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Lexicon :: Strong's H7812 - šāḥâ

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שָׁחָה
Transliteration
šāḥâ
Pronunciation
shaw-khaw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2360

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁחָה shâchâh, shaw-khaw'; a primitive root; to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God):—bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 172x

The KJV translates Strong's H7812 in the following manner: worship (99x), bow (31x), bow down (18x), obeisance (9x), reverence (5x), fall down (3x), themselves (2x), stoop (1x), crouch (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 172x
The KJV translates Strong's H7812 in the following manner: worship (99x), bow (31x), bow down (18x), obeisance (9x), reverence (5x), fall down (3x), themselves (2x), stoop (1x), crouch (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

  1. to bow down

    1. (Qal) to bow down

    2. (Hiphil) to depress (fig)

    3. (Hithpael)

      1. to bow down, prostrate oneself

        1. before superior in homage

        2. before God in worship

        3. before false gods

        4. before angel

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁחָה shâchâh, shaw-khaw'; a primitive root; to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God):—bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship.
STRONGS H7812: Abbreviations
[שָׁחָה]172 verb bow down (Late Hebrew id.; Jewish-Aramaic שְׁחִי (rare); akin to שׁוח, שׁחח); —
Qal Imperative feminine singular שְׁחִי Isaiah 51:23 bow down.
Hiph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix יַשְׁחֶ֑נָּה Proverbs 12:25, figurative, anxiety depresses it (that is לֵב; opposed to שִׂמֵּחַ).
Hithpa'lēl170 (Ges§ 75kk) Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הִשְׁתַּחֲוָה Ezekiel 46:2; 2nd person masculine singular הִשְׁתַּחֲוִ֫יתָ Deuteronomy 4:19 + 3 times; 1st person singular הִשְׁתַּחֲוֵ֫יתִי 1 Samuel 16:4 + 2 times; 3rd person masculine plural הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ Jeremiah 8:2, etc.; Imperfect יִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה 2 Samuel 15:32 + 3 times; apocopatic יִשְׁתַּ֫חוּ Isaiah 44:17 +; 3rd person masculine plural יִשְׁתַּחֲווּ Genesis 49:8 +; 2nd person feminine plural תִּשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֫יןָ Genesis 33:6; Genesis 37:7, etc.; Imperative feminine singular הִשְׁתַּחֲוִי Psalm 45:12; masculine plural הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ Psalm 29:2 +; Infinitive construct הִשְׁשַׁתַּחֲוֺת Genesis 37:10 +; suffix מִשְׁתַּחֲוֶי 2 Kings 5:18 (but Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate and modern חֲוֺתו-); Participle מִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה 2 Kings 19:27, etc.; מִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶּם Ezekiel 8:16, read וִים- all modern; —
1. bow down, prostrate oneself, before a monarch or superior, in homage, etc.:
a. with ל, after descriptive clause (especially with קדד, נפל 3b, which see.), 1 Samuel 24:9; Genesis 43:28 (J) 2 Samuel 14:4, 22; Ruth 2:10; 1 Kings 1:31; 2 Kings 4:37 + 6 times, + (after כָּרֵע) Esther 3:2 (twice in verse); Esther 3:5.
b. with ל, followed by phrase (לפני) על אפים ארצה 2 Samuel 14:33; 1 Kings 1:23; לאפים Genesis 48:12 (E) 2 Samuel 18:28; אפים Genesis 42:6 (E) + 4 times; omit אפים Genesis 33:3 (J) + 3 times; כַּפּוֹת עַל רַגְלַיִךְ Isaiah 60:14.
c. with לְ person only, Genesis 23:7 (P) Genesis 27:29 (twice in verse); Genesis 37:9 (E), Genesis 49:8; Exodus 11:8 (J) + 8 times; with לפני Genesis 23:12 (P); with אל Isaiah 45:14 (|| התפלּל); absolute Genesis 33:6, 7 (twice in verse) (J), Exodus 18:7 (E) 2 Samuel 9:8; 2 Samuel 16:4; Isaiah 49:7.
2. before God, in worship, etc.:
a. with לְ, after descriptive phrase: קדד ארצה Exodus 34:8 (J); ארצה omitted Genesis 24:26, 48 (J) + 4 times; כרע אפים ארצה 2 Chronicles 7:3; כרע 2 Chronicles 29:29; נפל ארצה Job 1:20; נפל לפני 2 Chronicles 20:18.
b. followed by phrase: אפים ארצה ל׳ קדד וישׁ׳ Nehemiah 8:6; ארצה ל׳ Genesis 24:52 (J); ונכרעה השׁ׳ Psalm 95:6; בְּהַדְרַת קֹדֶשׁ ל׳ השׁ׳ Psalm 29:2; Psalm 96:9 = 1 Chronicles 16:29; אֶלהֵֿיכָל (looking towards) Psalm 5:8; Psalm 138:2; לַהֲדֹם רגלים Psalm 99:5; Psalm 132:7.
c. with לְ only: 1 Samuel 1:28 (but read וַתַּנִּחֵהוּ Greek Version of the LXX and modern), 1 Samuel 15:25; Jeremiah 7:2; Psalm 66:4 + 9 times; with לפני Deuteronomy 26:10; Isaiah 66:23 + 4 times; with בְ local Isaiah 27:13; with לְ local Psalm 99:9; absolute Genesis 22:5 (E) Judges 7:15 + 5 times; accusative of location Exodus 33:10 (E) Jeremiah 26:2; Ezekiel 46:3; לפני (ה)מזבח Isaiah 36:7 = 2 Kings 18:22 2 Chronicles 32:12; with על location Genesis 47:31 (J) 1 Kings 1:47; Ezekiel 46:2; מֵרֶחֹק after off Exodus 24:1 (E).
d. before angel in theoph.: after clause with נפל, קדד, Joshua 5:14; Numbers 22:31; followed by אפים ארצה Genesis 19:1; ארצה Genesis 18:2 (all J).
3. before other gods: absolute Isaiah 2:20; Isaiah 44:15, 17; Isaiah 46:6; accusative of location 2 Kings 5:18 (3 times in verse); 2 Kings 19:37 = Isaiah 37:38; with לְ, Exodus 20:5 = Deuteronomy 5:9 (10 words), Exodus 23:24 (E), Numbers 25:2 (J), Joshua 23:7 (D), Deuteronomy 8:19; Deuteronomy 11:16; 1 Kings 16:31 + 34 times; with על, Leviticus 26:1 (H); לפני 2 Chronicles 25:14 (|| קטּר).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:2; 19:1; 22:5; 23:7; 23:12; 24:26; 24:48; 24:52; 27:29; 33:3; 33:6; 33:6; 33:7; 37:7; 37:9; 37:10; 42:6; 43:28; 47:31; 48:12; 49:8; 49:8

Exodus

11:8; 18:7; 20:5; 23:24; 24:1; 33:10; 34:8

Leviticus

26:1

Numbers

22:31; 25:2

Deuteronomy

4:19; 5:9; 8:19; 11:16; 26:10

Joshua

5:14; 23:7

Judges

7:15

Ruth

2:10

1 Samuel

1:28; 15:25; 16:4; 24:9

2 Samuel

9:8; 14:4; 14:22; 14:33; 15:32; 16:4; 18:28

1 Kings

1:23; 1:31; 1:47; 16:31

2 Kings

4:37; 5:18; 5:18; 18:22; 19:27; 19:37

1 Chronicles

16:29

2 Chronicles

7:3; 20:18; 25:14; 29:29; 32:12

Nehemiah

8:6

Esther

3:2; 3:5

Job

1:20

Psalms

5:8; 29:2; 29:2; 45:12; 66:4; 95:6; 96:9; 99:5; 99:9; 132:7; 138:2

Proverbs

12:25

Isaiah

2:20; 27:13; 36:7; 37:38; 44:15; 44:17; 44:17; 45:14; 46:6; 49:7; 51:23; 60:14; 66:23

Jeremiah

7:2; 8:2; 26:2

Ezekiel

8:16; 46:2; 46:2; 46:3

H7812

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Strong's Number H7812 matches the Hebrew שָׁחָה (šāḥâ),
which occurs 175 times in 166 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 4 (Rth 2:10–1Ch 29:20)

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:10 - Then she fell on her face, and bowed H7812 herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:3 - And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship H7812 and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:19 - And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped H7812 before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:28 - Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped H7812 the LORD there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:36 - And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch H7812 to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:25 - Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship H7812 the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 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 turn again with me, that I may worship H7812 the LORD thy God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:31 - So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped H7812 the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 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 H7812 himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:8 - 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 stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed H7812 himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:23 - And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed H7812 herself to the ground,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:41 - And she arose, and bowed H7812 herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 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 mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed H7812 himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 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 did obeisance. H7812

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:6 - Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. H7812 And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:8 - And he bowed H7812 himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:20 - Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: H7812 then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:4 - And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, H7812 and said, Help, O king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:22 - And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed H7812 himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 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 H7812 himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:5 - And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, H7812 he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:32 - And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the mount, where he worshipped H7812 God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:4 - Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly H7812 beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:21 - Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cushi bowed H7812 himself unto Joab, and ran.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:28 - And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell down H7812 to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the LORD thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:20 - And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed H7812 himself before the king on his face upon the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:16 - And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance H7812 unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:23 - And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed H7812 himself before the king with his face to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:31 - Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence H7812 to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:47

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:47 - And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed H7812 himself upon the bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:53

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:53 - So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed H7812 himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:19 - Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed H7812 himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:6 - But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship H7812 them:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:9 - And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped H7812 them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:33 - Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped H7812 Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:31 - And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped H7812 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:53

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:53 - For he served Baal, and worshipped H7812 him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:15 - And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed H7812 themselves to the ground before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:37 - Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed H7812 herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:18 - In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship H7812 there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow H7812 myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down H7812 myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:16 - And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped H7812 all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:35 - With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow H7812 yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:36 - But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, H7812 and to him shall ye do sacrifice.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:22 - But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship H7812 before this altar in Jerusalem?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:37 - And it came to pass, as he was worshipping H7812 in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:3 - For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped H7812 all the host of heaven, and served them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:21 - And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped H7812 them:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:29 - Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship H7812 the LORD in the beauty of holiness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:21 - And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed H7812 himself to David with his face to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:20 - And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped H7812 the LORD, and the king.

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