קָרַסqâraç

bend down, stoop, crouch

Pronunciation: kaw-ras' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7164

Meanings

Qal: of vanquished gods of Babylon (Isaiah 46:2; Isaiah 46:1)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Isaiah 46:1 Bel and Nebo, the gods of Babylon, bow as they are lowered to the ground. They are being hauled away on ox carts. The poor beasts stagger under the weight.
  • Isaiah 46:2 Both the idols and their owners are bowed down. The gods cannot protect the people, and the people cannot protect the gods. They go off into captivity together.

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).