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שָׁחַח H7817

H7817 is the Hebrew word שָׁחַח, transliterated shâchach and said shaw-khakh'. The King James Version most often renders it bowed down.

Word: שָׁחַחTransliteration: shâchachSaid: shaw-khakh'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 19 verses

What it means

to sink or depress (reflexive or causative).

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 18 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

bowed down 4×why art thou cast down 3×bow 2×couch 1×humbleth 1×cast down 1×brought low 1×boweth down 1×brought down 1×bring down 1×bringeth down 1×low 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: bend, bow (down), bring (cast) down, couch, humble self, be (bring) low, stoop.

Verses using שָׁחַח

All 19 verses, quoted in full.

Job 38:40 · KJV

When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?

Psalm 10:10 · KJV

He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.

Psalm 35:14 · KJV

I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

Psalm 38:6 · KJV

I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

Psalm 42:5 · KJV

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.

Psalm 42:6 · KJV

O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.

Psalm 42:11 · KJV

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Psalm 43:5 · KJV

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Psalm 107:39 · KJV

Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.

Proverbs 14:19 · KJV

The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

Isaiah 2:9 · KJV

And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.

Isaiah 2:11 · KJV

The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 2:17 · KJV

And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 5:15 · KJV

And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:

Isaiah 25:12 · KJV

And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.

Isaiah 26:5 · KJV

For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.

Isaiah 29:4 · KJV

And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.

Isaiah 60:14 · KJV

The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

Habakkuk 3:6 · KJV

He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.

Common questions

What does Strong's H7817 mean?

H7817 is the Hebrew word שָׁחַח (shâchach), meaning to sink or depress (reflexive or causative).

How is H7817 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it bowed down (4 times), why art thou cast down (3 times), bow (2 times), couch (1 time), humbleth (1 time), among others.

How many times does H7817 appear in the Bible?

שָׁחַח (shâchach) is tagged in 19 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H7817 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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