Lexicon :: Strong's H3766 - kāraʿ

“Judah, a lion’s cub;

With the prey, my son, you have gone high up [the mountain].

He stooped down, he crouched like a lion,

And like a lion—who dares rouse him?

“He bowed down [to rest], he lies down as a lion;

And as a lioness, who dares to rouse him?

Blessed [of God] is he who blesses you,

And cursed [of God] is he who curses you.”

“He bowed, he fell, he lay [still] at her feet;

At her feet he bowed, he fell;

Where he bowed, there he fell dead.

Now his daughter-in-law, Phinehas’ wife, was pregnant, and was about to give birth; so when she heard the news that the ark of God had been taken and that her father-in-law and her husband had died, she kneeled down and gave birth, because her [labor] pains began.

“For You have surrounded me with strength for the battle;

You have subdued under me those who stood against me.

When Solomon finished offering this entire prayer and supplication to the LORD, he arose from before the LORD’S altar, where he had knelt down with his hands stretched toward heaven.

So Ahaziah again sent a captain of a third fifty with his fifty [fighting men]. And the third captain of fifty went up and came bowed down on his knees before Elijah, and begged him [for compassion] and said to him, “O man of God, please let my life and the lives of your servants, these fifty, be precious in your sight.

When the burnt offerings were completed, the king and all who were present with him bowed down and worshiped [God].

At the evening offering I arose from my [time of] humiliation and penitence and having torn my clothing and my robe, I fell on my knees and stretched out my hands to the LORD my God,

“Your words have helped the one who was stumbling to stand,

And you have strengthened feeble knees.

Let my wife grind [meal, like a bond slave] for another [man],

And let others [fn]kneel down over her.

“They kneel down, they bring forth their young,

They cast out their labor pains.

Arise, O LORD, confront him, cast him down;

Save my soul from the wicked with Your sword,

For You have encircled me with strength for the battle;

You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

They have bowed down and fallen,

But we have risen and stood upright.

All the prosperous of the earth will eat and worship;

All those who go down to the dust (the dead) will bow before Him,

Even he who cannot keep his soul alive.

The nomads of the desert will bow before him,

And his enemies will [fn]lick the dust.

The wrath of God rose against them

And killed some of the strongest of them,

And subdued the choice young men of Israel.

O come, let us worship and bow down,

Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker [in reverent praise and prayer].

Nothing remains but to crouch among the captives

Or fall [dead] among the slain [on the battlefield].

In spite of all this, God’s anger does not turn away,

But His hand is still stretched out [in judgment].

“I have sworn [an oath] by Myself,

The word is gone out of My mouth in righteousness

And shall not return,

That to Me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear [allegiance].

Bel has bowed down, Nebo stoops over;

Their idols are on the beasts [of burden] and on the cattle.

Your burdens [of idols] are loaded [on them],

Burdens on the weary animals.

I will destine you for the sword, [says the LORD],

And all of you will bow down to the slaughter,

Because when I called, you did not answer;

When I spoke, you did not listen or obey.

But you did [what was] evil in My sight

And chose that in which I did not delight.”