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,
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Romans 11:4
But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
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1 Samuel
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שָׁחָה
shâchâh · shaw-khaw'
28 times translated as this KJV form172 total Strong's occurrences
to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
Strong's KJV usage: bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 18:2Strong's last: 1 Chronicles 21:21
Open full H7812 profile →כָּרַע
kâraʻ · kaw-rah'
10 times translated as this KJV form37 total Strong's occurrences
to bend the knee; by implication, to sink, to prostrate
Strong's KJV usage: bow (down, self), bring down (low), cast down, couch, fall, feeble, kneeling, sink, smite (stoop) down, subdue, × very.
Strong's first: Judges 5:27Strong's last: Esther 3:5
Open full H3766 profile →נָטָה
nâṭâh · naw-taw'
5 times translated as this KJV form214 total Strong's occurrences
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
Strong's KJV usage: afternoon, apply, bow (down, -ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 49:15Strong's last: Psalms 18:9
Open full H5186 profile →קָדַד
qâdad · kaw-dad'
4 times translated as this KJV form15 total Strong's occurrences
to shrivel up, i.e. contract or bend the body (or neck) in deference
Strong's KJV usage: bow (down) (the) head, stoop.
Strong's first: 1 Kings 1:16Strong's last: Nehemiah 8:6
Open full H6915 profile →κάμπτω
kámptō · kamp'-to
1 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
to bend
Strong's KJV usage: :--bow.
Strong's first: Romans 11:4Strong's last: Romans 11:4
Open full G2578 profile →κλίνω
klínō · klee'-no
1 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
to slant or slope, i.e. incline or recline (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--bow (down), be far spent, lay, turn to flight, wear away.
Strong's first: John 19:30Strong's last: John 19:30
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H7812
And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
H7812
Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.
H7812
And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.
no direct Strong's tag
And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king.
H3766
And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
H6915
And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.
no direct Strong's tag
Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them.
H3766
And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped.
no direct Strong's tag
Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.
H6915
And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
H3766
And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.
H3766
And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.
H3766
And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.
H5186
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
no direct Strong's tag
I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
no direct Strong's tag
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
no direct Strong's tag
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
no direct Strong's tag
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.
no direct Strong's tag
The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.
no direct Strong's tag
The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:
no direct Strong's tag
The 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.
no direct Strong's tag
And 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.
no direct Strong's tag
Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
no direct Strong's tag
And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
no direct Strong's tag
And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.
English meaning and historical usage.
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bowed
BOW'ED, participle passive Bent; crushed; subdued.
BOWED, participle passive Bent; like a bow.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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