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Lexicon :: Strong's H7817 - šāḥaḥ

Aa
שָׁחַח
Transliteration
šāḥaḥ
Pronunciation
shaw-khakh'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2361

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁחַח shâchach, shaw-khakh'; a primitive root; to sink or depress (reflexive or causative):—bend, bow (down), bring (cast) down, couch, humble self, be (bring) low, stoop.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's H7817 in the following manner: bow down (5x), cast down (4x), bring down (3x), brought low (2x), bow (2x), bending (1x), couch (1x), humbleth (1x), low (1x), stoop (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's H7817 in the following manner: bow down (5x), cast down (4x), bring down (3x), brought low (2x), bow (2x), bending (1x), couch (1x), humbleth (1x), low (1x), stoop (1x).

  1. to bow, crouch, bow down, be bowed down

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be bowed down, be prostrated, be humbled

      2. to bow (in homage)

      3. to bow (of mourner)

      4. to crouch (of wild beast in lair)

    2. (Niphal) to be prostrated, be humbled, be reduced, be weakened, proceed humbly, be bowed down

    3. (Hiphil) to prostrate, lay low, bow down

    4. (Hithpolel) to be cast down, be despairing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁחַח shâchach, shaw-khakh'; a primitive root; to sink or depress (reflexive or causative):—bend, bow (down), bring (cast) down, couch, humble self, be (bring) low, stoop.
STRONGS H7817: Abbreviations
† [שָׁחַח] verb bow, be bowed down, crouch (Late Hebrew id.; Tel Amarna šaḫâhu (WklTelAm. Vocab.), prostrate oneself, probably Canaanism; Assyrian šaḫâḫu is oppress, torment); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular consecutive וְשַׁח Isaiah 2:11, 17, 1st person singular שַׁחִ֫וֺתִי Psalm 38:7, שַׁחֹ֫תִי Psalm 35:14, 3rd person plural ֽֽֽשׁחֲחוּ Job 9:13, שַׁחוּ Habakkuk 3:6; Proverbs 14:19; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָשֹׁחַ Psalm 10:10, 3rd person masculine plural יָשֹׁ֫חוּ Job 38:40, וַיָּשֹׁ֫חוּ Psalm 107:39; Infinitive construct (= absolute, as adverb, Ges§ 118q Köii. 2, §§ 221, 402 d compare also BaNB 164) שְׁחוֺחַ Isaiah 60:14; —
1. be bowed down, prostrated, humbled, by י׳, Isaiah 2:11, 17 (both || שָׁפֵל), Habakkuk 3:6 (of hills), Job 9:13 (תַּחְתָּו שׁ׳), Psalm 107:39 (+ מָעַט); by man Psalm 10:10.
2. bow in homage, לִפְנֵי person Proverbs 14:19; וְהָֽלְבוּ אֵלַיִח שְׁחוֺחַ Isaiah 60:14 (|| הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ).
3. bow, of mourner (קֹדֵר), Psalm 35:14; Psalm 38:7.
4. crouch, of wild beast in lair Job 38:40.
Niph. Imperfect be prostrated, humbled: וַיִּשַּׁח אָדָם Isaiah 2:9 (|| שָׁפֵל) = Isaiah 5:15 (|| id.); be reduced, weakened, יִשַּׁ֫חוּ כָּלבְּֿנוֺת הַשִּׁיר Ecclesiastes 12:4; = proceed humbly, of words מֵעָפָר Isaiah 29:4 (|| שָׁפֵל).
Hiph. prostrate, lay low, city, walls, etc.; Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הֵךְַ Isaiah 25:12; Isaiah 26:5 (both || הִשְׁפִּיל).
Hithpō`. be cast down, despairing: Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תִּשְׁתּוֺחָ֑ח Psalm 42:7, 2nd person feminine singular תִּשְׁתּוֺחֲחִי Psalm 42:6; Psalm 42:12; Psalm 43:5 (all with subject נַפְשִׁי).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

9:13; 9:13; 38:40; 38:40

Psalms

10:10; 10:10; 35:14; 35:14; 38:7; 38:7; 42:6; 42:7; 43:5; 107:39; 107:39

Proverbs

14:19; 14:19

Ecclesiastes

12:4

Isaiah

2:9; 2:11; 2:11; 2:17; 2:17; 5:15; 25:12; 26:5; 29:4; 60:14; 60:14

Habakkuk

3:6; 3:6

H7817

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Strong's Number H7817 matches the Hebrew שָׁחַח (šāḥaḥ),
which occurs 21 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:13 - God's wrath may not be turned back; the helpers of Rahab were bent down under him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:40 - When they are stretched out in their holes, and are waiting in the brushwood?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:10 - The upright are crushed and made low, and the feeble are overcome by his strong ones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:14 - My behaviour was as if it had been my friend or my brother: I was bent low in grief like one whose mother is dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:6 - I am troubled, I am made low; I go weeping all the day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:5 - Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:6 - My soul is crushed down in me, so I will keep you in mind; from the land of Jordan and of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:11 - Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:5 - Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God, for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:39

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:39 - And when they are made low, and crushed by trouble and sorrow,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:19 - The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:4 - When the doors are shut in the street, and the sound of the crushing is low, and the voice of the bird is soft, and the daughters of music will be made low;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:9 - And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face: for this cause there will be no forgiveness for their sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:11 - The high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low, and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:17 - And the high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low: and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:15 - And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face, and the eyes of pride are put to shame:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:12 - And the strong tower of your walls has been broken by him, made low, and crushed even to the dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:5 - For he has made low those who are lifted up, all the people of the town of pride: he makes it low, crushing it down to the earth; he makes it low in the dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:4 - And you will be made low, and your voice will come out of the earth, and your words will be low out of the dust; and your voice will come out of the earth like that of a spirit, making bird-like noises out of the dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:14 - And the sons of those who were cruel to you will come before you with bent heads; and those who made sport of you will go down on their faces at your feet; and you will be named, The Town of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:6 - From his high place he sent shaking on the earth; he saw and nations were suddenly moved: and the eternal mountains were broken, the unchanging hills were bent down; his ways are eternal.
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