Quick Definition
to bow
Strong's Definition
to shrivel up, i.e. contract or bend the body (or neck) in deference
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: bow (down) (the) head, stoop.
TWOT Reference: 1985
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
קָדַד (qa.dad) — to bow. (Qal) to bow down
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Bow | verb qal | ≈ חוה
to bow down = action by which humans prostrate themselves before other humans or a deity ► in order to pay homage to a superior
GEN 24:26 · GEN 24:48 · GEN 43:28 · EXO 4:31 · EXO 12:27 · EXO 34:8 · NUM 22:31 · 1SA 24:9 · 1SA 28:14 · 1KI 1:16 · 1KI 1:31 · 1CH 29:20 · 2CH 20:18 · 2CH 29:30 · NEH 8:6
1 2CH 20:18 This is the only verse where קדד is not followed by שׁחה but by נפל
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[קָדַד] vb. bow down base