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Lexicon :: Strong's G2955 - kyptō

Aa
κύπτω
Transliteration
kyptō (Key)
Pronunciation
koop'-to
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from the base of κῦμα (G2949)
mGNT
3x in 2 unique form(s) TR
3x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
16x in 6 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

†κύπτω kýptō, koop'-to; probably from the base of G2949; to bend forward:—stoop (down).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G2955 in the following manner: stoop (2x), stoop down (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G2955 in the following manner: stoop (2x), stoop down (1x).

  1. to stoop down, bend forward, to bow the head

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†κύπτω kýptō, koop'-to; probably from the base of G2949; to bend forward:—stoop (down).
STRONGS G2955:
κύπτω: 1 aorist participle κύψας; (from κυβη the head (cf. Vanicek, p. 164; especially Curtius, index under the word)); from Homer down; the Sept. chiefly for קָדַד; to bow the head, bend forward, stoop down: Mark 1:7; with κάτω added (Aristophanes vesp. 279), John 8:6, 8. (Compare: ἀνακύπτω, παρακύπτω, συγκύπτω.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Mark
1:7
John
8:6; 8:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2955 matches the Greek κύπτω (kyptō),
which occurs 16 times in 16 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:28 - And they said, Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive. And they bowed the head, and made obeisance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:31 - And the people believed: and when they heard that Jehovah had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:27 - that ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of Jehovah’s passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:8 - And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:31 - Then Jehovah opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of Jehovah standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and he bowed his head, and fell on his face.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:8 - David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and did obeisance.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:14 - And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a robe. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground, and did obeisance.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:16 - And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:31 - Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did obeisance to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:42 - So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:18 - And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before Jehovah, worshipping Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:6 - And Ezra blessed Jehovah, the great God; and all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with the lifting up of their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped Jehovah with their faces to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:10 -
He croucheth, he boweth down,
And the helpless fall by his strong ones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:9 - And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is brought low: therefore forgive them not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:6 - Such as lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, they hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a god; they fall down, yea, they worship.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:23 - and I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee, that have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over; and thou hast laid thy back as the ground, and as the street, to them that go over.
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