שָׁחָה
shâchâh · shaw-khaw'
to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to separate and protect › to reveal, behold
To consume, to destroy that works to separate and protect that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁחָה 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
172 occurrences · 172 OT · 0 NT · 113 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and worshipped25 · 22%
- and bowed17 · 15%
- and worship12 · 11%
- to worship10 · 9%
- and did obeisance4 · 4%
- bow down3 · 3%
- shall worship3 · 3%
- and made obeisance3 · 3%
- ye shall worship3 · 3%
- and bowed down3 · 3%
- thou shalt not bow down3 · 3%
- bowed3 · 3%
- and have worshipped2 · 2%
- and he bowed2 · 2%
- to bow down2 · 2%
- them, and to worship2 · 2%
- worship2 · 2%
- not, nor did him reverence2 · 2%
- and it came to pass, as he was worshipping2 · 2%
- and did reverence2 · 2%
- worshipped2 · 2%
- and them that worship2 · 2%
- with me, that i may worship2 · 2%
- bowed down1 · 1%
- them; and he bowed1 · 1%
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.