# H7817 שָׁחַח

שָׁחַח (shâchach), Strong’s H7817: to sink or depress (reflexive or causative) KJV: bend, bow (down), bring (cast) down, couch, humble self, be (bring) low, stoop.. Occurs 21 times.

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*shâchach* — to sink or depress (reflexive or causative)

KJV: bend, bow (down), bring (cast) down, couch, humble self, be (bring) low, stoop.

Occurs 21 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [שָׁחַח] vb. bow, be bowed down, crouch
- Qal
- 1 be bowed down, prostrated, humbled
- 2 bow in homage
- 3 bow, of mourner
- 4 crouch, of wild beast in lair
- Niph. be prostrated, humbled
- Hiph. prostrate, lay low, city, walls, etc.
- Hithpō‛. be cast down, despairing

## Where it occurs
- [Isaiah 2:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/2?v=9) — Man is brought low, and mankind is humbled; therefore don’t forgive them.
- [Isaiah 2:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/2?v=11) — The lofty looks of man will be brought low, the arrogance of men will be bowed down, and the LORD alone will be exalted…
- [Isaiah 2:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/2?v=17) — The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the arrogance of men shall be brought low; and the LORD alone shall be…
- [Isaiah 5:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/5?v=15) — So man is brought low, mankind is humbled, and the eyes of the arrogant ones are humbled;
- [Isaiah 25:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/25?v=12) — He has brought the high fortress of your walls down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.
- [Isaiah 26:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/26?v=5) — For he has brought down those who dwell on high, the lofty city. He lays it low. He lays it low even to the ground. He…
- [Isaiah 29:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/29?v=4) — You will be brought down, and will speak out of the ground. Your speech will mumble out of the dust. Your voice will be…
- [Isaiah 60:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/60?v=14) — The sons of those who afflicted you will come bowing to you; and all those who despised you will bow themselves down at…
- [Habakkuk 3:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/habakkuk/3?v=6) — He stood, and shook the earth. He looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains were crumbled. The…
- [Psalms 10:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/10?v=10) — The helpless are crushed. They collapse. They fall under his strength.