שָׁחַח
shâchach · shaw-khakh'
to sink or depress (reflexive or causative)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to sink or depress (reflexive or causative)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bend, bow (down), bring (cast) down, couch, humble self, be (bring) low, stoop.
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
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to separate and protect › to separate and protect
To consume, to destroy that works to separate and protect that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁחַח 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
21 occurrences · 21 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- why art thou cast down3 · 14%
- shall be bowed down2 · 10%
- do stoop1 · 5%
- when they couch1 · 5%
- and humbleth1 · 5%
- i bowed down1 · 5%
- i am bowed down1 · 5%
- is cast down1 · 5%
- and brought low1 · 5%
- bow1 · 5%
- shall be brought low1 · 5%
- boweth down1 · 5%
- shall be brought down1 · 5%
- shall he bring down1 · 5%
- for he bringeth down1 · 5%
- shall be low1 · 5%
- bending1 · 5%
- did bow1 · 5%
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.