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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:13 - And God does not restrain his anger.
Even the monsters of the sea[fn] are crushed beneath his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:40 - as they lie in their dens
or crouch in the thicket?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:10 - Their helpless victims are crushed;
they fall beneath the strength of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:14 - I was sad, as though they were my friends or family,
as if I were grieving for my own mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:6 - I am bent over and racked with pain.
All day long I walk around filled with grief.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:5 - Why am I discouraged?
Why is my heart so sad?
I will put my hope in God!
I will praise him again—
my Savior and

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:6 - my God!
Now I am deeply discouraged,
but I will remember you—
even from distant Mount Hermon, the source of the Jordan,
from the land of Mount Mizar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:11 - Why am I discouraged?
Why is my heart so sad?
I will put my hope in God!
I will praise him again—
my Savior and my God!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 43:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:5 - Why am I discouraged?
Why is my heart so sad?
I will put my hope in God!
I will praise him again—
my Savior and my God!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:39

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:39 - When they decrease in number and become impoverished
through oppression, trouble, and sorrow,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:19 - Evil people will bow before good people;
the wicked will bow at the gates of the godly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:4 - Remember him before the door to life’s opportunities is closed and the sound of work fades. Now you rise at the first chirping of the birds, but then all their sounds will grow faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:9 - So now they will be humbled,
and all will be brought low—
do not forgive them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:11 - Human pride will be brought down,
and human arrogance will be humbled.
Only the LORD will be exalted
on that day of judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:17 - Human pride will be humbled,
and human arrogance will be brought down.
Only the LORD will be exalted
on that day of judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:15 - Humanity will be destroyed, and people brought down;
even the arrogant will lower their eyes in humiliation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:12 - The high walls of Moab will be demolished.
They will be brought down to the ground,
down into the dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:5 - He humbles the proud
and brings down the arrogant city.
He brings it down to the dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:4 - Then deep from the earth you will speak;
from low in the dust your words will come.
Your voice will whisper from the ground
like a ghost conjured up from the grave.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:14 - The descendants of your tormentors
will come and bow before you.
Those who despised you
will kiss your feet.
They will call you the City of the LORD,
and Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:6 - When he stops, the earth shakes.
When he looks, the nations tremble.
He shatters the everlasting mountains
and levels the eternal hills.
He is the Eternal One!
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