שָׁחָה
šāḥâ
bow down
Strong's H7812VerbHebrewTWOT 2360Worship

שָׁחָה (šāḥâ) is a Hebrew verb meaning bow down. It appears 175 times in 25 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H7812).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2360)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2360)bow down; depresses it; prostrate oneself; depress, prostrate; crouch, fall down, humbly beseech, do obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שָׁחָה verb: bow down

Strong's H7812 שָׁחָה: to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
KJV:bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 18:2Exodus 4:31Leviticus 26:1

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