H7812: שָׁחָה
shâchâh · pronounced shaw-khaw' · “to bow”
Definition
to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
KJV translates it as: bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship.
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
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
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H7812 is translated
- he bowed down ×43
- they bowed down ×29
- bow down ×24
- you will bow down ×14
- they will bow down ×7
- you must bow down ×7
- she bowed down ×7
- they may bow down ×5
- they have bowed down ×4
- i will bow down ×4
- were bowing down ×3
- they bow down ×3
Bible verses with H7812 (shâchâh)
Shâchâh appears in 166 verses; the first 25 are shown below.
- Genesis 18:2
And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
- Genesis 19:1
And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
- Genesis 22:5
And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
- Genesis 23:7
And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
- Genesis 23:12
And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
- Genesis 24:26
And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the Lord.
- Genesis 24:48
And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the Lord, and blessed the Lord God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter unto his son.
- Genesis 24:52
And it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he worshipped the Lord, bowing himself to the earth.
- Genesis 27:29
Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
- Genesis 33:3
And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
- Genesis 33:6
Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
- Genesis 33:7
And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
- Genesis 37:7
For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
- Genesis 37:9
And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
- Genesis 37:10
And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
- Genesis 42:6
And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
- Genesis 43:26
And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
- Genesis 43:28
And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.
- Genesis 47:31
And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s head.
- Genesis 48:12
And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
- Genesis 49:8
Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee.
- Exodus 4:31
And the people believed: and when they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
- Exodus 11:8
And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.
- Exodus 12:27
That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the Lord’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.
- Exodus 18:7
And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.
All 166 references
- Exodus 20:5
- Exodus 23:24
- Exodus 24:1
- Exodus 32:8
- Exodus 33:10
- Exodus 34:8
- Exodus 34:14
- Leviticus 26:1
- Numbers 22:31
- Numbers 25:2
- Deuteronomy 4:19
- Deuteronomy 5:9
- Deuteronomy 8:19
- Deuteronomy 11:16
- Deuteronomy 17:3
- Deuteronomy 26:10
- Deuteronomy 29:26
- Deuteronomy 30:17
- Joshua 5:14
- Joshua 23:7
- Joshua 23:16
- Judges 2:12
- Judges 2:17
- Judges 2:19
- Judges 7:15
- Ruth 2:10
- 1 Samuel 1:3
- 1 Samuel 1:19
- 1 Samuel 1:28
- 1 Samuel 2:36
- 1 Samuel 15:25
- 1 Samuel 15:30
- 1 Samuel 15:31
- 1 Samuel 20:41
- 1 Samuel 24:8
- 1 Samuel 25:23
- 1 Samuel 25:41
- 1 Samuel 28:14
- 2 Samuel 1:2
- 2 Samuel 9:6
- 2 Samuel 9:8
- 2 Samuel 12:20
- 2 Samuel 14:4
- 2 Samuel 14:22
- 2 Samuel 14:33
- 2 Samuel 15:5
- 2 Samuel 15:32
- 2 Samuel 16:4
- 2 Samuel 18:21
- 2 Samuel 18:28
- 2 Samuel 24:20
- 1 Kings 1:16
- 1 Kings 1:23
- 1 Kings 1:31
- 1 Kings 1:47
- 1 Kings 1:53
- 1 Kings 2:19
- 1 Kings 9:6
- 1 Kings 9:9
- 1 Kings 11:33
- 1 Kings 16:31
- 1 Kings 22:53
- 2 Kings 2:15
- 2 Kings 4:37
- 2 Kings 5:18
- 2 Kings 17:16
- 2 Kings 17:35
- 2 Kings 17:36
- 2 Kings 18:22
- 2 Kings 19:37
- 2 Kings 21:3
- 2 Kings 21:21
- 1 Chronicles 16:29
- 1 Chronicles 21:21
- 1 Chronicles 29:20
- 2 Chronicles 7:3
- 2 Chronicles 7:19
- 2 Chronicles 7:22
- 2 Chronicles 20:18
- 2 Chronicles 24:17
- 2 Chronicles 25:14
- 2 Chronicles 29:28
- 2 Chronicles 29:29
- 2 Chronicles 29:30
- 2 Chronicles 32:12
- 2 Chronicles 33:3
- Nehemiah 8:6
- Nehemiah 9:3
- Nehemiah 9:6
- Esther 3:2
- Esther 3:5
- Job 1:20
- Psalms 5:7
- Psalms 22:27
- Psalms 22:29
- Psalms 29:2
- Psalms 45:11
- Psalms 66:4
- Psalms 72:11
- Psalms 81:9
- Psalms 86:9
- Psalms 95:6
- Psalms 96:9
- Psalms 97:7
- Psalms 99:5
- Psalms 99:9
- Psalms 106:19
- Psalms 132:7
- Psalms 138:2
- Proverbs 12:25
- Isaiah 2:8
- Isaiah 2:20
- Isaiah 27:13
- Isaiah 36:7
- Isaiah 37:38
- Isaiah 44:15
- Isaiah 44:17
- Isaiah 45:14
- Isaiah 46:6
- Isaiah 49:7
- Isaiah 49:23
- Isaiah 51:23
- Isaiah 60:14
- Isaiah 66:23
- Jeremiah 1:16
- Jeremiah 7:2
- Jeremiah 8:2
- Jeremiah 13:10
- Jeremiah 16:11
- Jeremiah 22:9
- Jeremiah 25:6
- Jeremiah 26:2
- Ezekiel 8:16
- Ezekiel 46:2
- Ezekiel 46:3
- Ezekiel 46:9
- Micah 5:13
- Zephaniah 1:5
- Zephaniah 2:11
- Zechariah 14:16
- Zechariah 14:17