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This act is significant in various contexts throughout the Scriptures, symbolizing humility, reverence, and acknowledgment of authority or divinity.<br><br><b>Old Testament Usage</b><br><br>1. <b>Worship and Reverence</b>: Bowing is frequently associated with worship and reverence toward God. In <a href="/genesis/24-26.htm">Genesis 24:26</a>, Abraham's servant "bowed down and worshiped the LORD" after finding Rebekah as a wife for Isaac, demonstrating gratitude and acknowledgment of God's guidance.<br><br>2. <b>Submission and Respect</b>: Bowing is also a sign of respect and submission to others. In <a href="/genesis/33-3.htm">Genesis 33:3</a>, Jacob "bowed to the ground seven times" as he approached his brother Esau, indicating his humility and desire for reconciliation.<br><br>3. <b>Idolatry</b>: The act of bowing is sometimes depicted negatively when directed toward idols. In <a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Exodus 20:5</a>, God commands, "You shall not bow down to them or serve them," emphasizing the prohibition against idolatry and the exclusive worship due to God alone.<br><br>4. <b>Royal Protocol</b>: Bowing before kings and rulers is a common practice. In <a href="/esther/3-2.htm">Esther 3:2</a>, all the king's servants at the king's gate "bowed down and paid homage to Haman," illustrating the expected protocol in the Persian court, although Mordecai refused, highlighting his allegiance to God.<br><br><b>New Testament Usage</b><br><br>1. <b>Worship of Jesus</b>: In the New Testament, bowing is often associated with the worship of Jesus Christ. In <a href="/matthew/2-11.htm">Matthew 2:11</a>, the Magi "bowed down and worshiped Him" upon finding the child Jesus, recognizing His divine kingship.<br><br>2. <b>Humility and Prayer</b>: Bowing is also a posture of prayer and humility before God. In <a href="/luke/22-41.htm">Luke 22:41</a>, Jesus "knelt down and prayed" in the Garden of Gethsemane, demonstrating submission to the Father's will.<br><br>3. <b>Acknowledgment of Christ's Lordship</b>: <a href="/philippians/2-10.htm">Philippians 2:10-11</a> speaks of a future time when "at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord," signifying universal recognition of Christ's authority.<br><br><b>Symbolism and Theological Implications</b><br><br>Bowing in the biblical context is rich with symbolism. It represents an outward expression of an inward attitude of the heart. The act of bowing signifies humility, submission, and reverence, whether directed toward God, a king, or another person. It underscores the importance of recognizing authority and the proper response to divine or royal presence.<br><br>In a broader theological sense, bowing is a physical manifestation of worship and acknowledgment of God's sovereignty. It serves as a reminder of the believer's position before God, emphasizing the need for humility and reverence in one's relationship with the Creator. The act of bowing, when directed toward God, is an expression of worship that aligns with the biblical call to love and serve the Lord with all one's heart, soul, and strength.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>(<I>imp. & p. p.</I>) of Bow.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/4352.htm"><span class="l">4352. proskuneo -- to do reverence to</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Word Origin from pros and kuneo (to kiss) Definition to do reverence to NASB Word<br> Usage bow down (1), bow down before (1), <b>bowed</b> down (1), <b>bowed</b> down before (2 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4352.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 10k</font><p><a href="/greek/4794.htm"><span class="l">4794. sugkupto -- to bend forwards, bow down</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: sugkupto Phonetic Spelling: (soong-koop'-to)<br> Short Definition: I am bent double Definition: I am <b>bowed</b> together, bent <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4794.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/2827.htm"><span class="l">2827. klino -- to cause to bend</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Word Origin a prim. verb Definition to cause to bend NASB Word Usage <b>bowed</b><br> (2), ending (1), lay (2), nearly over (1), put to flight (1). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2827.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/2578.htm"><span class="l">2578. kampto -- to bend</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Word Origin from a prim. root kamp- Definition to bend NASB Word Usage bow<br> (3), <b>bowed</b> (1). bow. Apparently a primary verb; to bend -- bow. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2578.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/7817.htm"><span class="l">7817. shachach -- to bow, be <b>bowed</b> down, crouch</span></a><br><b>...</b> shachach. 7818 . to bow, be <b>bowed</b> down, crouch. Transliteration: shachach Phonetic<br> Spelling: (shaw-khakh') Short Definition: despair. Word Origin a prim. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7817.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3721.htm"><span class="l">3721. kaphaph -- to bend, bend down, be bent or <b>bowed</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> kaphaph. 3722 . to bend, bend down, be bent or <b>bowed</b>. Transliteration: kaphaph<br> Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-faf') Short Definition: down. Word Origin a prim. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3721.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6031a.htm"><span class="l">6031a. anah -- to be <b>bowed</b> down or afflicted</span></a><br><b>...</b> 6031, 6031a. anah. 6031b . to be <b>bowed</b> down or afflicted. Transliteration:<br> anah Short Definition: afflicted. Word Origin a prim. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6031a.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6031.htm"><span class="l">6031. anah -- to be <b>bowed</b> down or afflicted</span></a><br><b>...</b> 6030b, 6031. anah. 6031a . to be <b>bowed</b> down or afflicted. Transliteration:<br> anah Phonetic Spelling: (aw-naw') Short Definition: defile. abase self, defile <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6031.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6915.htm"><span class="l">6915. qadad -- to bow down</span></a><br><b>...</b> 6914, 6915. qadad. 6916 . to bow down. Transliteration: qadad Phonetic Spelling:<br> (kaw-dad') Short Definition: <b>bowed</b>. Word Origin a prim. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6915.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7812.htm"><span class="l">7812. shachah -- to bow down</span></a><br><b>...</b> root Definition to bow down NASB Word Usage bow (5), bow ourselves down (1), bow<br> yourselves down (1), bow down (21), <b>bowed</b> (16), <b>bowed</b> in worship (1), <b>bowed</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7812.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3766.htm"><span class="l">3766. kara -- to bow down</span></a><br><b>...</b> root Definition to bow down NASB Word Usage bow (3), bow down (2), <b>bowed</b> (4), <b>bowed</b><br> down (9), bring him low (1), brought me very low (1), couches (2), crouch (1 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3766.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6936.htm"><span class="l">6936. qodqod -- head, crown of the head</span></a><br><b>...</b> From qadad; the crown of the head (as the part most <b>bowed</b>) -- crown (of the head),<br> pate, scalp, top of the head. see HEBREW qadad. 6935, 6936. qodqod. 6937 > <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6936.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7743.htm"><span class="l">7743. shuach -- to sink down</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin a prim. root Definition to sink down NASB Word Usage <b>bowed</b> down<br> (1), sinks down (1), sunk down (1). bow down, incline, humble. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7743.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7029.htm"><span class="l">7029. Qishi -- a Levite</span></a><br><b>...</b> Kishi (1). Kishi. From qowsh; <b>bowed</b>; Kishi, an Israelite -- Kishi. see HEBREW<br> qowsh. 7028, 7029. Qishi. 7030 . Strong's Numbers. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7029.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/brownlie/hymns_of_the_apostolic_church/bowed_with_grief_and_anguish.htm"><span class="l"><b>Bowed</b> with Grief and Anguish Low,</span></a> <br><b>...</b> MEDITATIONS <b>Bowed</b> with grief and anguish low,. tr., John Brownlie 7.7.7.7.7.7. I.<br> <b>Bowed</b> with grief and anguish low,. Weary with the clouded way; <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../brownlie/hymns of the apostolic church/bowed with grief and anguish.htm</font><p><a href="/library/waring/hymns_and_meditations/bowed_with_a_burden_none.htm"><span class="l"><b>Bowed</b> with a Burden None Can Weigh Save Thee,</span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>Bowed</b> with a burden none can weigh save Thee,. 10,10,10,10 <b>...</b> <b>Bowed</b> with a burden none<br> can weigh save Thee,. Strength of my life, on Thee I cast my care; <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../waring/hymns and meditations/bowed with a burden none.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/book_of_hymns_for_public_and_private_devotion/472_c_m_sternhold_he.htm"><span class="l">CM Sternhold "He <b>Bowed</b> the Heavens and came Down. "</span></a> <br><b>...</b> IX. MISCELLANEOUS. 472. CM Sternhold "He <b>Bowed</b> the Heavens and Came Down.".<br> 1 The Lord descended from above, And <b>bowed</b> the heavens <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../various/book of hymns for public and private devotion/472 c m sternhold he.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/the_hymnal_of_the_protestant_episcopal_church_in_the_usa/burial_of_the_dead_409.htm"><span class="l">When Our Heads are <b>Bowed</b> with Woe</span></a> <br><b>...</b> III. SACRAMENTS AND RITES Burial of the Dead 409. When our heads are <b>bowed</b> with<br> woe. Four 7's [1573]St. <b>...</b> Henry H. Milman, 1827. When our heads are <b>bowed</b> with woe, <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../burial of the dead 409.htm</font><p><a href="/library/leupold/exposition_of_genesis_volume_1/chapter_xxxiii.htm"><span class="l">Chapter xxxiii</span></a> <br><b>...</b> and Joseph last. But he himself went on ahead of them, and <b>bowed</b> low seven<br> times until he had come close to Esau. The preparations <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xxxiii.htm</font><p><a href="/library/unknown/the_gospel_of_nicodemus_/chapter_1_annas_and_caiaphas.htm"><span class="l">Annas and Caiaphas, Summas and Datam, Gamaliel, Judas, Levi...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> As Jesus, then, was going in, and the standard-bearers bearing the standards, the<br> heads of the standards were <b>bowed</b> of themselves, and adored Jesus. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../unknown/the gospel of nicodemus /chapter 1 annas and caiaphas.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_g/the_net_spread.htm"><span class="l">The Net Spread</span></a> <br><b>...</b> and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.2. And<br> all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, <b>bowed</b>, and reverenced <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the net spread.htm</font><p><a href="/library/moody/moodys_anecdotes_and_illustrations/won_by_a_smile.htm"><span class="l">"Won by a Smile. "</span></a> <br><b>...</b> a smile." "Why," said I, "how's that?" "Well," said he, "as I was walking down a<br> street one day I saw a child at a window; it smiled, and I smiled, and we <b>bowed</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../moody/moodys anecdotes and illustrations/won by a smile.htm</font><p><a href="/library/sherman/the_childrens_bible/meeting_a_brother_who_had.htm"><span class="l">Meeting a Brother who had Been Wronged</span></a> <br><b>...</b> rear. Then Jacob himself went in front of them, and he <b>bowed</b> down to the<br> ground seven times, as he drew near to his brother. Esau <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../sherman/the childrens bible/meeting a brother who had.htm</font><p><a href="/library/regester/the_worship_of_the_church/devout_customs_and_usages.htm"><span class="l">Devout Customs and Usages</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Bowing."The head is <b>bowed</b> at the name of Jesus in the Creeds to "testify by this<br> outward ceremony and gesture a due acknowledgment that the Lord Jesus Christ <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../regester/the worship of the church/devout customs and usages.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/b/bowed.htm"><span class="l"><b>Bowed</b> (150 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance <b>Bowed</b> (150 Occurrences). <b>...</b> Matthew 23:7 and like to be <b>bowed</b><br> to in places of public resort, and to be addressed by men as 'Rabbi.' (WEY). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/bowed.htm - 38k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/prostrated.htm"><span class="l">Prostrated (29 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Genesis 24:26 And the man <b>bowed</b> his head, and worshipped Jehovah. <b>...</b> And when Saul looked<br> behind him, David <b>bowed</b> with his face to the earth, and did obeisance. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/prostrated.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/k/knelt.htm"><span class="l">Knelt (20 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Acts 7:60 and having <b>bowed</b> the knees, he cried with a loud voice, 'Lord, mayest<br> thou not lay to them this sin;' and this having said, he fell asleep. (See RSV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/k/knelt.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/obeisance.htm"><span class="l">Obeisance (45 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> And they <b>bowed</b> down their heads, and made obeisance. <b>...</b> Then Araunah went out, and <b>bowed</b><br> himself before the king with his face to the ground. (See RSV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/obeisance.htm - 22k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/stooped.htm"><span class="l">Stooped (15 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> a cross. (WEY). Genesis 24:26 And the man stooped, and <b>bowed</b> down before<br> Jehovah, (DBY). Genesis 24:48 And I stooped, and <b>bowed</b> down <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/stooped.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/attitudes.htm"><span class="l">Attitudes (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> worship. It is still customary to stand either erect or with slightly <b>bowed</b><br> head while offering the public prayers in the synagogue. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/attitudes.htm - 20k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/bowing.htm"><span class="l">Bowing (35 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Abraham "<b>bowed</b> himself to the people of the land" (Genesis 23:7); so Jacob to Esau<br> (Genesis 33:3); and the brethren of Joseph before him as the governor of the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/bowing.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/sunk.htm"><span class="l">Sunk (20 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (WBS). Judges 5:27 At her feet he <b>bowed</b>, he fell, he lay; At her feet he <b>bowed</b>,<br> he fell; Where he <b>bowed</b>, there he fell down dead. (See JPS). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/sunk.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/k/kissed.htm"><span class="l">Kissed (26 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> him. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). Exodus 18:7 Moses went out<br> to meet his father-in-law, and <b>bowed</b> and kissed him. They <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/k/kissed.htm - 14k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/worshipped.htm"><span class="l">Worshipped (81 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (KJV WEY ASV). Genesis 24:26 And the man <b>bowed</b> down his head, and worshipped the<br> LORD. <b>...</b> And the people <b>bowed</b> the head and worshipped. (KJV JPS ASV DBY). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/worshipped.htm - 32k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/tribe-of-Issachar.html">What can we learn from the tribe of Issachar? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/three-men-Genesis-18.html">Who were the three men who visited Abraham in Genesis 18? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/biblical-dream-interpretation.html">What are some biblical examples of dream interpretation? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/bowed.htm">Bowed: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Bowed (150 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/2-11.htm">Matthew 2:11</a></span><br />and having come to the house, they found the child with Mary his mother, and having fallen down they <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> to him, and having opened their treasures, they presented to him gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh,<br /><span class="source">(YLT NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/8-2.htm">Matthew 8:2</a></span><br />and lo, a leper having come, was bowing to him, saying, 'Sir, if thou art willing, thou art able to cleanse me;'<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/9-18.htm">Matthew 9:18</a></span><br />While he is speaking these things to them, lo, a ruler having come, was bowing to him, saying that 'My daughter just now died, but, having come, lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.'<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/23-7.htm">Matthew 23:7</a></span><br />and like to be <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> to in places of public resort, and to be addressed by men as 'Rabbi.'<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/27-29.htm">Matthew 27:29</a></span><br />And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/28-17.htm">Matthew 28:17</a></span><br />When they saw him, they <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> down to him, but some doubted.<br /><span class="source">(WEB YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/5-6.htm">Mark 5:6</a></span><br />When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> down to him,<br /><span class="source">(WEB YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/12-38.htm">Mark 12:38</a></span><br />Moreover in the course of His teaching He said, "Be on your guard against the Scribes who like to walk about in long robes and to be <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> to in places of public resort,<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/11-43.htm">Luke 11:43</a></span><br />Alas for you Pharisees! for you love the best seats in the synagogues, and you like to be <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> to in places of public resort.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/13-11.htm">Luke 13:11</a></span><br />And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> together, and could in no wise lift up herself.<br /><span class="source">(KJV ASV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/24-5.htm">Luke 24:5</a></span><br />Becoming terrified, they <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> their faces down to the earth. They said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead?<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/24-52.htm">Luke 24:52</a></span><br />and they, having <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> before him, did turn back to Jerusalem with great joy,<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/9-38.htm">John 9:38</a></span><br />and he said, 'I believe, sir,' and <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> before him.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/19-30.htm">John 19:30</a></span><br />When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, "It is finished." He <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> his head, and gave up his spirit.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/7-60.htm">Acts 7:60</a></span><br />and having <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> the knees, he cried with a loud voice, 'Lord, mayest thou not lay to them this sin;' and this having said, he fell asleep.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/9-40.htm">Acts 9:40</a></span><br />And Peter having put them all forth without, having <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> the knees, did pray, and having turned unto the body said, 'Tabitha, arise;' and she opened her eyes, and having seen Peter, she sat up,<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/20-36.htm">Acts 20:36</a></span><br />And these things having said, having <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> his knees, with them all, he did pray,<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/21-5.htm">Acts 21:5</a></span><br />but when it came that we completed the days, having gone forth, we went on, all bringing us on the way, with women and children, unto the outside of the city, and having <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> the knees upon the shore, we prayed,<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/11-4.htm">Romans 11:4</a></span><br />But how does God answer him? "I have reserved for myself seven thousand men, who have not <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> the knee to Baal."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/7-11.htm">Revelation 7:11</a></span><br />And all the messengers stood around the throne, and the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell upon their face, and <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> before God,<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/18-2.htm">Genesis 18:2</a></span><br />He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood opposite him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> himself to the earth,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/19-1.htm">Genesis 19:1</a></span><br />The two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. He <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> himself with his face to the earth,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/23-7.htm">Genesis 23:7</a></span><br />Abraham rose up, and <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/23-12.htm">Genesis 23:12</a></span><br />Abraham <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> himself down before the people of the land. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/24-26.htm">Genesis 24:26</a></span><br />The man <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> his head, and worshiped Yahweh.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/24-48.htm">Genesis 24:48</a></span><br />I <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> my head, and worshiped Yahweh, and blessed Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter for his son.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/24-52.htm">Genesis 24:52</a></span><br />It happened that when Abraham's servant heard their words, he <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> himself down to the earth to Yahweh.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/33-3.htm">Genesis 33:3</a></span><br />He himself passed over in front of them, and <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/33-6.htm">Genesis 33:6</a></span><br />Then the handmaids came near with their children, and they <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> themselves.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/33-7.htm">Genesis 33:7</a></span><br />Leah also and her children came near, and <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> themselves. After them, Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed themselves.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/37-7.htm">Genesis 37:7</a></span><br />for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves came around, and <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> down to my sheaf."<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/37-9.htm">Genesis 37:9</a></span><br />He dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, "Behold, I have dreamed yet another dream: and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> down to me."<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/42-6.htm">Genesis 42:6</a></span><br />Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph's brothers came, and <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/43-26.htm">Genesis 43:26</a></span><br />When Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> themselves down to him to the earth.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/43-28.htm">Genesis 43:28</a></span><br />They said, "Your servant, our father, is well. He is still alive." They <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> the head, and did homage.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/47-31.htm">Genesis 47:31</a></span><br />He said, "Swear to me," and he swore to him. Israel <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> himself on the bed's head.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/48-12.htm">Genesis 48:12</a></span><br />Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> himself with his face to the earth.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/49-15.htm">Genesis 49:15</a></span><br />And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/4-31.htm">Exodus 4:31</a></span><br />The people believed, and when they heard that Yahweh had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> their heads and worshiped.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/11-8.htm">Exodus 11:8</a></span><br />and all these thy servants have come down unto me, and <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> themselves to me, saying, Go out, thou and all the people who 'are' at thy feet; and afterwards I do go out;' -- and he goeth out from Pharaoh in the heat of anger.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/12-27.htm">Exodus 12:27</a></span><br />that you shall say,'It is the sacrifice of Yahweh's Passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians, and spared our houses.'" The people <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> their heads and worshiped.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/18-7.htm">Exodus 18:7</a></span><br />Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> and kissed him. They asked each other of their welfare, and they came into the tent.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/24-1.htm">Exodus 24:1</a></span><br />And unto Moses He said, 'Come up unto Jehovah, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and ye have <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> yourselves afar off;'<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/32-8.htm">Exodus 32:8</a></span><br />They have turned aside quickly out of the way that I commanded them: they have made themselves a molten calf, and have <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> down to it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, This is thy god, Israel, who has brought thee up out of the land of Egypt!<br /><span class="source">(DBY NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/33-10.htm">Exodus 33:10</a></span><br />and all the people have seen the pillar of the cloud standing at the opening of the tent, and all the people have risen and <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> themselves, each at the opening of his tent.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/34-8.htm">Exodus 34:8</a></span><br />Moses hurried and <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> his head toward the earth, and worshiped.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/22-31.htm">Numbers 22:31</a></span><br />Then Yahweh opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of Yahweh standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and he <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> his head, and fell on his face.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/25-2.htm">Numbers 25:2</a></span><br />for they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods; and the people ate, and <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> down to their gods.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/4-19.htm">Deuteronomy 4:19</a></span><br />And lest thou lift up thine eyes towards the heavens, and hast seen the sun, and the moon, and the stars, all the host of the heavens, and thou hast been forced, and hast <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> thyself to them, and served them, which Jehovah thy God hath apportioned to all the peoples under the whole heavens.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/8-19.htm">Deuteronomy 8:19</a></span><br />And it hath been -- if thou really forget Jehovah thy God, and hast gone after other gods, and served them, and <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> thyself to them, I have testified against you to-day that ye do utterly perish;<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/11-16.htm">Deuteronomy 11:16</a></span><br />Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be enticed, and ye have turned aside, and served other gods, and <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> yourselves to them,<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/26-10.htm">Deuteronomy 26:10</a></span><br />And now, lo, I have brought in the first of the fruits of the ground which thou hast given to me, O Jehovah; -- and thou hast placed it before Jehovah thy God, and <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> thyself before Jehovah thy God,<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/29-26.htm">Deuteronomy 29:26</a></span><br />and they went and served other gods, and <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> down to them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not assigned to them.<br /><span class="source">(DBY NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/30-17.htm">Deuteronomy 30:17</a></span><br />And if thy heart doth turn, and thou dost not hearken, and hast been driven away, and hast <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> thyself to other gods, and served them,<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/5-14.htm">Joshua 5:14</a></span><br />And he said, Nay; but as prince of the host of Jehovah am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant? <br /><span class="source">(See JPS NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/23-16.htm">Joshua 23:16</a></span><br />When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/2-12.htm">Judges 2:12</a></span><br />and they forsook Yahweh, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the peoples who were around them, and <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> themselves down to them: and they provoked Yahweh to anger.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/2-17.htm">Judges 2:17</a></span><br />Yet they didn't listen to their judges; for they played the prostitute after other gods, and <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> themselves down to them: they turned aside quickly out of the way in which their fathers walked, obeying the commandments of Yahweh; but they didn't do so.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/5-27.htm">Judges 5:27</a></span><br />At her feet he <span class="boldtext">bowed</span>, he fell, he lay. At her feet he bowed, he fell. Where he bowed, there he fell down dead.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/7-6.htm">Judges 7:6</a></span><br />The number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> down on their knees to drink water.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/7-15.htm">Judges 7:15</a></span><br />And it cometh to pass, when Gideon heareth the narration of the dream and its interpretation, that he boweth himself, and turneth back unto the camp of Israel, and saith, 'Rise ye, for Jehovah hath given into your hand the camp of Midian.'<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/16-30.htm">Judges 16:30</a></span><br />Samson said, "Let me die with the Philistines!" He <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> himself with all his might; and the house fell on the lords, and on all the people who were therein. So the dead that he killed at his death were more than those who he killed in his life.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ruth/2-10.htm">Ruth 2:10</a></span><br />Then she fell on her face, and <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> herself to the ground, and said to him, "Why have I found favor in your sight, that you should take knowledge of me, seeing I am a foreigner?"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/4-19.htm">1 Samuel 4:19</a></span><br />His daughter-in-law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered. When she heard the news that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> herself and brought forth; for her pains came on her.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-30.htm">1 Samuel 15:30</a></span><br />And he saith, 'I have sinned; now, honour me, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn back with me; and I have <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> myself to Jehovah thy God.'<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/20-41.htm">1 Samuel 20:41</a></span><br />As soon as the boy was gone, David arose out of a place toward the South, and fell on his face to the ground, and <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> himself three times. They kissed one another, and wept one with another, and David wept the most.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/24-8.htm">1 Samuel 24:8</a></span><br />David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, "My lord the king!" When Saul looked behind him, David <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> with his face to the earth, and did obeisance.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/25-23.htm">1 Samuel 25:23</a></span><br />When Abigail saw David, she hurried, and alighted from her donkey, and fell before David on her face, and <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> herself to the ground.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/25-41.htm">1 Samuel 25:41</a></span><br />She arose, and <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> herself with her face to the earth, and said, "Behold, your handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-14.htm">1 Samuel 28:14</a></span><br />He said to her, "What does he look like?" She said, "An old man comes up. He is covered with a robe." Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> with his face to the ground, and did obeisance.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/9-6.htm">2 Samuel 9:6</a></span><br />Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, and fell on his face, and did obeisance. David said, "Mephibosheth." He answered, "Behold, your servant!"<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/9-8.htm">2 Samuel 9:8</a></span><br />And he <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS DBY WBS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/14-22.htm">2 Samuel 14:22</a></span><br />And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.<br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/14-33.htm">2 Samuel 14:33</a></span><br />So Joab came to the king, and told him; and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/16-4.htm">2 Samuel 16:4</a></span><br />And the king saith to Ziba, 'Lo, thine 'are' all that Mephibosheth hath;' and Ziba saith, 'I have <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> myself -- I find grace in thine eyes, my lord, O king.'<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/18-21.htm">2 Samuel 18:21</a></span><br />Then said Joab to the Cushite, "Go, tell the king what you have seen!" The Cushite <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> himself to Joab, and ran.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/18-28.htm">2 Samuel 18:28</a></span><br />Ahimaaz called, and said to the king, "All is well." He <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> himself before the king with his face to the earth, and said, "Blessed is Yahweh your God, who has delivered up the men who lifted up their hand against my lord the king!"<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/19-14.htm">2 Samuel 19:14</a></span><br />He <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent to the king, saying, "Return, you and all your servants."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-10.htm">2 Samuel 22:10</a></span><br />He <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/24-20.htm">2 Samuel 24:20</a></span><br />Araunah looked out, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him. Then Araunah went out, and <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> himself before the king with his face to the ground.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/1-16.htm">1 Kings 1:16</a></span><br />Bathsheba <span class="boldtext">bowed</span>, and did obeisance to the king. The king said, "What would you like?"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/1-23.htm">1 Kings 1:23</a></span><br />They told the king, saying, "Behold, Nathan the prophet!" When he had come in before the king, he <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> himself before the king with his face to the ground.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/1-31.htm">1 Kings 1:31</a></span><br />Then Bathsheba <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> with her face to the earth, and did obeisance to the king, and said, "Let my lord king David live forever!"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/1-47.htm">1 Kings 1:47</a></span><br />Moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying,'May your God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne;' and the king <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> himself on the bed.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/1-53.htm">1 Kings 1:53</a></span><br />So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house.<br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/2-19.htm">1 Kings 2:19</a></span><br />Bathsheba therefore went to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. The king rose up to meet her, and <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> himself to her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/9-6.htm">1 Kings 9:6</a></span><br />If ye at all turn back -- you and your sons -- from after Me, and keep not My commands -- My statutes, that I have set before you, and ye have gone and served other gods, and <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> yourselves to them,<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/18-7.htm">1 Kings 18:7</a></span><br />As Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he recognized him, and fell on his face, and said, "Is it you, my lord Elijah?"<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/18-42.htm">1 Kings 18:42</a></span><br />So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> himself down on the earth, and put his face between his knees.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV DBY RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/19-18.htm">1 Kings 19:18</a></span><br />Yet will I leave seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> to Baal, and every mouth which has not kissed him."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/1-13.htm">2 Kings 1:13</a></span><br />And he turneth and sendeth a third head of fifty and his fifty, and the third head of fifty goeth up, and cometh in, and boweth on his knees over-against Elijah, and maketh supplication unto him, and speaketh unto him, 'O man of God, let be precious, I pray thee, my soul and the soul of thy servants -- these fifty -- in thine eyes.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/2-15.htm">2 Kings 2:15</a></span><br />When the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho over against him saw him, they said, "The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha." They came to meet him, and <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> themselves to the ground before him.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/4-37.htm">2 Kings 4:37</a></span><br />Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> herself to the ground; and she took up her son, and went out.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/5-18.htm">2 Kings 5:18</a></span><br />For this thing Jehovah be propitious to thy servant, in the coming in of my lord into the house of Rimmon to bow himself there, and he was supported by my hand, and I <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> myself 'in' the house of Rimmon; for my bowing myself in the house of Rimmon Jehovah be propitious, I pray thee, to thy servant in this thing.'<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/17-16.htm">2 Kings 17:16</a></span><br />And they forsake all the commands of Jehovah their God, and make to them a molten image -- two calves, and make a shrine, and bow themselves to all the host of the heavens, and serve Baal,<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/21-3.htm">2 Kings 21:3</a></span><br />and he turneth and buildeth the high places that Hezekiah his father destroyed, and raiseth altars for Baal, and maketh a shrine, as did Ahab king of Israel, and boweth himself to all the host of the heavens, and serveth them.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/21-21.htm">2 Kings 21:21</a></span><br />and walketh in all the way that his father walked in, and serveth the idols that his father served, and boweth himself to them,<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/21-21.htm">1 Chronicles 21:21</a></span><br />As David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshing floor, and <span class="boldtext">bowed</span> himself to David with his face to the ground.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-20.htm">1 Chronicles 29:20</a></span><br />David said to all the assembly, Now bless Yahweh your God. 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