72 occurrences

'Bowed' in the Bible

and he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood over against him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,

Verse ConceptsAngel of the LordBowingSalutationsThree MenIndividuals RunningTrinity

And the two angels came to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth;

Verse ConceptsCourteousnessBowingUnidentified AngelsNewsAngels, Ministry To UnbelieversSalutationsSitting In The GatewayBowing Heads Before GodTwo AngelsAngels Going At God's BiddingSpoken Greetings

And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.

Verse ConceptsSalutations

And Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.

And I bowed my head, and worshipped Jehovah, and blessed Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter for his son.

Verse ConceptsBowing Heads Before GodGod Has GuidedBlessed Be God!

And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth unto Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsPrayer, Practicalities Of

And he himself passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

Verse ConceptsBowingSevenSalutationsSeven TimesIn Front

Then the handmaids came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.

And Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.

And Joseph was the governor over the land; he it was that sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves to him with their faces to the earth.

Verse ConceptsBowingGovernorsBowing Before Joseph

And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed down themselves to him to the earth.

Verse ConceptsSalutationsBowing Before Joseph

And they said, Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive. And they bowed the head, and made obeisance.

Verse ConceptsBowing Before JosephLiving On

And he said, Swear unto me: and he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.

Verse ConceptsPromises, HumanStaffBeds

And Joseph brought them out from between his knees; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

Verse ConceptsKnees

And he saw a resting-place that it was good, And the land that it was pleasant; And he bowed his shoulder to bear, And became a servant under taskwork.

Verse ConceptsSubjectionThose At EaseForced LabourGood Qualities

And the people believed: and when they heard that Jehovah had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.

Verse ConceptsBowingAttitudes, in prayerWorship, Reasons ForBowing Heads Before GodBelieving In GodGod Paid Attention To ThemOthers Believing In GodWorshipping God

that ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of Jehovah's passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.

Verse ConceptsBowingProperty, HousesPassing OverReverence, And ObedienceBowing Heads Before GodGod KillingRegulations For PassoverWorshipping GodGod Killed The Peoples

And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.

Verse ConceptsBowingWorship, Times ForBowing Heads Before GodHasty Actionadoration

Then Jehovah opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of Jehovah standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and he bowed his head, and fell on his face.

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyBowingProstrationReceiving SightSeeing AngelsGod's Sword

for they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods; and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.

Verse ConceptsBowingBowing To False GodsFood Offered To Idols

and they forsook Jehovah, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the peoples that were round about them, and bowed themselves down unto them: and they provoked Jehovah to anger.

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentRenunciationBowing To False GodsDifferent GodsGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

And yet they hearkened not unto their judges; for they played the harlot after other gods, and bowed themselves down unto them: they turned aside quickly out of the way wherein their fathers walked, obeying the commandments of Jehovah; but they did not so.

Verse Conceptsethics, basis ofGod's WaysProstitutionRevelation, Responses ToDifferent Gods

At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay; At her feet he bowed, he fell; Where he bowed, there he fell down dead.

Verse ConceptsPeople Tumbling

And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.

Verse ConceptsThree Hundred And Above

And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead that he slew at his death were more than they that he slew in his life.

Verse ConceptsBurials, Places OfTypes Of ChristResigned To DeathMercy Killings

Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found favor in thy sight, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a foreigner?

Verse ConceptsBowingGrace, In Human RelationshipsProstrationGratitudeLoving Foreigners

And his daughter-in-law, Phinehas wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and brought forth; for her pains came upon her.

Verse ConceptsPregnancyDaughters In LawOther Wives

And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the South, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

Verse ConceptsPeople KissingKissingSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfSympathyWeepingFriendship, Examples OfKissesTearsActing Three Timesgoodbyes

David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and did obeisance.

Verse ConceptsBowingProstration

And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and alighted from her ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground.

Verse ConceptsBowingProstrationSalutationsDismountingBowing Before David

And she arose, and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, Behold, thy handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

Verse ConceptsFoot washingFeetGuestsReadinessFeet WashingClean Feet

And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a robe. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground, and did obeisance.

Verse ConceptsCovering The BodyProstrationRecognising People

So Joab came to the king, and told him; and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.

Verse ConceptsPeople KissingKissingReinstatementKissesBowing Before DavidKings Summoning

Then said Joab to the Cushite, Go, tell the king what thou hast seen. And the Cushite bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.

Verse ConceptsRunning With News

And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he bowed himself before the king with his face to the earth, and said, Blessed be Jehovah thy God, who hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.

Verse ConceptsBowingSalutationsGod Handing OverBowing Before David

And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent unto the king,'saying , Return thou, and all thy servants.

Verse ConceptsUnified PeopleLet Them Go Home

He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfGod Going Down

And Araunah looked forth, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

Verse ConceptsBowing Before David

And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?

Verse ConceptsBowingBowing Before David

And they told the king, saying, Behold, Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

Verse ConceptsBowing Before David

Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did obeisance to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.

Verse ConceptsBowing Before David

And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, Thy God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne: and the king bowed himself upon the bed.

Verse ConceptsBowingBowing Before GodThe Kingdom Of Solomon

Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.

Verse ConceptsQueensRespect, For Human BeingsThroneRight Sides

So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees.

Verse ConceptsClimbingKneesBowing Heads Before God

Yet will I leave me'seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.

Verse ConceptsEvil KissingFalse GodsFaithfulness, Examples OfKissingRemnantSeven ThousandBowing To False GodsSurvivors Of Israel

And when the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho over against him saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.

Verse ConceptsSchool Of ProphetsSons Of The Prophets

Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground; and she took up her son, and went out.

And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshing-floor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.

Verse ConceptsBowingBowing Before David

And David said to all the assembly, Now bless Jehovah your God. And all the assembly blessed Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped Jehovah, and the king.

Verse ConceptsBowingProstrationBowing Heads Before God

And all the children of Israel looked on, when the fire came down, and the glory of Jehovah was upon the house; and they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and gave thanks unto Jehovah,'saying , For he is good; for his lovingkindness endureth for ever.

Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfPraiseKneelingWorship, Elements OfWorship, Reasons For

And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before Jehovah, worshipping Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsBowingAttitudes, in prayerPrayer, Practicalities Of

Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them.

Verse ConceptsBowingTwelve Beings

And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves and worshipped.

Verse ConceptsKneeling

Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises unto Jehovah with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.

Verse ConceptsSeersWorship, Results OfPraise, Should Be Offered ByPraising God

and Ezra blessed Jehovah, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with the lifting up of their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped Jehovah with their faces to the ground.

Verse ConceptsGesturesAgreement, Before GodBowingPraise, Examples OfPraise, Reasons ForProstrationResponseWorship, Places OfBowing Heads Before GodLifting HandsAmenSpecific Praising Of GodPraise And Worshipadoration

And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed down, and did reverence to Haman; for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not down, nor did him reverence.

Verse ConceptsWaiting At GatesPraising Specific People

He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfGod Going Downclouds

They are bowed down and fallen; But we are risen, and stand upright.

Verse ConceptsHumbling The ProudDownfallPeople Getting Up

I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.

Verse ConceptsAffection, ExpressingBereavement, Expression OfBowingHeadsAttitude Towards Your MotherMourning DeathDeath Of A Mothergrieving

I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

Verse ConceptsBowingBent OverOthers MourningMental IllnessDepression

For our soul is bowed down to the dust: Our body cleaveth unto the earth.

Verse ConceptsBody

They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down: They have digged a pit before me; They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. Selah

Verse ConceptsBowingNetsPitsDigging PitsMan TrappingPsalm InterjectionsPit Used As Traps

Jehovah upholdeth all that fall, And raiseth up all those that are bowed down.

Verse ConceptsAdversityBowingNot StumblingGod Lifting PeopleSupportHelping Those In Need

And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is brought low: therefore forgive them not.

Verse ConceptsUnforgivenessGod Not Forgiving

The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.

Verse ConceptsHumilityStubbornness, Consequences OfArrogance, Punishment OfHumbling The ProudBeing Humble

And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.

Verse ConceptsSuperiorityPrideBeing Humblearrogance

And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is humbled, and the eyes of the lofty are humbled:

Verse ConceptsHumilityArrogance, Punishment OfBeing Humblearroganceimportance

My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.

Verse ConceptsPeople RememberingI Am SadDepression

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
כּפף 
Kaphaph 
Usage: 5

עות 
`avath 
Usage: 11

קדד 
Qadad 
bow...head , stoop , bow
Usage: 15

שׁחה 
Shachah 
Usage: 171

שׁחח 
Shachach 
Usage: 21

κλίνω 
Klino 
lay , bow , bow down , be far spent , turn to fight , wear away
Usage: 5

H86
אברך 
'abrek 
bow the knee
Usage: 1

גּביע 
G@biya` 
bowl , cup , pot
Usage: 14

גּל 
Gol 
Usage: 0

גּלּה 
Gullah 
Usage: 15

טחה 
Tachah 
Usage: 1

כּרע 
Kara` 
Usage: 36

מזרק 
Mizraq 
Usage: 32

מנקּית 
M@naqqiyth 
bowl , cup
Usage: 4

מעה 
me`ah 
Usage: 32

סף 
Caph 
Usage: 32

ספל 
Cephel 
Usage: 2

עוה 
`avah 
Usage: 17

קשׁת 
Qesheth 
Usage: 75

רחם 
Racham 
Usage: 44

רמה 
Ramah 
Usage: 12

שׁוּח 
Shuwach 
Usage: 3

γονυπετέω 
Gonupeteo 
kneel down to , bow the knee , kneel to
Usage: 4

κάμπτω 
Kampto 
bow
Usage: 4

σπλάγχνον 
Splagchnon 
Usage: 11

συγκάμπτω 
Sugkampto 
Usage: 1

συγκύπτω 
Sugkupto 
Usage: 1

τόξον 
Toxon 
bow
Usage: 1

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