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Lexicon :: Strong's H7817 - šāḥaḥ

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שָׁחַח
Transliteration
šāḥaḥ
Pronunciation
shaw-khakh'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2361

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁחַח shâchach, shaw-khakh'; a primitive root; to sink or depress (reflexive or causative):—bend, bow (down), bring (cast) down, couch, humble self, be (bring) low, stoop.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's H7817 in the following manner: bow down (5x), cast down (4x), bring down (3x), brought low (2x), bow (2x), bending (1x), couch (1x), humbleth (1x), low (1x), stoop (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's H7817 in the following manner: bow down (5x), cast down (4x), bring down (3x), brought low (2x), bow (2x), bending (1x), couch (1x), humbleth (1x), low (1x), stoop (1x).

  1. to bow, crouch, bow down, be bowed down

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be bowed down, be prostrated, be humbled

      2. to bow (in homage)

      3. to bow (of mourner)

      4. to crouch (of wild beast in lair)

    2. (Niphal) to be prostrated, be humbled, be reduced, be weakened, proceed humbly, be bowed down

    3. (Hiphil) to prostrate, lay low, bow down

    4. (Hithpolel) to be cast down, be despairing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁחַח shâchach, shaw-khakh'; a primitive root; to sink or depress (reflexive or causative):—bend, bow (down), bring (cast) down, couch, humble self, be (bring) low, stoop.
STRONGS H7817: Abbreviations
† [שָׁחַח] verb bow, be bowed down, crouch (Late Hebrew id.; Tel Amarna šaḫâhu (WklTelAm. Vocab.), prostrate oneself, probably Canaanism; Assyrian šaḫâḫu is oppress, torment); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular consecutive וְשַׁח Isaiah 2:11, 17, 1st person singular שַׁחִ֫וֺתִי Psalm 38:7, שַׁחֹ֫תִי Psalm 35:14, 3rd person plural ֽֽֽשׁחֲחוּ Job 9:13, שַׁחוּ Habakkuk 3:6; Proverbs 14:19; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָשֹׁחַ Psalm 10:10, 3rd person masculine plural יָשֹׁ֫חוּ Job 38:40, וַיָּשֹׁ֫חוּ Psalm 107:39; Infinitive construct (= absolute, as adverb, Ges§ 118q Köii. 2, §§ 221, 402 d compare also BaNB 164) שְׁחוֺחַ Isaiah 60:14; —
1. be bowed down, prostrated, humbled, by י׳, Isaiah 2:11, 17 (both || שָׁפֵל), Habakkuk 3:6 (of hills), Job 9:13 (תַּחְתָּו שׁ׳), Psalm 107:39 (+ מָעַט); by man Psalm 10:10.
2. bow in homage, לִפְנֵי person Proverbs 14:19; וְהָֽלְבוּ אֵלַיִח שְׁחוֺחַ Isaiah 60:14 (|| הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ).
3. bow, of mourner (קֹדֵר), Psalm 35:14; Psalm 38:7.
4. crouch, of wild beast in lair Job 38:40.
Niph. Imperfect be prostrated, humbled: וַיִּשַּׁח אָדָם Isaiah 2:9 (|| שָׁפֵל) = Isaiah 5:15 (|| id.); be reduced, weakened, יִשַּׁ֫חוּ כָּלבְּֿנוֺת הַשִּׁיר Ecclesiastes 12:4; = proceed humbly, of words מֵעָפָר Isaiah 29:4 (|| שָׁפֵל).
Hiph. prostrate, lay low, city, walls, etc.; Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הֵךְַ Isaiah 25:12; Isaiah 26:5 (both || הִשְׁפִּיל).
Hithpō`. be cast down, despairing: Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תִּשְׁתּוֺחָ֑ח Psalm 42:7, 2nd person feminine singular תִּשְׁתּוֺחֲחִי Psalm 42:6; Psalm 42:12; Psalm 43:5 (all with subject נַפְשִׁי).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

9:13; 9:13; 38:40; 38:40

Psalms

10:10; 10:10; 35:14; 35:14; 38:7; 38:7; 42:6; 42:7; 43:5; 107:39; 107:39

Proverbs

14:19; 14:19

Ecclesiastes

12:4

Isaiah

2:9; 2:11; 2:11; 2:17; 2:17; 5:15; 25:12; 26:5; 29:4; 60:14; 60:14

Habakkuk

3:6; 3:6

H7817

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Strong's Number H7817 matches the Hebrew שָׁחַח (šāḥaḥ),
which occurs 21 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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God will not withdraw his anger;
The helpers of Rahab do stoop under him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:40 -
When they couch in their dens,
And abide in the covert to lie in wait?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:10

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He croucheth, he boweth down,
And the helpless fall by his strong ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:14

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I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother:
I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:6

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I am pained and bowed down greatly;
I go mourning all the day long.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:5

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Why art thou cast down, O my soul?
And why art thou disquieted within me?
Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him
For the help of his countenance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:6

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O my God, my soul is cast down within me:
Therefore do I remember thee from the land of the Jordan,
And the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:11

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Why art thou cast down, O my soul?
And why art thou disquieted within me?
Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him,
Who is the help of my countenance, and my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 43:5

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Why art thou cast down, O my soul?
And why art thou disquieted within me?
Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him,
Who is the help of my countenance, and my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:39

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:39 -
Again, they are diminished and bowed down
Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:19

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The evil bow down before the good;
And the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:4 - and the doors shall be shut in the street; when the sound of the grinding is low, and one shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:9 - And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is brought low: therefore forgive them not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:11 - The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:17 - And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:15 - And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is humbled, and the eyes of the lofty are humbled:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:12 - And the high fortress of thy walls hath he brought down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:5 - For he hath brought down them that dwell on high, the lofty city: he layeth it low, he layeth it low even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:4 - And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust; and thy voice shall be as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:14

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:6 -
He stood, and measured the earth;
He beheld, and drove asunder the nations;
And the eternal mountains were scattered;
The everlasting hills did bow;
His goings were as of old.
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