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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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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:13 - God doth not turn back His anger, Under Him bowed have proud helpers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:40 - When they bow down in dens -- Abide in a thicket for a covert?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:10 - He is bruised -- he boweth down, Fallen by his mighty ones hath the afflicted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:14 - As if a friend, as if my brother, I walked habitually, As a mourner for a mother, Mourning I have bowed down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:6 - I have been bent down, I have been bowed down -- unto excess, All the day I have gone mourning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:5 - What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? Yea, art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him: The salvation of my countenance -- My God!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:6 - In me doth my soul bow itself, Therefore I remember Thee from the land of Jordan, And of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:11 - What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? And what! art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him, The salvation of my countenance, and my God!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 43:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:5 - What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? And what! art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him, The salvation of my countenance, and my God!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:39

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:39 - And they are diminished, and bow down, By restraint, evil, and sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:19 - The evil have bowed 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 doors have been shut in the street. When the noise of the grinding is low, And one riseth at the voice of the bird, And all daughters of song are bowed down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:9 - And the low boweth down, and the high is humbled, And Thou acceptest them not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:11 - The haughty eyes of man have been humbled, And bowed down hath been the loftiness of men, And set on high hath Jehovah alone been in that day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:17 - And bowed down hath been the haughtiness of man, And humbled the loftiness of men, And set on high hath Jehovah alone been in that day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:15 - And bowed down is the low, and humbled the high, And the eyes of the haughty become low,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:12 - And the fortress of the high place of thy walls He hath bowed down -- He hath made low, He hath caused it to come to the earth, -- unto dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:5 - For He bowed down the dwellers on high, A city set on high He maketh low, He maketh it low unto the earth, He causeth it to come unto the dust,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:4 - And thou hast been low, From the earth thou speakest, And from the dust makest thy saying low, And thy voice hath been from the earth, As one having a familiar spirit, And from the dust thy saying whisperest,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:14 - And come unto thee, bowing down, Have sons of those afflicting thee, And bowed themselves to the soles of thy feet Have all despising thee, And they have cried to thee: 'City of Jehovah, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:6 - He hath stood, and He measureth earth, He hath seen, and He shaketh off nations, And scatter themselves do mountains of antiquity, Bowed have the hills of old, The ways of old are His.
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