1073 occurrences

'Down' in the Bible

I went down to the orchard of the walnut trees to look at the blossoms of the valley, to see [whether] the vine have sprouted, [whether] the pomegranates have blossomed.

Your palate [is] like the best wine that goes down for my beloved, smoothly gliding over my lips and teeth.

Its land is filled [with] idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what they made [with] their fingers.

And now let me tell you what I myself am about to do to my vineyard. [I will] remove its hedge, and it shall become a devastation. [I will] break down its wall, and it shall become a trampling.

And I will make it a wasteland; it shall not be pruned and hoed, and it shall be overgrown [with] briers and thornbushes. And concerning the clouds, I will command {them not to send} rain down upon it.

Therefore Sheol has enlarged its throat, and it has opened wide its mouth without limit, and her nobles will go down, and her multitude, her tumult and those who revel in her.

And humankind is bowed down, and man is brought low, and [the] eyes of [the] haughty are humiliated.

Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and dry grass sinks down [in the] flame, so their root will become like [the] stench, and their blossom will go up like [the] dust. For they have rejected the instruction of Yahweh of hosts, and they have treated the word of the holy one of Israel with contempt.

{save that they bow down under the prisoners and fall under the slain}? In all of this his anger has not turned away, and still his hand [is] stretched out.

For he says, "I have done [it] by the strength of my hand and by my wisdom, for I have understanding, and I have removed [the] boundaries of peoples, and I have plundered their stores, and like a bull I have brought down {the inhabitants}.

And the rest of the trees of his forest will be a small number, and a boy can write them [down].

And he will cut down the thickets of the forest with the axe, and Lebanon will fall by [the] mighty [one].

And a wolf shall {stay} with a lamb, and a leopard shall lie down with a kid, and a calf and a lion and a fatling together {as a small boy leads} them.

And a cow and a bear shall graze; their young shall lie down together. And a lion shall eat straw like the cattle.

It will not be inhabited forever, and it will not be dwelled in {forever}; and no Arab will pitch a tent there, and shepherds will not allow [their flocks] to lie down there.

But wild animals will lie down there, and their houses will be full [of] howling creatures, and the daughters of ostriches will live there, and goats will dance there.

Even [the] cypresses rejoice over you, the cedars of Lebanon: 'Since you were laid down, no [wood] cutter comes up against us.'

Your pride is brought down [to] Sheol, [and] the sound of your harps; maggots are spread out beneath you like a bed, and your covering is worms.

But [as for] you, you are thrown away from your grave, like an abhorrent shoot, clothed with [the] slain, those pierced [by the] sword, those who go down to [the] stones of [the] pit, like a corpse that is trodden down.

to break Assyria in my land, and I will trample him down on my mountains; and he shall remove his yoke from them, and he shall remove his burden from his shoulders."

And [the] firstborn of [the] poor will graze, and [the] needy will lie down in security; but I will cause your root to die in famine, and it will kill your remnant.

They gird themselves [with] sackcloth in its streets; on its roofs and public squares everyone wails, going down in weeping.

For Heshbon withers the fields, the vine of Sibmah; rulers of nations have broken down her tendrils, they reached up to Jazer, they wandered [to the] desert; her shoots spread abroad, they crossed over [the] sea.

The cities of Aroer will be deserted; they will be for the flocks, and they will lie down and {no one will frighten} [them].

For the Lord Yahweh of hosts has a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in [the] valley of vision, tearing down of walls and a cry for help to the mountains.

And you counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall.

And I will push you from your office, and he will throw you down from your position.

On that day, {declares} Yahweh of hosts, the peg that was driven will move away into a secure place, and it will be cut down and fall, and the load that [was] on her will be cut off. For Yahweh has spoken.'"

For the hand of Yahweh will rest on this mountain, and Moab shall be trampled down under him as {a heap of straw is trampled down} in {waters of} a dung heap.

And he will throw down the fortification of the high point of your walls; he will bring [it] low; he will {send it} to the ground, to [the] dust.

For he has thrown down [the] inhabitants of [the] height, he lays low [the] lofty city. He lays it low to [the] ground; he throws her to [the] dust.

Does he strike him {as he struck down those who struck him}? Or is he killed {as those who killed him were killed}?

For [the] fortified city [is] solitary, a settlement deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness; [the] calf grazes there, lies down there and destroys its branches.

And this shall happen: on that day, a great trumpet will be blown, and those who were lost in the land of Assyria will come, and those who were scattered in the land of Egypt, and they will bow down to Yahweh on the {holy mountain} at Jerusalem.

Who go to go down [to] Egypt, but they do not ask [of] my mouth, to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh and to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt.

For Yahweh said this to me: "As which lion growls and young lion over its prey when {a full group} of shepherds is called against him, it is not terrified by their voice, and to their noise it does not respond, so Yahweh of hosts will come down to fight upon Mount Zion and upon its hill.

And it hails when {the forest comes down}, and the city will become low in humiliation.

And [the] peoples will be burning [to] lime-- they are burned [like] thorns [that have been] cut down in the fire.

And wild oxen shall go down with them, and steers with strong bulls. And their land shall be drenched with blood, and their soil shall be fattened with fat.

And if you say to me, 'We trust in Yahweh our God,' [was it] not he whose high places and altars Hezekiah removed? And he said to Judah and to Jerusalem, 'You shall bow down in the {presence} of this altar.'"

And I know your sitting down and your going out, and your coming in, and your raging {against} me.

Look! I will cause [the] shadow of the steps, which it had gone down on the steps of Ahaz with the sun, to turn backwards ten steps." And the sun turned back ten steps on the steps which it had gone down.

I lie down until morning; like lion, so he breaks all my bones; from day to night you bring me to an end.

For Sheol cannot praise you; death [cannot] praise you. Those who go down [to the] pit cannot hope for your faithfulness.

Sing a new song to Yahweh; praise him from the end of the earth, you who go down [to] the sea and that which fills it, [the] coastlands and their inhabitants.

Thus says Yahweh, your redeemer, the holy one of Israel: "For your sake I will send [to] Babylon, and I will cause all of them to fall down [as] fugitives, and {the Chaldeans}, their rejoicing on the ships.

who brings out chariot and horse, army and mighty one. Together they lie down; they cannot rise. They are extinguished, quenched like wick.

Cutting down cedars for himself, he {chooses} a holm tree and an oak, and he lets it grow strong for him among [the] trees of [the] forest. He plants a cedar, and [the] rain makes [it] grow.

And it {becomes fuel for a human}, and he takes some of it and grows warm; also, he kindles a fire and bakes bread. Also, he makes a god and bows in worship; he makes himself an image and bows down to it!

And he makes the remainder of it into a god! He bows down to his idol, and he bows in worship and prays to him, and he says, "Save me, for you [are] my god!"

And {no one takes it to heart}, and [there is] no knowledge and no understanding to say, "I burned half of it in [the] fire and also I baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat, and I have eaten. And I shall make [the] rest of it into an abomination! I shall bow down to a block of wood!"

Thus says Yahweh: "The acquisition of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush and the Sabeans, tall men, shall pass over to you; they shall be yours, and they shall walk behind you. They shall pass over in chains, and they shall bow down to you; they will pray to you: 'Surely God [is] with you, and there is no [other]. Besides [him] [there is] no God.'"

I have sworn by myself; a word that shall not return has gone forth from my mouth [in] righteousness: 'Every knee shall kneel down to me; every tongue shall swear.'

Bel bows down; Nebo [is] stooping. Their idols are {on} animals and {on} cattle; your {cargo} is carried [as] a burden {on} weary [animals].

They stoop; they bow down together. They are not able to save [the] burden, but {they themselves go} in captivity.

Those who lavish gold from [the] purse and weigh out silver in the balance scales; hire {a goldsmith} and he makes him a god; they bow down, indeed they bow in worship.

Come down and sit on [the] dust, virgin daughter of Babylon! Sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of Chaldea! For {they shall no longer call} you tender and delicate.

Thus says Yahweh, the redeemer of Israel, his holy one, to the one who despises life, to the one who abhors [the] nation, to [the] slave of rulers: "Kings shall see and stand up; princes, and they shall bow down, for the sake of Yahweh, who [is] faithful, the holy one of Israel, and he has chosen you."

And kings shall be your {guardians}, and their queens your nurses. They shall bow down, {faces} [to the] ground, to you, and they will lick up the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I [am] Yahweh; those who await me shall not be ashamed.

Look! All of you [are] kindlers of fire, who gird yourselves with flaming arrows. Walk in the light of your fire, and among [the] flaming arrows you have kindled! You shall have this from my hand: you shall lie down in a place of torment.

And I will put it in the hand of your tormenters, who have said to {you}, 'Bow down that we may {pass} over [you]!' And you have {made} your back like the ground, and like the street for those who {pass} over [you]."

For thus says the Lord Yahweh: "My people went down [to] Egypt in the beginning, to dwell as aliens there, and Assyria oppressed him {without cause}.

However, he was the one who lifted up our sicknesses, and he carried our pain, yet we ourselves assumed him stricken, struck down [by] God and afflicted.

For just as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and they do not return there except they have watered the earth thoroughly and cause it to bring forth and sprout, and give seed to the sower and bread to the eater,

And you climbed down to the king with oil, and you made your perfumes numerous, and you sent your envoys {far away}, and you {sent down deep} to Sheol.

And the children of those who oppressed you shall come to you bending low, and all those who treated you disrespectfully shall bow down at the soles of your feet. And they shall call you the city of Yahweh, Zion [of] the holy one of Israel.

Your sun shall no longer go [down], and your moon shall not {wane}, for Yahweh himself will be your everlasting light, and your days of mourning shall come to an end.

Who [is] this, coming from Edom, from Bozrah [in] bright red garments? [Who is] this honored in his garment, lying down in his great strength? "[It is] I, speaking in justice, {mighty} to save!"

And I trampled peoples in my anger, and I made them drunk in my wrath, and I brought their juice down to the earth."

like cattle in the valley [that] goes down, the Spirit of Yahweh {gave him rest}, so you lead your people to make a magnificent name for yourself.

{Your holy people} took possession for little [while]; our adversaries have trampled down your sanctuary.

Would that you would tear [the] heavens [and] come down; [the] mountains would quake before you,

When you did terrible deeds [which] we did not {expect}, you came down; [the] mountains quaked because of your {presence}.

and I will remit you to the sword, and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter, because I called, but you did not answer; I spoke, but you did not listen, but you did the evil in my eyes, and you chose that in which I do not delight."

See, I appoint you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up and to pull down, and to destroy and to tear down, to build and to plant."

"For from long ago you have broken your yoke, you tore to pieces your bonds. And you said, 'I will not serve!' But on every high hill and under every leafy tree you [were] lying down [as] a prostitute.

Let us lie down in our shame, and let our disgrace cover us. For against Yahweh our God we have sinned, we and our ancestors, from our youth and until this day. and we have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh our God.'

Flee for safety, children of Benjamin, from the midst of Jerusalem. And in Tekoa blow a horn, and on Beth-haccherem lift up a signal, for evil looks down from [the] north, and a great destruction.

For thus says Yahweh of hosts, "Cut down trees and heap up a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This [is] the city that must be punished, its oppression [is] in its midst.

"Because of the wound of the daughter of my people I am broken down, I mourn, horror has seized me.

For the statutes of the peoples [are] vanity, for it [is] a tree cut down from [the] forest, [the] work of [the] hands of a craftsman with the tool.

Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trampled down my plot of land. They have made {my pleasant field} like the desert of desolation.

"Say to the king and to the queen mother, '{Take a lower seat}, for {your beautiful crown} has come down from your head.'

Then you shall say to them, '{Because} your ancestors have forsaken me,' {declares} Yahweh, 'and they have gone after other gods, and they have served them, and they have bowed down in worship to them, and they have forsaken me, and they have not kept my laws.

"Stand up and go down [to] the house of the potter, and there I will let you hear my words."

So I went down [to] the house of the potter and look, there he was doing work at the potter's wheels.

One moment I speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom, to uproot, and to tear down, and to destroy [it].

Thus says Yahweh: "Go down [to] the house of the king of Judah and you must speak this word there.

And I will consecrate against you destroyers, everyone with his weapons, and they will cut down {your choicest cedars}, and cast [them] on the fire.

Then they will answer, 'Because they abandoned the covenant of Yahweh their God, and bowed down in worship to other gods, and served them.'"

And they brought out Uriah from Egypt and they brought him to King Jehoiakim, and he struck him down with the sword, and he threw his dead body into the burial sites of the sons of the people.

{And then} as I have watched over them to pull up, and to tear down, and to annihilate, and to destroy, and to do evil, so I will watch over them to build and to plant," {declares} Yahweh.

For thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, that were torn down [to make a defense] against the siege ramps and against the sword:

Thus says Yahweh of hosts: 'Again there will be in this waste place, {without} people and animals, and in all its towns, pasture for shepherds allowing [their] flock to lie down.

he went down [to] the house of the king, to the chamber of the secretary, and look, all the officials [were] sitting there: Elishama the secretary, and Delaiah, the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan, the son of Achbor, and Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah, the son of Hananiah, and all the [other] officials.

So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the pit [of] Malchiah, the son of the king, which [was] in the courtyard of the guard. And they let Jeremiah down by ropes. Now in the pit there was no water, {but only} mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
καταβαίνω 
Katabaino 
Usage: 63

נתץ 
Nathats 
Usage: 42

ἀνακλίνω 
Anaklino 
Usage: 5

καθαιρέω 
Kathaireo 
Usage: 8

חתת 
Chathath 
Usage: 48

נפל 
Naphal 
Usage: 434

שׁחח 
Shachach 
Usage: 21

ἀναπίπτω 
Anapipto 
sit down , sit down to meat , be set down , lean
Usage: 8

הלם 
Halam 
Usage: 9

ירד 
Yarad 
Usage: 378

נגר 
Nagar 
Usage: 10

נוּח 
Nuwach 
Usage: 144

שׁחה 
Shachah 
Usage: 171

ἀνακεῖμαι 
Anakeimai 
sit at meat , guests , sit , sit down , be set down , lie , lean , at the table
Usage: 10

ἐκκόπτω 
Ekkopto 
Usage: 6

κάθημαι 
Kathemai 
sit , sit down , sit by , be set down , dwell
Usage: 78

καθίζω 
Kathizo 
sit , sit down , set , be set , be set down , continue , tarry
Usage: 30

καταβιβάζω 
Katabibazo 
Usage: 0

κατακλίνω 
Kataklino 
Usage: 1

κατέρχομαι 
Katerchomai 
Usage: 13

προσπίπτω 
Prospipto 
Usage: 7

τίθημι 
Tithemi 
Usage: 71

בּרא 
Bara' 
Usage: 54

בּרך 
Barak 
Usage: 330

גּדע 
Gada` 
... down , cut off , asunder , cut in sunder
Usage: 22

גּהר 
Gahar 
Usage: 3

גּזז 
Gazaz 
Usage: 15

גּזר 
Gazar 
Usage: 13

גּלל 
Galal 
Usage: 18

דּוּשׁ 
Duwsh (Aramaic) 
tread it down
Usage: 1

דּחח דּחה 
Dachah 
Usage: 10

דּמה 
Damah 
Usage: 15

דּמם 
Damam 
Usage: 30

דּרך 
Darak 
Usage: 63

הדך 
Hadak 
Usage: 1

הפך 
Hophek 
Usage: 1

זלל 
Zalal 
Usage: 9

חבט 
Chabat 
Usage: 5

חטב 
Chatab 
Usage: 9

חתת 
Chathath 
Usage: 1

ינח 
Yanach 
Usage: 0

יצק 
Yatsaq 
Usage: 53

ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

ישׁח 
Yeshach 
Usage: 1

כּחד 
Kachad 
Usage: 32

כּנע 
Kana` 
Usage: 36

כּסח 
Kacach 
cut up , cut down
Usage: 2

כּפף 
Kaphaph 
Usage: 5

כּרע 
Kara` 
Usage: 36

כּרת 
Karath 
Usage: 287

כּשׁל 
Kashal 
Usage: 62

כּתת 
Kathath 
Usage: 17

לוּע 
Luwa` 
Usage: 2

מבוא 
Mabow' 
Usage: 23

מבוּסה 
M@buwcah 
Usage: 3

מוט 
Mowt 
Usage: 38

מוּל 
Muwl 
Usage: 37

מורד 
Mowrad 
Usage: 5

מטּה 
Mattah 
Usage: 19

מעל 
me`al (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

מרבּץ 
Marbets 
Usage: 2

מרמס 
Mirmac 
Usage: 7

נבט 
Nabat 
Usage: 69

נבל 
Nabel 
Usage: 25

נגע 
Naga` 
Usage: 150

נגף 
Nagaph 
Usage: 49

נדח 
Nadach 
Usage: 53

נדף 
Nadaph 
drive away , drive , thrust him down , shaken , driven to and fro , tossed to and fro
Usage: 9

נזל 
Nazal 
Usage: 16

נחת 
Nachath 
Usage: 9

נחת 
N@chath (Aramaic) 
Usage: 6

נחת 
Nachath 
Usage: 8

נטף 
Nataph 
Usage: 18

נמל 
Namal 
Usage: 4

נסח 
N@cach (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

נפל 
N@phal (Aramaic) 
Usage: 11

נקף 
Naqaph 
Usage: 19

סגד 
Cagad 
Usage: 4

סלה 
Calah 
Usage: 4

עוה 
`avah 
Usage: 17

עות 
`avath 
Usage: 11

עסס 
`acac 
Usage: 1

עקר 
`aqar 
hough , pluck up , rooted up , digged down
Usage: 7

ערף 
`araph 
Usage: 2

ערף 
`araph 
Usage: 5

פּרץ 
Parats 
Usage: 49

צען 
Tsa`an 
Usage: 1

קוּר 
Quwr 
Usage: 5

קטף 
Qataph 
crop off , pluck , cut up , cut down
Usage: 5

קמט 
Qamat 
cut down , filled me with wrinkles
Usage: 2

קמל 
Qamal 
Usage: 2

קצב 
Qatsab 
Usage: 2

רבע 
Raba` 
Usage: 3

רבץ 
Rabats 
Usage: 30