שָׁחָה

And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.

Genesis 18:2

• וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּvaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,

Genesis 19:1

• וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּvaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

“Stay here with the donkey,” Abraham told his servants. “The boy and I will go over there to worship, and then we will return to you.”

Genesis 22:5

• וְנִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖הvenishtachavehHC/Vvu1cptagged: so we may bow down

Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.

Genesis 23:7

• וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּvaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land

Genesis 23:12

• וַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙vaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

Then the man bowed down and worshiped the LORD,

Genesis 24:26

• וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּvaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

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.

Genesis 24:48

• וָֽאֶשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖הvaeshtachavehHc/Vvw1cstagged: and I bowed down

When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.

Genesis 24:52

• וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּvaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”

Genesis 27:29

• וְיִֽשְׁתַּחֲו֤וּveyishtachuHC/Vvu3mptagged: and may they bow down
• וְיִשְׁתַּחֲוּ֥וּveyishtachavuHC/Vvu3mptagged: so may they bow down

But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.

Genesis 33:3

• וַיִּשְׁתַּ֤חוּvaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

Then the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down.

Genesis 33:6

• וַתִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶֽיןָ׃vatishtachaveinaHc/Vvw3fptagged: and they bowed down

Leah and her children also approached and bowed down, and then Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed down.

Genesis 33:7

• וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֑וּvaiyishtachavuHc/Vvw3mptagged: and they bowed down
• וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֽוּ׃vaiyishtachavuHc/Vvw3mptagged: and they bowed down

We were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine.”

Genesis 37:7

• וַתִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖יןָvatishtachaveinaHc/Vvw3fptagged: and they bowed down

Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”

Genesis 37:9

• מִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִ֖יםmishtachavimverb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine pluraltagged: bowing down

He told his father and brothers, but his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream that you have had? Will your mother and brothers and I actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”

Genesis 37:10

• לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֥תlehishtachavotpreposition + verb · hishtaphel, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to bow down

Now Joseph was the ruler of the land; he was the one who sold grain to all its people. So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.

Genesis 42:6

• וַיִּשְׁתַּֽחֲווּ־vaiyishtachavu-Hc/Vvw3mptagged: and they bowed down

When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.

Genesis 43:26

• וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲווּ־vaiyishtachavu-Hc/Vvw3mptagged: and they bowed down

“Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.

Genesis 43:28

• וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּֽוּ׃vaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mptagged: and they bowed down

“Swear to me,” Jacob said. So Joseph swore to him, and Israel bowed in worship at the head of his bed.

Genesis 47:31

• וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּvaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

Then Joseph removed his sons from his father’s knees and bowed facedown.

Genesis 48:12

• וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּvaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.

Genesis 49:8

• יִשְׁתַּחֲוּ֥וּyishtachavuverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will bow down

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.

Exodus 4:31

• וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּֽוּ׃vaiyishtachavuHc/Vvw3mptagged: and they bowed down

And all these officials of yours will come and bow before me, saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow you!’ After that, I will depart.” And hot with anger, Moses left Pharaoh’s presence.

Exodus 11:8

• וְהִשְׁתַּֽחֲוּוּ־vehishtachavu-Hc/Vvq3cptagged: and they will bow down

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.

Exodus 12:27

• וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּֽוּ׃vaiyishtachavuHc/Vvw3mptagged: and they bowed down

So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They greeted each other and went into the tent.

Exodus 18:7

• וַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙vaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

Exodus 20:5

• תִשְׁתַּחְוֶ֥֣הtishtachvehverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you must bow down

You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.

Exodus 23:24

• תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֤הtishtachavehverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you must bow down

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD—you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders—and you are to worship at a distance.

Exodus 24:1

• וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶ֖םvehishtachavitemHc/Vvq2mptagged: and you will bow down

How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it. They have sacrificed to it and said, ‘These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’”

Exodus 32:8

• וַיִּשְׁתַּֽחֲווּ־vaiyishtachavu-Hc/Vvw3mptagged: and they have bowed down

When all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance to the tent, they would stand up and worship, each one at the entrance to his own tent.

Exodus 33:10

• וְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוּ֔וּvehishtachavuHc/Vvq3cptagged: and they bowed down

Moses immediately bowed down to the ground and worshiped.

Exodus 34:8

• וַיִּשְׁתָּֽחוּ׃vaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

Exodus 34:14

• תִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖הtishtachavehverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you must bow down

“You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 26:1

• לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֖תlehishtachavotpreposition + verb · hishtaphel, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to bow down

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.

Numbers 22:31

• וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּvaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

who also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to these gods.

Numbers 25:2

• וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּ֖וּvaiyishtachavuHc/Vvw3mptagged: and they bowed down

When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.

Deuteronomy 4:19

• וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִ֥יתָvehishtachavitaHc/Vvq2mstagged: and you will bow down

You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

Deuteronomy 5:9

• תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֥֣הtishtachavehverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you must bow down

If you ever forget the LORD your God and go after other gods to worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.

Deuteronomy 8:19

• וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִ֣יתָvehishtachavitaHc/Vvq2mstagged: and you will bow down

But be careful that you are not enticed to turn aside to worship and bow down to other gods,

Deuteronomy 11:16

• וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶ֖םvehishtachavitemHc/Vvq2mptagged: and you will bow down

and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden—

Deuteronomy 17:3

• וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּvaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he has bowed down

And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land that You, O LORD, have given me.” Then you are to place the basket before the LORD your God and bow down before Him.

Deuteronomy 26:10

• וְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִ֔יתָvehishtachavitaHc/Vvq2mstagged: and you will bow down

They went and served other gods, and they worshiped gods they had not known—gods that the LORD had not given to them.

Deuteronomy 29:26

• וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּ֖וּvaiyishtachavuHc/Vvw3mptagged: and they bowed down

But if your heart turns away and you do not listen, but are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them,

Deuteronomy 30:17

• וְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִ֛יתָvehishtachavitaHc/Vvq2mstagged: and you will bow down

“Neither,” He replied. “I have now come as Commander of the LORD’s army.” Then Joshua fell facedown in reverence and asked Him, “What does my Lord have to say to His servant?”

Joshua 5:14

• וַיִּשְׁתָּ֔חוּvaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

So you are not to associate with these nations that remain among you. You must not call on the names of their gods or swear by them, and you must not serve them or bow down to them.

Joshua 23:7

• תִֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּtishtachavuverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you must bow down

If you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from this good land He has given you.”

Joshua 23:16

• וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶ֖םvehishtachavitemHc/Vvq2mptagged: and you will bow down

Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger,

Judges 2:12

• וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּvaiyishtachavuHc/Vvw3mptagged: and they bowed down

Israel, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments; they did not do as their fathers had done.

Judges 2:17

• וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּvaiyishtachavuHc/Vvw3mptagged: and they bowed down

But when the judge died, the Israelites became even more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods to serve them and bow down to them. They would not give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.

Judges 2:19

• וּלְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֣תulehishtachavotconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · hishtaphel, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to bow down

When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.”

Judges 7:15

• וַיִּשְׁתָּ֑חוּvaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

At this, she fell on her face, bowing low to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you should take notice of me, even though I am a foreigner?”

Ruth 2:10

• וַתִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּvatishtachuHc/Vvw3fstagged: and she bowed down

Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD.

1 Samuel 1:3

• לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֧תlehishtachavotpreposition + verb · hishtaphel, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to bow down

The next morning Elkanah and Hannah got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.

1 Samuel 1:19

• וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲווּ֙vaiyishtachavuHc/Vvw3mptagged: and they bowed down

I now dedicate the boy to the LORD. For as long as he lives, he is dedicated to the LORD.” So they worshiped the LORD there.

1 Samuel 1:28

• וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּvaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

And everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, “Please appoint me to some priestly office so that I can eat a piece of bread.”’”

1 Samuel 2:36

• לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֣תlehishtachavotpreposition + verb · hishtaphel, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to bow down

Now therefore, please forgive my sin and return with me so I can worship the LORD.”

1 Samuel 15:25

• וְאֶֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖הveeshtachavehHC/Vvu1cstagged: so I may bow down

“I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”

1 Samuel 15:30

• וְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֵ֖יתִיvehishtachaveitiHc/Vvq1cstagged: and I will bow down

So Samuel went back with Saul, and Saul worshiped the LORD.

1 Samuel 15:31

• וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּvaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

When the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone, fell facedown, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept together—though David wept more.

1 Samuel 20:41

• וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּvaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

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

1 Samuel 24:8

• וַיִּשְׁתָּֽחוּ׃ סvaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, fell facedown, and bowed before him.

1 Samuel 25:23

• וַתִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּvatishtachuHc/Vvw3fstagged: and she bowed down

She arose, then bowed facedown and said, “Here is your maidservant, ready to serve and to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”

1 Samuel 25:41

• וַתִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּvatishtachuHc/Vvw3fstagged: and she bowed down

“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.

1 Samuel 28:14

• וַיִּשְׁתָּֽחוּ׃ סvaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

On the third day a man with torn clothes and dust on his head arrived from Saul’s camp. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him homage.

2 Samuel 1:2

• וַיִּשְׁתָּֽחוּ׃vaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

And when Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he fell facedown in reverence. Then David said, “Mephibosheth!” “I am your servant,” he replied.

2 Samuel 9:6

• וַיִּשְׁתָּ֑חוּvaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?”

2 Samuel 9:8

• וַיִּשְׁתַּ֕חוּvaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

Then David got up from the ground, washed and anointed himself, changed his clothes, and went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they set food before him, and he ate.

2 Samuel 12:20

• וַיִּשְׁתָּ֑חוּvaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell facedown in homage and said, “Help me, O king!”

2 Samuel 14:4

• וַתִּשְׁתָּ֑חוּvatishtachuHc/Vvw3fstagged: and she bowed down

Joab fell facedown in homage and blessed the king. “Today,” said Joab, “your servant knows that he has found favor with you, my lord the king, because the king has granted his request.”

2 Samuel 14:22

• וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּvaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

So Joab went and told the king, and David summoned Absalom, who came to him and bowed facedown before him. Then the king kissed Absalom.

2 Samuel 14:33

• וַיִּשְׁתַּ֨חוּvaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

Also, when anyone approached to bow down to him, Absalom would reach out his hand, take hold of him, and kiss him.

2 Samuel 15:5

• לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֖תlehishtachavotpreposition + verb · hishtaphel, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to bow down

When David came to the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Archite was there to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head.

2 Samuel 15:32

• יִשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֥הyishtachavehverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he bowed down

So the king said to Ziba, “All that belongs to Mephibosheth is now yours!” “I humbly bow before you,” said Ziba. “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king!”

2 Samuel 16:4

• הִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֵ֔יתִיhishtachaveitiverb · reflexive (hithpael), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I bow down

So Joab said to a Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen.” The Cushite bowed to Joab and took off running.

2 Samuel 18:21

• וַיִּשְׁתַּ֧חוּvaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

Then Ahimaaz called out to the king, “All is well!” And he bowed facedown before the king. He continued, “Blessed be the LORD your God! He has delivered up the men who raised their hands against my lord the king.”

2 Samuel 18:28

• וַיִּשְׁתַּ֧חוּvaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants coming toward him, he went out and bowed facedown before the king.

2 Samuel 24:20

• וַיִּשְׁתַּ֧חוּvaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

And Bathsheba bowed down in homage to the king, who asked, “What is your desire?”

1 Kings 1:16

• וַתִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּvatishtachuHc/Vvw3fstagged: and she bowed down

So the king was told, “Nathan the prophet is here.” And Nathan went in and bowed facedown before the king.

1 Kings 1:23

• וַיִּשְׁתַּ֧חוּvaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

Bathsheba bowed facedown in homage to the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”

1 Kings 1:31

• וַתִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּvatishtachuHc/Vvw3fstagged: and she bowed down

The king’s servants have also gone to congratulate our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon more famous than your own name, and may He make his throne greater than your throne.’ And the king has bowed in worship on his bed,

1 Kings 1:47

• וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּvaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

So King Solomon summoned Adonijah down from the altar, and he came and bowed down before King Solomon, who said to him, “Go to your home.”

1 Kings 1:53

• וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּvaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. The king stood up to greet her, bowed to her, and sat down on his throne. Then the king had a throne brought for his mother, who sat down at his right hand.

1 Kings 2:19

• וַיִּשְׁתַּ֣חוּvaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

But if indeed you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep the commandments and statutes I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,

1 Kings 9:6

• וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶ֖םvehishtachavitemHc/Vvq2mptagged: and you will bow down

And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, the LORD has brought all this disaster upon them.’”

1 Kings 9:9

• וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲו֥וּvaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mptagged: and they bowed down

For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did.

1 Kings 11:33

• וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲווּ֮vaiyishtachavuHc/Vvw3mptagged: and they have bowed down

And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.

1 Kings 16:31

• וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּvaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

Ahaziah served and worshiped Baal, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger, just as his father had done.

1 Kings 22:53

• וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖הvaiyishtachavehHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

When the sons of the prophets who were facing him from Jericho saw what had happened, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.

2 Kings 2:15

• וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲווּ־vaiyishtachavu-Hc/Vvw3mptagged: and they bowed down

She came in, fell at his feet, and bowed to the ground. Then she picked up her son and went out.

2 Kings 4:37

• וַתִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּvatishtachuHc/Vvw3fstagged: and she bowed down

Yet may the LORD forgive your servant this one thing: When my master goes into the temple of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my arm, and I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the LORD forgive your servant in this matter.”

2 Kings 5:18

• לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֨תlehishtachavotpreposition + verb · hishtaphel, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to bow down
• וְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֵ֙יתִי֙vehishtachaveitiHc/Vvq1cstagged: and I will bow down
• בְּהִשְׁתַּחֲוָיָ֙תִי֙behishtachavayatipreposition + verb · hishtaphel, infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: when bow down I

They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.

2 Kings 17:16

• וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲווּ֙vaiyishtachavuHc/Vvw3mptagged: and they bowed down

For the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites and commanded them, “Do not worship other gods or bow down to them; do not serve them or sacrifice to them.

2 Kings 17:35

• תִשְׁתַּחֲו֣וּtishtachavuverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you must bow down

Instead, worship the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm. You are to bow down to Him and offer sacrifices to Him.

2 Kings 17:36

• תִֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּtishtachavuverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will bow down

But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem: ‘You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem’?

2 Kings 18:22

• תִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּtishtachavuverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will bow down

One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.

2 Kings 19:37

• מִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֜הmishtachavehverb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine singulartagged: bowing down

For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.

2 Kings 21:3

• וַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙vaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

He walked in all the ways of his father, and he served and worshiped the idols his father had served.

2 Kings 21:21

• וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּvaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering and come before Him. Worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness;

1 Chronicles 16:29

• הִשְׁתַּחֲו֥וּhishtachavuverb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: bow down

David came to Ornan, and when Ornan looked out and saw David, he left the threshing floor and bowed facedown before David.

1 Chronicles 21:21

• וַיִּשְׁתַּ֧חוּvaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

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.

1 Chronicles 29:20

• וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֛וּvaiyishtachavuHc/Vvw3mptagged: and they bowed down

When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.”

2 Chronicles 7:3

• וַיִּֽשְׁתַּֽחֲו֔וּvaiyishtachavuHc/Vvw3mptagged: and they bowed down

But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,

2 Chronicles 7:19

• וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶ֖םvehishtachavitemHc/Vvq2mptagged: and you will bow down

And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, He has brought all this disaster upon them.’”

2 Chronicles 7:22

• וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲו֥וּvaiyishtachavuHc/Vvw3mptagged: and they bowed down

Then Jehoshaphat bowed facedown, and all the people of Judah and Jerusalem fell down before the LORD to worship Him.

2 Chronicles 20:18

• לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֖תlehishtachavotpreposition + verb · hishtaphel, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to bow down

After the death of Jehoiada, however, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them.

2 Chronicles 24:17

• וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּvaiyishtachavuHc/Vvw3mptagged: and they bowed down

When Amaziah returned from the slaughter of the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the Seirites, set them up as his own gods, bowed before them, and burned sacrifices to them.

2 Chronicles 25:14

• יִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖הyishtachavehverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he bowed down

The whole assembly was worshiping, the singers were singing, and the trumpeters were playing. All this continued until the burnt offering was completed.

2 Chronicles 29:28

• מִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִ֔יםmishtachavimverb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine pluraltagged: bowing down

When the offerings were completed, the king and all those present with him bowed down and worshiped.

2 Chronicles 29:29

• וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֽוּ׃vaiyishtachavuHc/Vvw3mptagged: and they bowed down

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.

2 Chronicles 29:30

• וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֽוּ׃ פvaiyishtachavuHc/Vvw3mptagged: and they bowed down

Did not Hezekiah himself remove His high places and His altars and say to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn sacrifices’?

2 Chronicles 32:12

• תִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּtishtachavuverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will bow down

For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.

2 Chronicles 33:3

• וַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙vaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

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.

Nehemiah 8:6

• וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲוֻּ֛vaiyishtachavuHc/Vvw3mptagged: and they bowed down

While they stood in their places, they read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and they spent another quarter of the day in confession and worship of the LORD their God.

Nehemiah 9:3

• וּמִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִ֔יםumishtachavimconjunction (“and”) + verb · hishtaphel, participle · masculine pluraltagged: and bowing down

You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships You.

Nehemiah 9:6

• מִשְׁתַּחֲוִֽים׃mishtachavimverb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine pluraltagged: bowing down

All the royal servants at the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, because the king had commanded that this be done for him. But Mordecai would not bow down or pay homage.

Esther 3:2

• וּמִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִים֙umishtachavimconjunction (“and”) + verb · hishtaphel, participle · masculine pluraltagged: and bowing down
• יִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶֽה׃yishtachavehverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he bowed down

When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage.

Esther 3:5

• וּמִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖הumishtachavehconjunction (“and”) + verb · hishtaphel, participle · masculine singulartagged: and bowing down

Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,

Job 1:20

• וַיִּשְׁתָּֽחוּ׃vaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

But I will enter Your house by the abundance of Your loving devotion; in reverence I will bow down toward Your holy temple.

Psalms 5:7

• אֶשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֥הʾeshtachavehverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will bow down

All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.

Psalms 22:27

• וְיִֽשְׁתַּחֲו֥וּveyishtachavuHC/Vvu3mptagged: so they may bow down

All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him— even those unable to preserve their lives.

Psalms 22:29

• וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּ֨וּ׀vaiyishtachavuHc/Vvw3mptagged: and they have bowed down

Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness.

Psalms 29:2

• הִשְׁתַּחֲו֥וּhishtachavuverb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: bow down

and the king will desire your beauty; bow to him, for he is your lord.

Psalms 45:11

• וְהִשְׁתַּֽחֲוִי־vehishtachavi-conjunction (“and”) + verb · hishtaphel, command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: and bow down

All the earth bows down to You; they sing praise to You; they sing praise to Your name.” Selah

Psalms 66:4

• יִשְׁתַּחֲו֣וּyishtachavuverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they bow down

May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him.

Psalms 72:11

• וְיִשְׁתַּחֲווּ־veyishtachavu-HC/Vvu3mptagged: and they may bow down

There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.

Psalms 81:9

• תִ֝שְׁתַּחֲוֶ֗הtishtachavehverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you must bow down

All the nations You have made will come and bow before You, O Lord, and they will glorify Your name.

Psalms 86:9

• וְיִשְׁתַּחֲו֣וּveyishtachavuHC/Vvu3mptagged: and they may bow down

O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.

Psalms 95:6

• נִשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֣הnishtachavehverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: let us bow down

Worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness; tremble before Him, all the earth.

Psalms 96:9

• הִשְׁתַּחֲו֣וּhishtachavuverb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: bow down

All worshipers of images are put to shame— those who boast in idols. Worship Him, all you gods!

Psalms 97:7

• הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ־hishtachavu-verb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: bow down

Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at His footstool; He is holy!

Psalms 99:5

• וְֽ֭הִשְׁתַּחֲווּvehishtachavuconjunction (“and”) + verb · hishtaphel, command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and bow down

Exalt the LORD our God and worship at His holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy.

Psalms 99:9

• וְ֭הִֽשְׁתַּחֲווּvehishtachavuconjunction (“and”) + verb · hishtaphel, command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and bow down

At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.

Psalms 106:19

• וַ֝יִּשְׁתַּחֲו֗וּvaiyishtachavuHc/Vvw3mptagged: and they bowed down

Let us go to His dwelling place; let us worship at His footstool.

Psalms 132:7

• נִ֝שְׁתַּחֲוֶ֗הnishtachavehverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: let us bow down

I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness; You have exalted Your name and Your word above all else.

Psalms 138:2

• אֶשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֨הʾeshtachavehverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will bow down

Anxiety weighs down the heart of a man, but a good word cheers it up.

Proverbs 12:25

• יַשְׁחֶ֑נָּהyashchenahverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it bows down it

Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.

Isaiah 2:8

• יִֽשְׁתַּחֲו֔וּyishtachavuverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they bow down

In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold—the idols they made to worship.

Isaiah 2:20

• לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֔תlehishtachavotpreposition + verb · hishtaphel, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to bow down

And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 27:13

• וְהִשְׁתַּחֲו֧וּvehishtachavuHc/Vvq3cptagged: and they will bow down

But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before this altar’?

Isaiah 36:7

• תִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֽוּ׃tishtachavuverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will bow down

One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.

Isaiah 37:38

• מִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֜הmishtachavehverb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine singulartagged: bowing down

It serves as fuel for man. He takes some of it to warm himself, and he kindles a fire and bakes his bread; he even fashions it into a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.

Isaiah 44:15

• וַיִּשְׁתָּ֔חוּvaiyishtachuHc/Vvw3mstagged: and he bowed down

From the rest he makes a god, his graven image. He bows down to it and worships; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”

Isaiah 44:17

• וְיִשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙veyishtachuHC/Vvu3mstagged: so he may bow down

This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: ‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.’”

Isaiah 45:14

• יִֽשְׁתַּחֲוּוּ֙yishtachavuverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will bow down

They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship.

Isaiah 46:6

• יִֽשְׁתַּחֲוּֽוּ׃yishtachavuverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they bow down

Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”

Isaiah 49:7

• וְיִֽשְׁתַּחֲוּ֑וּveyishtachavuHC/Vvu3mptagged: so they may bow down

Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”

Isaiah 49:23

• יִשְׁתַּ֣חֲווּyishtachavuverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will bow down

I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.”

Isaiah 51:23

• שְׁחִ֣יshechiverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: lie down

The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 60:14

• וְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲו֛וּvehishtachavuHc/Vvq3cptagged: and they will bow down

From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come to worship before Me,” says the LORD.

Isaiah 66:23

• לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֥תlehishtachavotpreposition + verb · hishtaphel, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to bow down

I will pronounce My judgments against them for all their wickedness, because they have forsaken Me to burn incense to other gods and to worship the works of their own hands.

Jeremiah 1:16

• וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּvaiyishtachavuHc/Vvw3mptagged: and they have bowed down

“Stand in the gate of the house of the LORD and proclaim this message: Hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah who enter through these gates to worship the LORD.

Jeremiah 7:2

• לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֖תlehishtachavotpreposition + verb · hishtaphel, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to bow down

They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground.

Jeremiah 8:2

• הִֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּhishtachavuverb · reflexive (hithpael), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they bowed down

These evil people, who refuse to listen to My words, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be like this loincloth—of no use at all.

Jeremiah 13:10

• וּלְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֣תulehishtachavotconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · hishtaphel, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to bow down

Then you are to answer them: ‘It is because your fathers have forsaken Me, declares the LORD, and followed other gods, and served and worshiped them. They abandoned Me and did not keep My instruction.

Jeremiah 16:11

• וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲו֣וּvaiyishtachavuHc/Vvw3mptagged: and they bowed down

Then people will reply, ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods.’”

Jeremiah 22:9

• וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֛וּvaiyishtachavuHc/Vvw3mptagged: and they bowed down

Do not follow other gods to serve and worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.’

Jeremiah 25:6

• וּלְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֣תulehishtachavotconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · hishtaphel, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to bow down

“This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and speak all the words I have commanded you to speak to all the cities of Judah who come to worship there. Do not omit a word.

Jeremiah 26:2

• לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֣תlehishtachavotpreposition + verb · hishtaphel, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to bow down

So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.

Ezekiel 8:16

• מִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶ֥םmishtachavitemverb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine pluraltagged: bowing down

The prince is to enter from the outside through the portico of the gateway and stand by the gatepost, while the priests sacrifice his burnt offerings and peace offerings. He is to bow in worship at the threshold of the gate and then depart, but the gate must not be shut until evening.

Ezekiel 46:2

• וְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוָ֛הvehishtachavahHc/Vvq3mstagged: and he will bow down

On the Sabbaths and New Moons the people of the land are also to bow in worship before the LORD at the entrance to that gateway.

Ezekiel 46:3

• וְהִשְׁתַּחֲו֣וּvehishtachavuHc/Vvq3cptagged: and they will bow down

When the people of the land come before the LORD at the appointed feasts, whoever enters by the north gate to worship must go out by the south gate, and whoever enters by the south gate must go out by the north gate. No one is to return through the gate by which he entered, but each must go out by the opposite gate.

Ezekiel 46:9

• לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֗תlehishtachavotpreposition + verb · hishtaphel, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to bow down

I will also cut off the carved images and sacred pillars from among you, so that you will no longer bow down to the work of your own hands.

Micah 5:13

• תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֥הtishtachavehverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will bow down

those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,

Zephaniah 1:5

• הַמִּשְׁתַּחֲוִ֥יםhamishtachavimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine pluraltagged: those bow down
• הַמִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוִים֙hamishtachavimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine pluraltagged: those bow down

The LORD will be terrifying to them when He starves all the gods of the earth. Then the nations of every shore will bow in worship to Him, each in its own place.

Zephaniah 2:11

• וְיִשְׁתַּֽחֲווּ־veyishtachavu-HC/Vvu3mptagged: so they may bow down

Then all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.

Zechariah 14:16

• לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֹת֙lehishtachavotpreposition + verb · hishtaphel, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to bow down

And should any of the families of the earth not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, then the rain will not fall on them.

Zechariah 14:17

• לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֔תlehishtachavotpreposition + verb · hishtaphel, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to bow down