Words the Bible translates as bow
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 11 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- shaḥahשָׁחָהto bow down low before someone, lowering the body to the ground in homage or worship
- toxonτόξονbownot studied yet
- qeshetקֶשֶׁתa bow: the handheld weapon that shoots arrows, used in war and hunting
+3 more meanings
- the bow as a picture of fighting strength, the power that war is won or lost by
- the rainbow: the arc of color God set in the clouds as the sign of his covenant
- arrow: in the phrase "son of the bow," a poetic name for the bow's missile
- klinōκλίνωto tip something out of upright: to bow it down, lay it down to rest, or make it give way, and of a day, to lean toward evening
- karaכָּרַעto bend the knees and sink the body downward: to kneel, crouch, or collapse.
- kamptōκάμπτωto bend/bownot studied yet
- shaḥaḥשָׁחַחto sink down low: to bow, stoop, crouch, or be brought low, whether a body, a spirit, or a standing structure collapsing toward the ground
- qadadקָדַדto bow down: to bend the head and body low toward the ground as an act of reverence before God or a superior.
- prōraπρῷραbownot studied yet
- qoshetקֹשֶׁטbownot studied yet
- avrekhאַבְרֵךְto bownot studied yet
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Every English meaning beginning with B is on its letter page, and the whole index starts at Browse.