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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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| 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 4 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.
“Stand in the gate of the house of the LORD and proclaim this message: Hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah who enter through these gates to worship the LORD.
Read word by wordThey will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground.
Read word by wordThese evil people, who refuse to listen to My words, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be like this loincloth—of no use at all.
Read word by wordThen you are to answer them: ‘It is because your fathers have forsaken Me, declares the LORD, and followed other gods, and served and worshiped them. They abandoned Me and did not keep My instruction.
Read word by wordThen people will reply, ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods.’”
Read word by wordDo not follow other gods to serve and worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.’
Read word by word“This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and speak all the words I have commanded you to speak to all the cities of Judah who come to worship there. Do not omit a word.
Read word by wordSo He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.
Read word by wordThe prince is to enter from the outside through the portico of the gateway and stand by the gatepost, while the priests sacrifice his burnt offerings and peace offerings. He is to bow in worship at the threshold of the gate and then depart, but the gate must not be shut until evening.
Read word by wordOn the Sabbaths and New Moons the people of the land are also to bow in worship before the LORD at the entrance to that gateway.
Read word by wordWhen the people of the land come before the LORD at the appointed feasts, whoever enters by the north gate to worship must go out by the south gate, and whoever enters by the south gate must go out by the north gate. No one is to return through the gate by which he entered, but each must go out by the opposite gate.
Read word by wordI will also cut off the carved images and sacred pillars from among you, so that you will no longer bow down to the work of your own hands.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.12
those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,
Read word by wordThe LORD will be terrifying to them when He starves all the gods of the earth. Then the nations of every shore will bow in worship to Him, each in its own place.
Read word by wordThen all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
Read word by wordAnd should any of the families of the earth not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, then the rain will not fall on them.
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