שָׁחָה (sha.chah) means “to bow” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: shaw-khaw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
שָׁחָה · sha.chah · to bow
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
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a primitive root; to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
KJV glosses: bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship.
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| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and worshiped | 16 |
| to worship | 12 |
| and bowed down | 10 |
| and worship | 10 |
| and bowed | 9 |
| bow down | 9 |
| and bow down | 8 |
| worship | 6 |
| bowed | 5 |
| in homage | 4 |
| in reverence | 4 |
| to bow down | 4 |
| and paid homage | 3 |
| was worshiping | 3 |
| you must worship | 3 |
| and bow | 2 |
| and he worshiped | 2 |
| and they worshiped | 2 |
| bow | 2 |
| let us worship | 2 |
| they bowed down | 2 |
| will bow down | 2 |
| worshiping | 2 |
| and balaam bowed low | 1 |
| and bowed low | 1 |
| and have bowed down | 1 |
| and have worshiped | 1 |
| and he bowed | 1 |
| and i bow down | 1 |
| and they bowed | 1 |
| and they will worship | 1 |
| and worships | 1 |
| and worships it | 1 |
| and you are to worship | 1 |
| are also to bow in worship | 1 |
| bowed down | 1 |
| bowed in worship | 1 |
| bowing down | 1 |
| bowing low | 1 |
| bows down | 1 |
| has bowed in worship | 1 |
| he bowed down | 1 |
| he bowed in worship | 1 |
| he is to bow in worship | 1 |
| he used to worship | 1 |
| i bow down | 1 |
| i humbly bow before you | 1 |
| i will bow down | 1 |
| in worship | 1 |
| lie down | 1 |
| mephibosheth bowed down | 1 |
| or pay him homage | 1 |
| or pay homage | 1 |
| shall bow down | 1 |
| so i can worship | 1 |
| so that i may worship | 1 |
| so they worshiped | 1 |
| they bow down | 1 |
| they bowed down to | 1 |
| they will bow | 1 |
| those who bow | 1 |
| those who bow down | 1 |
| to bow in worship | 1 |
| to honor him | 1 |
| to pay him homage | 1 |
| weighs down | 1 |
| were bowing down | 1 |
| will bow in worship | 1 |
| will fall facedown | 1 |
| worshiped | 1 |
| worships | 1 |
| you are to bow down | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and worshipped | 25 |
| and bowed | 17 |
| and worship | 12 |
| to worship | 10 |
| and did obeisance | 4 |
| shall worship | 4 |
| and bowed down | 3 |
| and made obeisance | 3 |
| bow down | 3 |
| bowed | 3 |
| thou shalt not bow down | 3 |
| ye shall worship | 3 |
| and did reverence | 2 |
| and have worshipped | 2 |
| and he bowed | 2 |
| and it came to pass as he was worshipping | 2 |
| and them that worship | 2 |
| them and to worship | 2 |
| to bow down | 2 |
| with me that i may worship | 2 |
| worship | 2 |
| worshipped | 2 |
| also shall worship | 1 |
| and bowed himself | 1 |
| and bowed themselves | 1 |
| and did worship | 1 |
| and he fell down | 1 |
| and he shall worship | 1 |
| and he worshipped | 1 |
| and him shall ye worship | 1 |
| and i bow | 1 |
| and reverenced | 1 |
| and shall worship | 1 |
| and they bowed | 1 |
| and they bowed themselves | 1 |
| and they shall fall down | 1 |
| and they worshipped | 1 |
| and whom they have worshipped | 1 |
| and worshippeth | 1 |
| be in thee neither shalt thou worship | 1 |
| bowed down | 1 |
| crouch | 1 |
| for thou shalt worship | 1 |
| he bowed | 1 |
| he worshipped | 1 |
| her and bowed | 1 |
| him and bowed | 1 |
| him worship | 1 |
| his head and fell flat | 1 |
| i humbly | 1 |
| i will worship | 1 |
| let us worship | 1 |
| made obeisance | 1 |
| maketh it stoop | 1 |
| me and have worshipped | 1 |
| nor bow | 1 |
| not nor did him reverence | 1 |
| o worship | 1 |
| of thee and thou shalt no more worship | 1 |
| reverence | 1 |
| shall bow down | 1 |
| shall fall down | 1 |
| thee shall bow themselves down | 1 |
| their heads and worshipped | 1 |
| them and bowed | 1 |
| them and have worshipped | 1 |
| them and he bowed | 1 |
| them and to bow down | 1 |
| them and worship | 1 |
| them nor bow | 1 |
| themselves and worshipped | 1 |
| thereof that he worshipped | 1 |
| they shall bow down | 1 |
| they worship | 1 |
| to do him obeisance | 1 |
| unto it and worshippeth | 1 |
| unto me and bow down | 1 |
| we will worship | 1 |
| when i bow down | 1 |
| where he worshipped | 1 |
| will i worship | 1 |
| worshippeth | 1 |
| worshipping | 1 |
| yea they worship | 1 |
Page 1 of 4. 166 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
Read word by wordNow the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,
Read word by word“Stay here with the donkey,” Abraham told his servants. “The boy and I will go over there to worship, and then we will return to you.”
Read word by wordThen Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.
Read word by wordAgain Abraham bowed down before the people of the land
Read word by wordThen the man bowed down and worshiped the LORD,
Read word by wordThen I bowed down and worshiped the LORD; and I blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right road to take the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.
Read word by wordWhen Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.
Read word by wordMay peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”
Read word by wordBut Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.
Read word by wordThen the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down.
Read word by wordLeah and her children also approached and bowed down, and then Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed down.
Read word by wordWe were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine.”
Read word by wordThen Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
Read word by wordHe told his father and brothers, but his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream that you have had? Will your mother and brothers and I actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”
Read word by wordNow Joseph was the ruler of the land; he was the one who sold grain to all its people. So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.
Read word by wordWhen Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.
Read word by word“Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.
Read word by word“Swear to me,” Jacob said. So Joseph swore to him, and Israel bowed in worship at the head of his bed.
Read word by wordThen Joseph removed his sons from his father’s knees and bowed facedown.
Read word by wordJudah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.
Read word by wordand they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.
Read word by wordAnd all these officials of yours will come and bow before me, saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow you!’ After that, I will depart.” And hot with anger, Moses left Pharaoh’s presence.
Read word by wordyou are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck down the Egyptians and spared our homes.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped.
Read word by wordSo Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They greeted each other and went into the tent.
Read word by wordYou shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
Read word by wordYou must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.
Read word by wordThen the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD—you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders—and you are to worship at a distance.
Read word by wordHow quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it. They have sacrificed to it and said, ‘These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’”
Read word by wordWhen all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance to the tent, they would stand up and worship, each one at the entrance to his own tent.
Read word by wordMoses immediately bowed down to the ground and worshiped.
Read word by wordFor you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
Read word by word“You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.
Read word by wordThen the LORD opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand. And Balaam bowed low and fell facedown.
Read word by wordwho also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to these gods.
Read word by wordWhen you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.
Read word by wordYou shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
Read word by wordIf you ever forget the LORD your God and go after other gods to worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.
Read word by wordBut be careful that you are not enticed to turn aside to worship and bow down to other gods,
Read word by wordand going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden—
Read word by wordAnd now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land that You, O LORD, have given me.” Then you are to place the basket before the LORD your God and bow down before Him.
Read word by wordThey went and served other gods, and they worshiped gods they had not known—gods that the LORD had not given to them.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 29.25
But if your heart turns away and you do not listen, but are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them,
Read word by word“Neither,” He replied. “I have now come as Commander of the LORD’s army.” Then Joshua fell facedown in reverence and asked Him, “What does my Lord have to say to His servant?”
Read word by wordSo you are not to associate with these nations that remain among you. You must not call on the names of their gods or swear by them, and you must not serve them or bow down to them.
Read word by wordIf you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from this good land He has given you.”
Read word by wordThus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger,
Read word by wordIsrael, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments; they did not do as their fathers had done.
Read word by wordBut when the judge died, the Israelites became even more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods to serve them and bow down to them. They would not give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.
Read word by wordWhen Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.”
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