Hebrew verb · H6915
קָדַד
qadadkaw-dad'
to bow
15 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: qâdad
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6915is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 39Old Testament books
- 9spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6915
to shrivel up, i.e. contract or bend the body (or neck) in deference
The King James renders it: bow (down) (the) head, stoop.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
qadad is rendered "to bow". It stands 15 times in the Hebrew text, across eight books.
- Three of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 24:26Then the man bowed down and worshiped the LORD,
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
Then the man bowed down and worshiped the LORD,
Genesis 24:26וַיִּקֹּ֣ד
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in eight of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and he bowed low6
- and they bowed low5
- and she bowed low2
- and I bowed low1
- and it bowed low1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 15, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וַיִּקֹּ֥ד4
- וַֽיִּקְּד֖וּ3
- וַיִּקְּד֧וּ2
- וָאֶקֹּ֥ד1
- וַיִּקֹּ֣ד1
- וַיִּקֹּ֨ד1
- וַיִּקֹּ֧ד1
- וַתִּקֹּ֣ד1
- וַתִּקֹּ֨ד1
The grammar of each form
- Hc/Vqw3ms7Hc/Vqw3ms
- Hc/Vqw3mp5Hc/Vqw3mp
- Hc/Vqw3fs2Hc/Vqw3fs
- Hc/Vqw1cs1Hc/Vqw1cs
Genesis
three uses
Then the man bowed down and worshiped the LORD,
- וַיִּקֹּ֣דvaiyikodHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he bowed low
Then I bowed down and worshiped the LORD; and I blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right road to take the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.
- וָאֶקֹּ֥דvaekodHc/Vqw1cstagged: and I bowed low
“Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.
- וַֽיִּקְּד֖וּvaiyikeduHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they bowed low
Exodus
three uses
and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.
- וַֽיִּקְּד֖וּvaiyikeduHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they bowed low
you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck down the Egyptians and spared our homes.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped.
- וַיִּקֹּ֥דvaiyikodHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it bowed low
Moses immediately bowed down to the ground and worshiped.
- וַיִּקֹּ֥דvaiyikodHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he bowed low
Numbers
one use
Then the LORD opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand. And Balaam bowed low and fell facedown.
- וַיִּקֹּ֥דvaiyikodHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he bowed low
1 Samuel
two uses
After that, David got up, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed facedown in reverence
- וַיִּקֹּ֨דvaiyikodHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he bowed low
“What does he look like?” asked Saul. “An old man is coming up,” she replied. “And he is wearing a robe.” So Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed facedown in reverence.
- וַיִּקֹּ֥דvaiyikodHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he bowed low
1 Kings
two uses
And Bathsheba bowed down in homage to the king, who asked, “What is your desire?”
- וַתִּקֹּ֣דvatikodHc/Vqw3fstagged: and she bowed low
Bathsheba bowed facedown in homage to the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”
- וַתִּקֹּ֨דvatikodHc/Vqw3fstagged: and she bowed low
1 Chronicles
one use
Then David said to the whole assembly, “Blessed be the LORD your God.” So the whole assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers. They bowed down and paid homage to the LORD and to the king.
- וַיִּקְּד֧וּvaiyikeduHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they bowed low
2 Chronicles
two uses
Then Jehoshaphat bowed facedown, and all the people of Judah and Jerusalem fell down before the LORD to worship Him.
- וַיִּקֹּ֧דvaiyikodHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he bowed low
Then King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the LORD in the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness and bowed their heads and worshiped.
- וַֽיִּקְּד֖וּvaiyikeduHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they bowed low
Nehemiah
one use
Then Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and with their hands uplifted, all the people said, “Amen, Amen!” Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
- וַיִּקְּד֧וּvaiyikeduHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they bowed low
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.