קָדַד
qâdad · kaw-dad'
to shrivel up, i.e. contract or bend the body (or neck) in deference
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to shrivel up, i.e. contract or bend the body (or neck) in deference
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bow (down) (the) head, stoop.
Letters
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the doorway, the way in › the doorway, the way in
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the doorway, the way in of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קָדַד above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
15 occurrences · 15 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- bowed3 · 20%
- bowed down his head1 · 7%
- and i bowed down my head1 · 7%
- and they bowed down their heads1 · 7%
- then they bowed their heads1 · 7%
- bowed the head1 · 7%
- and bowed his head1 · 7%
- and he bowed down1 · 7%
- stooped1 · 7%
- and he stooped1 · 7%
- and bowed down their heads1 · 7%
- and they bowed their heads1 · 7%
- and they bowed1 · 7%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.