International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PROSTRATIONpros-tra'-shun. See ATTITUDES.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
n.) The act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying fiat; as, the prostration of the body.
2. (n.) The act of falling down, or of bowing in humility or adoration; primarily, the act of falling on the face, but usually applied to kneeling or bowing in reverence and worship.
3. (n.) The condition of being prostrate; great depression; lowness; dejection; as, a prostration of spirits.
4. (n.) A latent, not an exhausted, state of the vital energies; great oppression of natural strength and vigor.
Strong's Hebrew
2476. chalushah -- weakness, prostration... << 2475, 2476. chalushah. 2477 >>. weakness,
prostration. Transliteration: chalushah
Phonetic Spelling: (khal-oo-shaw') Short Definition: defeat. Word Origin fem
... /hebrew/2476.htm - 6k 7252. reba -- lying down
... Word Origin the same as raba, qv. lying down From raba'; prostration (for sleep) --
lying down. see HEBREW raba'. << 7251, 7252. reba. 7253 >>. Strong's Numbers
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2669. chophshuth -- freedom, separateness
... several. And chophshiyth {khof-sheeth'}; from chaphash; prostration by sickness
(with bayith, a hospital) -- several. see HEBREW chaphash. see HEBREW bayith. ...
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