Words the Bible translates as bow down
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- proskuneōπροσκυνέωto bow down before someone in reverent homage: to worship
- shaḥahשָׁחָהto bow down low before someone, lowering the body to the ground in homage or worship
- 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
- avahעָוָהto bend, twist, or be bent over: to make something crooked or to be doubled over in the body
+1 more meaning
- to do wrong, commit iniquity, act perversely: to do what is morally crooked
- qadadקָדַדto bow down: to bend the head and body low toward the ground as an act of reverence before God or a superior.
- avatעָוַתto bend something out of its straight shape, and so to twist a verdict, a scale, or a person's rightful claim
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