Shachach שָׁחַח
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| שָׁחַח | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | shachach |
| Strong's number | H7817 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to bow |
| Occurrences | 21 in 21 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (8) |
Shachach (Hebrew שָׁחַח, Strong's H7817) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to bow”. It occurs 21 times in 21 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to bow, crouch, bow down, be bowed down
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be bowed down, be prostrated, be humbled
1a2) to bow (in homage)
1a3) to bow (of mourner)
1a4) to crouch (of wild beast in lair)
1b) (Niphal) to be prostrated, be humbled, be reduced, be weakened, proceed humbly, be bowed down
1c) (Hiphil) to prostrate, lay low, bow down
1d) (Hithpolel) to be cast down, be despairing
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be bowed down, be prostrated, be humbled
1a2) to bow (in homage)
1a3) to bow (of mourner)
1a4) to crouch (of wild beast in lair)
1b) (Niphal) to be prostrated, be humbled, be reduced, be weakened, proceed humbly, be bowed down
1c) (Hiphil) to prostrate, lay low, bow down
1d) (Hithpolel) to be cast down, be despairing
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | down (12), low (3), bow (2), stoop (1), couch (1), humbleth (1), bending (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | are you downcast (3), brought low (2), will be brought low (2), cower (1), they crouch (1), beaten down (1), i was bowed down (1), despairs (1), humbled (1), bow (1), grow faint (1), is brought low (1), and 5 other renderings |
Verses
Every verse with Shachach, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Job
- Job 9:13If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.
- Job 38:40When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket?
Psalms
- Psalm 10:10He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.They are crushed and beaten down; the hapless fall prey to his strength.
- Psalm 35:14I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.
- Psalm 38:6I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
- Psalm 42:5Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.
- Psalm 42:6O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.O my God, my soul despairs within me. Therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon— even from Mount Mizar.
- Psalm 42:11Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
- Psalm 43:5Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
- Psalm 107:39Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.When they are decreased and humbled by oppression, evil, and sorrow,
Proverbs
- Proverbs 14:19The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Ecclesiastes
- Ecclesiastes 12:4And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;when the doors to the street are shut and the sound of the mill fades away, when one rises at the sound of a bird and all the daughters of song grow faint,
Isaiah
- Isaiah 2:9And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.So mankind is brought low, and man is humbled— do not forgive them!
- Isaiah 2:11The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
- Isaiah 2:17And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.So the pride of man will be brought low, and the loftiness of men will be humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day,
- Isaiah 5:15And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:So mankind will be brought low, and each man humbled; the arrogant will lower their eyes.
- Isaiah 25:12And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.The high-walled fortress will be brought down, cast to the ground, into the dust.
- Isaiah 26:5For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.For He has humbled those who dwell on high; He lays the lofty city low. He brings it down to the ground; He casts it into the dust.
- Isaiah 29:4And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.You will be brought low, you will speak from the ground, and out of the dust your words will be muffled. Your voice will be like a spirit from the ground; your speech will whisper out of the dust.
- Isaiah 60:14The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
Habakkuk
- Habakkuk 3:6He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).