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Lexicon :: Strong's G2955 - kyptō

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κύπτω
Transliteration
kyptō (Key)
Pronunciation
koop'-to
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from the base of κῦμα (G2949)
mGNT
3x in 2 unique form(s) TR
3x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
16x in 6 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

†κύπτω kýptō, koop'-to; probably from the base of G2949; to bend forward:—stoop (down).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G2955 in the following manner: stoop (2x), stoop down (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G2955 in the following manner: stoop (2x), stoop down (1x).

  1. to stoop down, bend forward, to bow the head

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†κύπτω kýptō, koop'-to; probably from the base of G2949; to bend forward:—stoop (down).
STRONGS G2955:
κύπτω: 1 aorist participle κύψας; (from κυβη the head (cf. Vanicek, p. 164; especially Curtius, index under the word)); from Homer down; the Sept. chiefly for קָדַד; to bow the head, bend forward, stoop down: Mark 1:7; with κάτω added (Aristophanes vesp. 279), John 8:6, 8. (Compare: ἀνακύπτω, παρακύπτω, συγκύπτω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Mark
1:7
John
8:6; 8:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2955 matches the Greek κύπτω (kyptō),
which occurs 16 times in 16 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:28 - And they said, “Your servant our father is well; he is still alive.” They bowed down and prostrated themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:31 - So the people believed; and they heard that Yahweh [fn]cared about the sons of Israel and that He had seen their affliction. So they bowed low and worshiped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:27 - that you shall say, ‘It is a Passover sacrifice to Yahweh who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt when He smote the Egyptians, but delivered our homes.’” And the people bowed low and worshiped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:8 - And Moses made haste [fn]to bow low toward the earth and worship.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:31 -

Then Yahweh opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of Yahweh standing in the way with his drawn sword in his hand; and he bowed his head down [fn]and prostrated himself to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:8 -

Now afterward David arose and went out of the cave and called after Saul, saying, “My lord the king!” And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his [fn]face to the ground and prostrated himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:14 - And he said to her, “What is his form?” And she said, “An old man is coming up, and he is wrapped with a robe.” And Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his [fn]face to the ground and prostrated himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:16 - Then Bathsheba bowed and prostrated herself [fn]before the king. And the king said, “What [fn]do you wish?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:31 - Then Bathsheba bowed with her [fn]face to the ground, and prostrated herself [fn]before the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:42 - So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he stretched himself down toward the ground and put his face between his knees.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:18 -

So Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before Yahweh, worshiping Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:6 - Then Ezra blessed Yahweh the great God. And all the people answered, “Amen, Amen!” while lifting up their hands; then they bowed low and worshiped Yahweh with their [fn]faces to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:10 -

He [fn]crouches, he [fn]bows down,

And the [fn]unfortunate fall [fn]by his mighty ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:9 -

So the common man has been bowed down,

And the man of importance has been made low,

But do not forgive them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:6 -

“Those who lavish gold from the purse

And weigh silver on the scale,

They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;

They fall down, indeed they worship it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:23 -

“I will set it into the hand of those who cause you grief,

Who have said to [fn]you, ‘Lie down that we may walk over you.’

You have even set your back down like the ground

And like the street for those who walk over it.”

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