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Lexicon :: Strong's G2955 - kyptō

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κύπτω
Transliteration
kyptō (Key)
Pronunciation
koop'-to
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from the base of κῦμα (G2949)
mGNT
3x in 2 unique form(s) TR
3x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
16x in 6 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

†κύπτω kýptō, koop'-to; probably from the base of G2949; to bend forward:—stoop (down).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G2955 in the following manner: stoop (2x), stoop down (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G2955 in the following manner: stoop (2x), stoop down (1x).

  1. to stoop down, bend forward, to bow the head

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†κύπτω kýptō, koop'-to; probably from the base of G2949; to bend forward:—stoop (down).
STRONGS G2955:
κύπτω: 1 aorist participle κύψας; (from κυβη the head (cf. Vanicek, p. 164; especially Curtius, index under the word)); from Homer down; the Sept. chiefly for קָדַד; to bow the head, bend forward, stoop down: Mark 1:7; with κάτω added (Aristophanes vesp. 279), John 8:6, 8. (Compare: ἀνακύπτω, παρακύπτω, συγκύπτω.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Mark
1:7
John
8:6; 8:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2955 matches the Greek κύπτω (kyptō),
which occurs 16 times in 16 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:28 - And they said, “Your servant our father is well; he is still alive.” Then they bowed down again [fn]in homage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:31 - So the people believed; and when they heard that the LORD [fn]was concerned about the sons of Israel and that He had seen their affliction, they bowed low and worshiped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:27 - then you shall say, ‘It is a Passover sacrifice to the LORD because He passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians, but [fn]spared our homes.’” And the people bowed low and worshiped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:8 - And Moses hurried [fn]to bow low toward the ground and worship.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:31 -

Then the LORD opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way with his sword drawn in his hand; and he bowed [fn]all the way to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:8 -

Afterward, however, David got up and went out of the cave, and called after Saul, saying, “My lord the king!” And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the ground and prostrated himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:14 - He said to her, “[fn]How does he appear?” And she said, “An old man is coming up, and he is wrapped in a robe.” Then Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground and paid [fn]homage.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:16 - Then Bathsheba bowed and prostrated herself [fn]before the king. And the king said, “What [fn]is on your mind?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:31 - Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground, and prostrated herself before the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:42 - So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bent down to the earth and put his face between his knees.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:18 -

Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before the LORD, worshiping the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:6 - Then Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, “Amen, Amen!” with the raising of their hands; then they kneeled down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:10 -

Then he crushes the needy one, who cowers;

And [fn]unfortunate people fall by his mighty power.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:9 -

So the common person has been humbled

And the person of importance has been brought low,

But do not forgive them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:6 -

“Those who lavish gold from the bag

And weigh silver on the scale,

Hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;

They bow down, indeed they worship it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:23 -

“I will put it into the hand of your tormentors,

Who have said to [fn]you, ‘Lie down so that we may walk over you.’

You have also made your back like the ground,

And like the street for those who walk over it.”

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