The meaning of “כָּרַע”
Understanding kâraʻ reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
bow (down, self), bring down (low), cast down, couch, fall, feeble, kneeling, sink, smite (stoop) down, subdue, [idiom] ...
כָּרַע
bow (down, self), bring down (low), cast down, couch, fall, feeble, kneeling, sink, smite (stoop) down, subdue, [idiom] very. - to bend the knee - by implication, to sink, to prostrate 1) to bend, kneel, bow, bow down, sink down to one's knees, kneel down to rest (of animals), kneel in reverence 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bow 1a2) to bow down, crouch 1a3) to bow down over 1a4) to tilt, lean 1b) (Hiphil) to cause to bow
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 49:9 | “Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?” Word: כָּרַע (kâraʻ) | |
| Judges 7:6 | “And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.” Word: כָּרַע (kâraʻ) | |
| 2 Samuel 22:40 | “For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.” Word: כָּרַע (kâraʻ) | |
| 2 Kings 9:24 | “And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.” Word: כָּרַע (kâraʻ) | |
| Ezra 9:5 | “And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the Lord my God,” Word: כָּרַע (kâraʻ) |
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