Aligned forms 68
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 57×
Perfect 1Kgs 2:31 · 2Kgs 21:16 · 2Kgs 24:4 · Lam 2:4 · Lam 4:11 · Lev 17:4 · Deut 21:7 · Ezek 36:18 · Joel 4:19 · Ps 79:3 · 1Chr 22:8 · 1Chr 28:3 · Ezek 22:4 · Isa 57:6 · Ezek 22:22 · Ezek 39:29 18×
Imperfect 2Kgs 19:32 · Isa 37:33 · Job 16:13 · Lev 4:7 · Lev 4:18 · Lev 4:25 · Lev 4:30 · Lev 4:34 · Ps 102:1 · Ezek 7:8 · Hos 5:10 · Joel 3:1 · Joel 3:2 · Ps 142:3 · Ezek 33:25 · Gen 37:22 17×
Participle active Ezek 18:10 · Ezek 22:3 · Ezek 23:45 · Gen 9:6 · Job 12:21 · Prov 6:17 · Ps 107:40 7×
Sequential imperfect Jer 6:11 · Jer 10:25 · Judg 6:20 · Ps 69:25 · Ps 79:6 · Lam 2:19 · Ps 62:9 7×
Infinitive construct 1Kgs 18:28 · Ezek 22:6 · Ezek 22:9 · Ezek 22:12 4×
Participle passive Ezek 20:33 · Ezek 20:34 2×
Jussive Jer 7:6 · Jer 22:3 2×
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 6×
Imperfect Deut 12:27 · Deut 19:10 · Gen 9:6 3×
Perfect Lam 2:11 · Ps 22:15 2×
Infinitive construct Ezek 16:36 1×
Hithpael reflexive or reciprocal — the subject acts on itself or mutually with others 2×
Imperfect Job 30:16 · Lam 4:1 2×
Pual intensive passive — intensive action received by the subject 1×
Perfect Num 35:33 1×
Qal passive 2×
Perfect Ps 73:2 2×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Old Testament Witnesses
To pour out abundantly.
Showing 1 selected witness from 117 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
שָׁפַךְ is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Why This Word Matters
Conveys generous divine initiative in blessing. Isaiah 44:1-5
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain