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Strong's #7812: shachah (pronounced shaw-khaw')

a primitive root; to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God):--bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship.




Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

ׁ

shâchâh

1) to bow down

1a) (Qal) to bow down

1b) (Hiphil) to depress (figuratively)

1c) (Hithpael)

1c1) to bow down, prostrate oneself

1c1a) before superior in homage

1c1b) before God in worship

1c1c) before false gods

1c1d) before angel

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: a primitive root



Usage:

This word is used 171 times:

Judges 2:19: "in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not"
Judges 7:15: "the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshiped, and returned into the host of Israel,"
Ruth 2:10: "Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why"
1 Samuel 1:3: "went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice"
1 Samuel 1:19: "And they rose up in the morning early, and worshiped before the LORD, and returned, and came to"
1 Samuel 1:28: "shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshiped the LORD there."
1 Samuel 2:36: "that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread,"
1 Samuel 15:25: "my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD."
1 Samuel 15:30: "Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God."
1 Samuel 15:31: "after Saul; and Saul worshiped the LORD."
1 Samuel 20:41: "the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed"
1 Samuel 24:8: "him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself."
1 Samuel 25:23: "before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,"
1 Samuel 25:41: "And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant"
1 Samuel 28:14: "stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself."
2 Samuel 1:2: "to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance."
2 Samuel 9:6: "he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered,"
2 Samuel 9:8: " And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such"
2 Samuel 12:20: "his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshiped: then he came to his own house;"
2 Samuel 14:4: "on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king."
2 Samuel 14:22: "to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab"
2 Samuel 14:33: "he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before"
2 Samuel 15:5: "And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took"
2 Samuel 15:32: "to the top of the mount, where he worshiped God, behold, Hushai the Archite"
2 Samuel 16:4: "pertained unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord,"
2 Samuel 18:21: "what thou hast seen. And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran."
2 Samuel 24:20: "toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground."
1 Kings 1:16: "And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What"
1 Kings 1:23: "And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground."
1 Kings 1:31: "bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king"
1 Kings 1:47: "his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed."
1 Kings 1:53: "from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon"
1 Kings 2:19: "And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat"
1 Kings 9:6: "before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship"
1 Kings 9:9: "out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshiped them, and served them: therefore"
1 Kings 11:33: "Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh"
1 Kings 16:31: "and served Baal, and worshiped"
1 Kings 22:53: "For he served Baal, and worshiped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God"
2 Kings 2:15: "on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground"
2 Kings 4:37: "and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son,"
2 Kings 5:18: "goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on"
2 Kings 5:18: "leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house"
2 Kings 5:18: "and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon"
2 Kings 17:16: "calves, and made a grove, and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served"
2 Kings 17:35: "other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice"
2 Kings 17:36: "of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice."
2 Kings 18:22: "and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?"
2 Kings 19:37: "And it came to pass, as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer"
2 Kings 21:3: "Ahab king of Israel; and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served"
2 Kings 21:21: "that his father served, and worshiped"









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