שָׁחָה

sha.chah

Hebrew H7812 Verb 172 occurrences in 166 verses
שָׁחָה to bow

1. to bow down

a. (Qal) to bow down

b. (Hiphil) to depress (fig)

c. (Hithpael)

1. to bow down, prostrate oneself

a. before superior in homage

b. before God in worship

c. before false gods

d. before angel

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Concordance 166 verses

  1. Genesis 18:2 וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ

    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.

  2. Genesis 19:1 וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ

    Now 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,

  3. Genesis 22:5 וְנִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖ה

    “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.”

  4. Genesis 23:7 וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ

    Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.

  5. Genesis 23:12 וַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙

    Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land

  6. Genesis 24:26 וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ

    Then the man bowed down and worshiped the LORD,

  7. Genesis 24:48 וָֽאֶשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖ה

    Then 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.

  8. Genesis 24:52 וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ

    When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.

  9. Genesis 27:29 וְיִשְׁתַּחוּוְיִשְׁתַּחֲוּ֥וּ

    May 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.”

  10. Genesis 33:3 וַיִּשְׁתַּ֤חוּ

    But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.

  11. Genesis 33:6 וַתִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶֽיןָ׃

    Then the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down.

  12. Genesis 33:7 וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֑וּוַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֽוּ׃

    Leah and her children also approached and bowed down, and then Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed down.

  13. Genesis 37:7 וַתִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖יןָ

    We 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.”

  14. Genesis 37:9 מִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִ֖ים

    Then 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.”

  15. Genesis 37:10 לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺ֥ת

    He 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?”

  16. Genesis 42:6 וַיִּשְׁתַּֽחֲווּ־

    Now 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.

  17. Genesis 43:26 וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲווּ־

    When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.

  18. Genesis 43:28 וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ׃

    “Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.

  19. Genesis 47:31 וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ

    “Swear to me,” Jacob said. So Joseph swore to him, and Israel bowed in worship at the head of his bed.

  20. Genesis 48:12 וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ

    Then Joseph removed his sons from his father’s knees and bowed facedown.

  21. Genesis 49:8 יִשְׁתַּחֲוּ֥וּ

    Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.

  22. Exodus 4:31 וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּֽוּ׃

    and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.

  23. Exodus 11:8 וְהִשְׁתַּֽחֲוּוּ־

    And 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.

  24. Exodus 12:27 וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּֽוּ׃

    you 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.

  25. Exodus 18:7 וַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙

    So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They greeted each other and went into the tent.

  26. Exodus 20:5 תִשְׁתַּחְוֶ֥֣ה

    You 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,

  27. Exodus 23:24 תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֤ה

    You 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.

  28. Exodus 24:1 וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶ֖ם

    Then 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.

  29. Exodus 32:8 וַיִּשְׁתַּֽחֲווּ־

    How 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.’”

  30. Exodus 33:10 וְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוּ֔וּ

    When 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.

  31. Exodus 34:8 וַיִּשְׁתָּֽחוּ׃

    Moses immediately bowed down to the ground and worshiped.

  32. Exodus 34:14 תִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖ה

    For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

  33. Leviticus 26:1 לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֺ֖ת

    “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.

  34. Numbers 22:31 וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ

    Then 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.

  35. Numbers 25:2 וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּ֖וּ

    who also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to these gods.

  36. Deuteronomy 4:19 וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִ֥יתָ

    When 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.

  37. Deuteronomy 5:9 תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֥֣ה

    You 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,

  38. Deuteronomy 8:19 וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִ֣יתָ

    If 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.

  39. Deuteronomy 11:16 וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶ֖ם

    But be careful that you are not enticed to turn aside to worship and bow down to other gods,

  40. Deuteronomy 17:3 וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ

    and 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—

  41. Deuteronomy 26:10 וְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִ֔יתָ

    And 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.

  42. Deuteronomy 29:26 וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּ֖וּ

    They went and served other gods, and they worshiped gods they had not known—gods that the LORD had not given to them.

  43. Deuteronomy 30:17 וְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִ֛יתָ

    But if your heart turns away and you do not listen, but are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them,

  44. Joshua 5:14 וַיִּשְׁתָּ֔חוּ

    “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?”

  45. Joshua 23:7 תִֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּ

    So 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.

  46. Joshua 23:16 וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶ֖ם

    If 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.”

  47. Judges 2:12 וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּ

    Thus 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,

  48. Judges 2:17 וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּ

    Israel, 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.

  49. Judges 2:19 וּלְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺ֣ת

    But 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.

  50. Judges 7:15 וַיִּשְׁתָּ֑חוּ

    When 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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