{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H7812",
  "lemma": "שָׁחָה",
  "transliteration": "shâchâh",
  "definition": "to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)",
  "kjv": "bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do…",
  "occurrences": 172,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[שָׁחָה] 172 vb. bow down",
    "Qal bow down",
    "Hiph. fig., anxiety depresses it",
    "Hithpa‛lēl",
    "1. bow down, prostrate oneself, before a monarch or superior, in homage, etc.",
    "2. before God, in worship",
    "3. before other gods"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 18:2",
      "text": "He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood near him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 19:1",
      "text": "The two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. He bowed…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/19?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 22:5",
      "text": "Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go over there. We will worship, and come…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/22?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 23:7",
      "text": "Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the children of Heth.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/23?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 23:12",
      "text": "Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/23?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 24:26",
      "text": "The man bowed his head, and worshiped the LORD.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=26"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 24:48",
      "text": "I bowed my head, and worshiped the LORD, and blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=48"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 24:52",
      "text": "When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth to the LORD.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=52"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 27:29",
      "text": "Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers. Let your mother’s sons bow down to you…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/27?v=29"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 33:3",
      "text": "He himself passed over in front of them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/33?v=3"
    }
  ],
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