Word Study · Strong's H7743 · Hebrew

שׁוּחַ

shuach

shoo'-akh

Strong's 1890 spelling: shûwach

“to sink, literally or figuratively”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to sink, literally or figuratively

Rendered in the KJV as

bow down, incline, humble.

3
occurrencesin the Old Testament
3 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 3 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

שָׁ֣חָה2
וְתָשׁ֥וֹחַ1

How it is rendered · 3

it has sunk down1
she sank down1
so it may bow down1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singular2
HC/Vqu3fs1

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HVqp3fs · 2
HC/Vqu3fs · 1

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The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Psalms1 of 3 · 33%
Proverbs1 of 3 · 33%
Lamentations1 of 3 · 33%

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Psalms1 occurrence

Psalms 44:25שָׁ֣חָהshachahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singularFor our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.here: it has sunk down

Proverbs1 occurrence

Proverbs 2:18שָׁ֣חָהshachahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singularFor her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.here: she sank down

Lamentations1 occurrence

Lamentations 3:20וְתָשׁ֥וֹחַvetashiachHC/Vqu3fsSurely my soul remembers and is humbled within me.here: so it may bow down

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled שׁוּחַ

H7744 · 2×

שׁוּחַ

Shuach

“Shuach, a son of Abraham”

Read Psalms 44:25 in context →