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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 3 / 4 (2Ch 7:3–Jer 1:16)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:3 - And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, H7812 and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:19 - But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship H7812 them;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:22 - And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped H7812 them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:18 - And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping H7812 the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:17 - Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance H7812 to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:14 - Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down H7812 himself before them, and burned incense unto them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:28 - And all the congregation worshipped, H7812 and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:29 - And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped. H7812

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:30 - Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped. H7812

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:12 - Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship H7812 before one altar, and burn incense upon it?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:3 - For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped H7812 all the host of heaven, and served them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:6 - And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped H7812 the LORD with their faces to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:3 - And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped H7812 the LORD their God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:6 - Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth H7812 thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:2 - And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced H7812 Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence. H7812

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:5 - And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, H7812 then was Haman full of wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:20 - Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, H7812

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:7 - But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship H7812 toward thy holy temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:27 - All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship H7812 before thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:29 - All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: H7812 all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 29:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:2 - Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship H7812 the LORD in the beauty of holiness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 45:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:11 - So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship H7812 thou him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 66:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:4 - All the earth shall worship H7812 thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:11 - Yea, all kings shall fall down H7812 before him: all nations shall serve him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:9 - There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship H7812 any strange god.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 86:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:9 - All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship H7812 before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 95:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:6 - O come, let us worship H7812 and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 96:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:9 - O worship H7812 the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 97:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:7 - Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship H7812 him, all ye gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 99:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 99:5 - Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship H7812 at his footstool; for he is holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 99:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 99:9 - Exalt the LORD our God, and worship H7812 at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:19 - They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped H7812 the molten image.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 132:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:7 - We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship H7812 at his footstool.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 138:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 138:2 - I will worship H7812 toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:25 - Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: H7812 but a good word maketh it glad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:8 - Their land also is full of idols; they worship H7812 the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:20 - In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, H7812 to the moles and to the bats;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:13 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship H7812 the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:7 - But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship H7812 before this altar?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:38 - 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 BoxIsa 44:15 - Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth H7812 it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:17 - And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth H7812 it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:14 - Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down H7812 unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:6 - They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship. H7812

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:7 - Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, H7812 because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:23 - And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down H7812 to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:23 - But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, H7812 that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:14 - The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down H7812 at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:23 - And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship H7812 before me, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:16 - And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped H7812 the works of their own hands.

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