'Bowing' in the Bible

Then he had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun, moon, and 11 stars were bowing down to me.”

and has gone to worship other gods by bowing down to the sun, moon, or all the stars in the sky—which I have forbidden—

They began to worship other gods, bowing down to gods they had not known—gods that the Lord had not permitted them to worship.

but they did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods, bowing down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the Lord’s commands. They did not do as their fathers did.

When Haman saw that Mordecai was not bowing down or paying him homage, he was filled with rage.

So He brought me to the inner court of the Lord’s house, and there were about 25 men at the entrance of the Lord’s temple, between the portico and the altar, with their backs to the Lord’s temple and their faces turned to the east. They were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.