7812. shachah
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shachah: to bow down
Original Word: שָׁחָה
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: shachah
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-khaw')
Short Definition: worship

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to bow down
NASB Translation
bow (5), bow ourselves down (1), bow yourselves down (1), bow down (21), bowed (16), bowed in worship (1), bowed themselves down (2), bowed down (14), bowing (1), bowing down (1), bows down (1), did homage (1), down in homage (1), homage (1), lie down (1), paid homage (3), prostrate (2), prostrated (13), prostrating (1), weighs it down (1), worship (47), worshiped (31), worshiping (3), worships (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
[שָׁחָה]172 verb bow down (Late Hebrew id.; Jewish-Aramaic שְׁחִי (rare); akin to שׁוח, שׁחח); —

Qal Imperative feminine singular שְׁחִי Isaiah 51:23 bow down.

Hiph`il Imperfect3masculine singular suffix יַשְׁחֶ֑נָּה Proverbs 12:25, figurative, anxiety depresses it (that is לֵב; opposed to שִׂמֵּחַ).

Hithpa`lel170 (Ges§ 75kk) Perfect3masculine singular הִשְׁתַּחֲוָה Ezekiel 46:2; 2masculine singular הִשְׁתַּחֲוִ֫יתָ Deuteronomy 4:19 3t.; 1 singular הִשְׁתַּחֲוֵ֫יתִי 1 Samuel 16:4 2t.; 3 masculine plural הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ Jeremiah 8:2, etc.; Imperfect יִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה 2 Samuel 15:32 3t.; apocopatic יִשְׁתַּ֫חוּ Isaiah 44:17 +; 3 masculine plural יִשְׁתַּחֲווּ Genesis 49:8 +; 2 feminine plural תִּשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֫יןָ Genesis 33:6; Genesis 37:7, etc.; Imperative feminine singular הִשְׁתַּחֲוִי Psalm 45:12; masculine plural הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ Psalm 29:2 +; Infinitive construct הִשְׁשַׁתַּחֲוֺת Genesis 37:10 +; suffix מִשְׁתַּחֲוֶי 2 Kings 5:18 (but ᵐ5 ᵑ9 and modern חֲוֺתוֺ-); Participle מִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה 2 Kings 19:27, etc.; מִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶּם Ezekiel 8:16, read וִים- all modern; —

1 bow down, prostrate oneself, before a monarch or superior, in homage, etc.:

a. with ל, after descriptive clause (especially with קדד, נפל 3b, q. v. ), 1 Samuel 24:9; Genesis 43:28 (J) 2 Samuel 14:4,22; Ruth 2:10; 1 Kings 1:31; 2 Kings 4:37 6t., + (after כָּרֵע) Esther 3:2 (twice in verse); Esther 3:5.

b. with ל, followed by phrase (לפני) על אפים ארצה 2 Samuel 14:33; 1 Kings 1:23; לאפים Genesis 48:12 (E) 2 Samuel 18:28; אפים Genesis 42:6 (E) + 4 t.; omit אפים Genesis 33:3 (J) + 3 t.; עַל כַּמּוֺת רֵנְלַיִךְ Isaiah 60:14.

c. with לְ person only, Genesis 23:7 (P) Genesis 27:29 (twice in verse); Genesis 37:9 (E), Genesis 49:8; Exodus 11:8 (J) + 8 t.; with לפני Genesis 23:12 (P); with אל Isaiah 45:14 ("" התפלּל); absolute Genesis 33:6,7 (twice in verse) (J), Exodus 18:7 (E) 2 Samuel 9:8; 2 Samuel 16:4; Isaiah 49:7.

2 before God, in worship, etc.:

a. with לְ, after descriptive phrase: קדד ארצה Exodus 34:8 (J); ארצה omitted Genesis 24:26,48 (J) + 4 t.; כרע אפים ארצה2Chronicles 7:3; כרע2Chronicles 29:29; נפל ארצה Job 1:20; נפל לפני2Chronicles 20:18.

b. followed by phrase: אפים ארצה ׳ל ׳קדד וישׁ Nehemiah 8:6; ׳ארצה ל Genesis 24:52 (J); ונכרעה ׳השׁ Psalm 95:6; בְּהַדְרַת קֹדֶשׁ ׳ל ׳השׁ Psalm 29:2; Psalm 96:9 = 1 Chronicles 16:29; אֶלהֵֿיכָל (looking towards) Psalm 5:8; Psalm 138:2; לַהֲדֹם רגלים Psalm 99:5; Psalm 132:7.

c. with לְ only: 1 Samuel 1:28 (but read וַתַּנִּחֵהוּ ᵐ5 and modern), 1 Samuel 15:25; Jeremiah 7:2; Psalm 66:4 9t.; with לפני Deuteronomy 26:10; Isaiah 66:23 4t.; with בְ local Isaiah 27:13; with לְ local Psalm 99:9; absolute Genesis 22:5 (E) Judges 7:15 5t.; accusative of location Exodus 33:10 (E) Jeremiah 26:2; Ezekiel 46:3; לפני (ה)מזבח Isaiah 36:7 = 2 Kings 18:22 2Chronicles 32:12; with על location Genesis 47:31 (J) 1 Kings 1:47; Ezekiel 46:2; מֵרֶחֹק after off Exodus 24:1 (E).

d. before angel in theoph.: after clause with נפל, קדד, Joshua 5:14; Numbers 22:31; followed by אפים ארצה Genesis 19:1; ארצה Genesis 18:2 (all J).

3 before other gods: absolute Isaiah 2:20; Isaiah 44:15,17; Isaiah 46:6; accusative of location 2 Kings 5:18 (3 t. in verse); 2 Kings 19:37 = Isaiah 37:38; with לְ, Exodus 20:5 = Deuteronomy 5:9 (10 words), Exodus 23:24 (E), Numbers 25:2 (J), Joshua 23:7 (D), Deuteronomy 8:19; Deuteronomy 11:16; 1 Kings 16:31 34t.; with על, Leviticus 26:1 (H); לפני2Chronicles 25:14 ("" קטּר).



Strong's
bow self down, crouch, fall down flat, humbly beseech, do reverence, worship

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.

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