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Lexicon :: Strong's H3766 - kāraʿ

Aa
כָּרַע
Transliteration
kāraʿ
Pronunciation
kaw-rah'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1044

Strong’s Definitions

כָּרַע kâraʻ, kaw-rah'; a primitive root; to bend the knee; by implication, to sink, to prostrate:—bow (down, self), bring down (low), cast down, couch, fall, feeble, kneeling, sink, smite (stoop) down, subdue, × very.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x

The KJV translates Strong's H3766 in the following manner: bow (14x), ...down (12x), fell (2x), subdued (2x), brought low (1x), couched (1x), feeble (1x), kneeling (1x), very (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x
The KJV translates Strong's H3766 in the following manner: bow (14x), ...down (12x), fell (2x), subdued (2x), brought low (1x), couched (1x), feeble (1x), kneeling (1x), very (1x).

  1. to bend, kneel, bow, bow down, sink down to one's knees, kneel down to rest (of animals), kneel in reverence

    1. (Qal)

      1. to bow

      2. to bow down, crouch

      3. to bow down over

      4. to tilt, lean

    2. (Hiphil) to cause to bow

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּרַע kâraʻ, kaw-rah'; a primitive root; to bend the knee; by implication, to sink, to prostrate:—bow (down, self), bring down (low), cast down, couch, fall, feeble, kneeling, sink, smite (stoop) down, subdue, × very.
STRONGS H3766: Abbreviations
† כָּרַע bow down (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כְּרַע; Arabic bdb050202 put one's mouth into water, or water-vessel; i.e. kneel to drink ? denominative from following ? —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine כ׳ Genesis 49:6 + 6 times; 3rd person masculine plural כָּֽרְעוּ Judges 7:6 + 4 times; Imperfect יִכְרַע Judges 7:5 + 3 times; 1st person singular וָאֶכְרְעָה Ezra 9:5; 3rd person masculine plural יִכְרְעוּן Job 31:10; 2nd person masculine plural תִּכְרָ֑עוּ Isaiah 65:12; 1st person plural וְנִכְרָ֑עָה Psalm 95:6 + 6 times Imperfect; Infinitive construct כְּרֹעַ 1 Kings 8:54; participle כֹּרֵעַ Esther 3:5; plural כֹּרְעִים Esther 3:2; feminine כֹּרְעוֺת Job 4:4. —
1. bow על ברכים to drink Judges 7:5, 6, in supplication to Elijah 2 Kings 1:13; in the worship of God 1 Kings 8:34; Ezra 9:5; with ברכים subject and ל of God 1 Kings 19:18; Isaiah 45:23; without ברכים with לִפְנֵי Psalm 22:30; Psalm 72:9; || השׁתחוה 2 Chronicles 7:3; 29:29; Psalm 95:6, worship of God, but Esther 3:2 (twice in verse); Esther 3:5 in obeisance to Haman.
2. bow down, of the couching lion Genesis 49:9; Numbers 24:9 (both poetry).
3. pregnant with על, bow down over (in order to lie with) a woman Job 31:10.
4. bow down, of a woman in childbirth 1 Samuel 4:19, so of animals Job 39:3; idols, removed by enemies Isaiah 46:1, 2; בִּרְכַּיִם כֹּרְעוֺת Job 4:4 tottering (feeble) knees; of enemies in death, נפל[ו]כרע bow and fall down Judges 5:27 (3 times in verse); Psalm 20:9 pregnant without נפל 2 Kings 9:24; Isaiah 65:12, with תַּחַת Isaiah 10:4. —
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular הִכְרִיעַ Psalm 78:31; 2nd person masculine singular suffix הִכְרַעְתִּנִי Judges 11:35; Imperfect 2nd person feminine singular תַּכְרִיעַ 2 Samuel 22:40 = Psalm 18:40; Imperative suffix הַכְרִיעֵהוּ Psalm 17:13; Infinitive absolute הַכְרֵעַ Judges 11:35. —
1. cause to bow in grief Judges 11:35 (twice in verse).
2. cause to bow down in death Psalm 17:13; Psalm 78:31, with תַּחַת 2 Samuel 22:40 = Psalm 18:40.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

49:6; 49:9

Numbers

24:9

Judges

5:27; 7:5; 7:5; 7:6; 7:6; 11:35; 11:35; 11:35

1 Samuel

4:19

2 Samuel

22:40; 22:40

1 Kings

8:34; 8:54; 19:18

2 Kings

1:13; 9:24

2 Chronicles

7:3; 29:29

Ezra

9:5; 9:5

Esther

3:2; 3:2; 3:5; 3:5

Job

4:4; 4:4; 31:10; 31:10; 39:3

Psalms

17:13; 17:13; 18:40; 18:40; 20:9; 22:30; 72:9; 78:31; 78:31; 95:6; 95:6

Isaiah

10:4; 45:23; 46:1; 46:2; 65:12; 65:12

H3766

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Strong's Number H3766 matches the Hebrew כָּרַע (kāraʿ),
which occurs 36 times in 32 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:9 - Judah is a young lion; like a lion full of meat you have become great, my son; now he takes his rest like a lion stretched out and like an old lion; by whom will his sleep be broken?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:9 - He took his sleep stretched out like a lion, and like a she-lion: by whom will his rest be broken? May a blessing be on everyone who gives you blessing, and a curse on everyone by whom you are cursed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:27 - Bent at her feet he went down, he was stretched out; bent at her feet he went down; where he was bent down, there he went down in death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:5 - So he took the people down to the water; and the Lord said to Gideon, Put on one side by themselves all those drinking up the water with their tongues like a dog; and in the same way, all those who go down on their knees to the water while drinking.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:6 - Now the number of those who took up the water with their tongues was three hundred; all the rest of the people went down on their knees to the water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:35 - And when he saw her he was overcome with grief, and said, Ah! my daughter! I am crushed with sorrow, and it is you who are the chief cause of my trouble; for I have made an oath to the Lord and I may not take it back.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:19 - And his daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was with child and near the time when she would give birth; and when she had the news that the ark of God had been taken and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, her pains came on her suddenly and she gave birth.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:40 - For I have been armed by you with strength for the fight: you have made low under me those who came out against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:54

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:54 - Then Solomon, after making all these prayers and requests for grace to the Lord, got up from his knees before the altar of the Lord, where his hands had been stretched out in prayer to heaven;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:18 - But I will keep safe seven thousand in Israel, all those whose knees have not been bent to Baal, and whose mouths have given him no kisses.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:13 - Then he sent a third captain of fifty with his fifty men; and the third captain of fifty went up, and falling on his knees before Elijah, requesting mercy of him, said, O man of God, let my life and the life of these your fifty servants be of value to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:24 - Then Jehu took his bow in his hand, and with all his strength sent an arrow, wounding Joram between the arms; and the arrow came out at his heart, and he went down on his face in his carriage.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:3 - And all the children of Israel were looking on when the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord was on the house; and they went down on their knees, with their faces to the earth, worshipping and praising the Lord, and saying, He is good; for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:29 - And at the end of the offering, the king and all who were present with him gave worship with bent heads.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:5 - And at the evening offering, having made myself low before God, I got up, and with signs of grief, falling down on my knees, with my hands stretched out to the Lord my God,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:2 - And all the king's servants who were in the king's house went down to the earth before Haman and gave him honour: for so the king had given orders. But Mordecai did not go down before him or give him honour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:5 - And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not go down before him and give him honour, Haman was full of wrath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:4 - He who was near to falling has been lifted up by your words, and you have given strength to bent knees.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:10 - Then let my wife give pleasure to another man and let others make use of her body.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:3 - They are bent down, they give birth to their young, they let loose the fruit of their body.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:13 - Up! Lord, come out against him, make him low, with your sword be my saviour from the evil-doer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:39

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:39 - For I have been armed by you with strength for the fight: you have made low under me those who come out against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:8 - They are bent down and made low; but we have been lifted up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:29 - All the fat ones of the earth will give him worship; all those who go down to the dust will make themselves low before him, even he who has not enough for the life of his soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:9 - Let those who are against him go down before him; and let his haters be low in the dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:31 - The wrath of God came on them, and put to death the fattest of them, and put an end to the young men of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:6 - O come, let us give worship, falling down on our knees before the Lord our Maker.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:4 - ... For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:23 - By myself have I taken an oath, a true word has gone from my mouth, and will not be changed, that to me every knee will be bent, and every tongue will give honour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:1 - Bel is bent down, Nebo is falling; their images are on the beasts and on the cattle: the things which you took about have become a weight to the tired beast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:2 - They are bent down, they are falling together: they were not able to keep their images safe, but they themselves have been taken prisoner.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:12 - Your fate will be the sword, and you will all go down to death: because when my voice came to you, you made no answer; you did not give ear to my word; but you did what was evil in my eyes, desiring what was not pleasing to me.
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