כָּרַעkâraʻ

bow down

Pronunciation: kaw-rah' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3766

Meanings

Qal

1. bow (Judges 7:5; Judges 7:6; 2 Kings 1:13)

2. bow down (Genesis 49:9; Numbers 24:9)

3. pregnant with על, bow down over (in order to lie with) a woman (Job 31:10)

4. bow down (1 Samuel 4:19; Job 39:3; Isaiah 46:1)

Hiph`il

1. cause to bow in grief (Judges 11:35)

2. cause to bow down in death (Psalms 17:13; Psalms 78:31; 2 Samuel 22:40)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 36 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 49:9 Judah, my son, is a young lion that has finished eating its prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness—who dares to rouse him?
  • Numbers 24:9 Like a lion, Israel crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to arouse her? Blessed is everyone who blesses you, O Israel, and cursed is everyone who curses you.”
  • Judges 5:27 He sank, he fell, he lay still at her feet. And where he sank, there he died.
  • Judges 7:5 When Gideon took his warriors down to the water, the Lord told him, “Divide the men into two groups. In one group put all those who cup water in their hands and lap it up with their tongues like dogs. In the other group put all those who kneel down and drink with their mouths in the stream.”
  • Judges 7:6 Only 300 of the men drank from their hands. All the others got down on their knees and drank with their mouths in the stream.
  • Judges 11:35 When he saw her, he tore his clothes in anguish. “Oh, my daughter!” he cried out. “You have completely destroyed me! You’ve brought disaster on me! For I have made a vow to the Lord, and I cannot take it back.”
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).