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H7812שָׁחָהsha.chah

to bowPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 23
  2. 11
  3. 1
  4. 2
  5. 8
  6. 3
  7. 4
  8. 1
  9. 12
  10. 13
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 3
  14. 11
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. 3
  17. 3
  18. 1
  19. 17
  20. 1
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 14
  24. 8
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 4
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. 1
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. 3
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. 2
  39. Malachi: 0

Renderings

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172 occurrences in 166 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Ruth 2:10

    Then she fell on her face, and bowed down to the ground, and said unto him: 'Why have I found favour in thy sight, that thou shouldest take cognizance of me, seeing I am a foreigner?'

    וַתִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ (תִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ) tish.Ta.chu “she bowed down”

  2. 1 Samuel 1:3

    And this man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there priests unto the LORD.

    לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֧ת (הִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֧ת) hish.ta.cha.Vot “bow down”

  3. 1 Samuel 1:19

    And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah; and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.

    וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲווּ֙ (יִּֽשְׁתַּחֲווּ֙) i.yish.ta.cha.Vu “they bowed down”

  4. 1 Samuel 1:28

    therefore I also have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he is lent to the LORD.' And he worshipped the LORD there.

    וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ (יִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ) i.yish.Ta.chu “he bowed down”

  5. 1 Samuel 2:36

    And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thy house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say: Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.'

    לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֣ת (הִשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֣ת) hish.ta.cha.Vot “bow down”

  6. 1 Samuel 15:25

    Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and return with me, that I may worship the LORD.'

    וְאֶֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖ה (אֶֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖ה) 'esh.ta.cha.Veh “I may bow down”

  7. 1 Samuel 15:30

    Then he said: 'I have sinned; yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and return with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.'

    וְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֵ֖יתִי (הִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֵ֖יתִי) hish.ta.cha.Vei.ti “I will bow down”

  8. 1 Samuel 15:31

    So Samuel returned after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.

    וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ (יִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ) i.yish.Ta.chu “he bowed down”

  9. 1 Samuel 20:41

    And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the South, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed down three times; and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

    וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ (יִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ) i.yish.Ta.chu “he bowed down”

  10. 1 Samuel 24:9

    David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying: 'My lord the king.' And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and prostrated himself.

    וַיִּשְׁתָּֽחוּ׃ (יִּשְׁתָּֽחוּ) i.yish.Ta.chu “he bowed down”

  11. 1 Samuel 25:23

    And when Abigail saw David, she made haste, and alighted from her ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed down to the ground.

    וַתִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ (תִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ) tish.Ta.chu “she bowed down”

  12. 1 Samuel 25:41

    And she arose, and bowed down with her face to the earth, and said: 'Behold, thy handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.'

    וַתִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ (תִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ) tish.Ta.chu “she bowed down”

  13. 1 Samuel 28:14

    And he said unto her: 'What form is he of?' And she said: 'An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a robe.' And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground, and prostrated himself.

    וַיִּשְׁתָּֽחוּ׃ (יִּשְׁתָּֽחוּ) i.yish.Ta.chu “he bowed down”

  14. 2 Samuel 1:2

    it came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head; and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and prostrated himself.

    וַיִּשְׁתָּֽחוּ׃ (יִּשְׁתָּֽחוּ) i.yish.Ta.chu “he bowed down”

  15. 2 Samuel 9:6

    And Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came unto David, and fell on his face, and prostrated himself. And David said: 'Mephibosheth!' And he answered: 'Behold thy servant!'

    וַיִּשְׁתָּ֑חוּ (יִּשְׁתָּ֑חוּ) i.yish.Ta.chu “he bowed down”

  16. 2 Samuel 9:8

    And he bowed down, and said: 'What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?'

    וַיִּשְׁתַּ֕חוּ (יִּשְׁתַּ֕חוּ) i.yish.Ta.chu “he bowed down”

  17. 2 Samuel 12:20

    Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel; and he came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped; then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.

    וַיִּשְׁתָּ֑חוּ (יִּשְׁתָּ֑חוּ) i.yish.Ta.chu “he bowed down”

  18. 2 Samuel 14:4

    And when the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and prostrated herself, and said: 'Help, O king.'

    וַתִּשְׁתָּ֑חוּ (תִּשְׁתָּ֑חוּ) tish.Ta.chu “she bowed down”

  19. 2 Samuel 14:22

    And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and prostrated himself, and blessed the king; and Joab said: 'To-day thy servant knoweth that I have found favour in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath performed the request of thy servant.'

    וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ (יִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ) i.yish.Ta.chu “he bowed down”

  20. 2 Samuel 14:33

    So Joab came to the king, and told him; and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king; and the king kissed Absalom.

    וַיִּשְׁתַּ֨חוּ (יִּשְׁתַּ֨חוּ) i.yish.Ta.chu “he bowed down”

  21. 2 Samuel 15:5

    And it was so, that when any man came nigh to prostrate himself before him, he put forth his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him.

    לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֖ת (הִשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֖ת) hish.ta.cha.Vot “bow down”

  22. 2 Samuel 15:32

    And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the ascent, where God was wont to be worshipped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head.

    יִשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֥ה yish.ta.cha.Veh “he bowed down”

  23. 2 Samuel 16:4

    Then said the king to Ziba: 'Behold, thine is all that pertaineth unto Mephibosheth.' And Ziba said: 'I prostrate myself; let me find favour in thy sight, my lord, O king.'

    הִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֵ֔יתִי hish.ta.cha.Vei.ti “I bow down”

  24. 2 Samuel 18:21

    Then said Joab to the Cushite: 'Go tell the king what thou hast seen.' And the Cushite bowed down unto Joab, and ran.

    וַיִּשְׁתַּ֧חוּ (יִּשְׁתַּ֧חוּ) i.yish.Ta.chu “he bowed down”

  25. 2 Samuel 18:28

    And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king: 'All is well.' And he bowed down before the king with his face to the earth, and said: 'Blessed be the LORD thy God, who hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.'

    וַיִּשְׁתַּ֧חוּ (יִּשְׁתַּ֧חוּ) i.yish.Ta.chu “he bowed down”