Shachah שָׁחָה

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Shachah
שָׁחָה
Transliterationshachah
Strong's numberH7812
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossto bow
Occurrences172 in 166 verses
Most frequent inGenesis (21)

Shachah (Hebrew שָׁחָה, Strong's H7812) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to bow”. It occurs 172 times in 166 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to bow down
1a) (Qal) to bow down
1b)(Hiphil) to depress (fig)
1c) (Hithpael)
1c1) to bow down, prostrate oneself
1c1a) before superior in homage
1c1b) before God in worship
1c1c) before false gods
1c1d) before angel

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVworship (54), worshipped (39), bowed (28), down (21), obeisance (9), reverence (4), bow (3), worshipping (3), worshippeth (3), themselves (2), himself (1), flat (1), and 4 other renderings
BSBworship (29), bow down (21), worshiped (16), bowed (15), bowed down (11), bow (4), reverence (4), homage (4), they bowed down (3), they worshiped (3), you must worship (3), was worshiping (3), and 44 other renderings

Topics

Verses

Every verse with Shachah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

Ruth

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Nehemiah

Esther

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Micah

Zephaniah

Zechariah

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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