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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Hebrew: 86. אַבְרֵך (abrek) -- Bow the knee</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/hebrew/86.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/genesis/41-43.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/hebrew/86.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Hebrew</a> > 86</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hebrew/85.htm" title="85">◄</a> 86. abrek <a href="../hebrew/87.htm" title="87">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">abrek: Bow the knee</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">אַבְרֵךְ</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>abrek<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>ah-brek<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(ab-rake')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Bow the knee<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>kneel<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>The origin of the word is uncertain, but it is possibly derived from an Egyptian term or a Semitic root.<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>There is no direct Greek equivalent in Strong's Concordance, as "abrek" is a unique term used in a specific cultural and historical context within the Hebrew Bible.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "abrek" is used as a command or exclamation, likely meaning "bow the knee" or "pay homage." It is a term of respect or submission, often associated with acknowledging authority or honor.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Near Eastern cultures, bowing the knee was a common gesture of respect, submission, or allegiance to a person of higher status, such as a king or a high-ranking official. The use of "abrek" in the context of Joseph's account in Egypt reflects the cultural practice of showing deference to someone in a position of power.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>probably of foreign origin<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to kneel<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>bow the knee (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">אַבְרֵךְ</font> proclaimed before Joseph <a href="/interlinear/genesis/41-43.htm">Genesis 41:43</a> (meaning dubious; many Egyptian derivatives proposed; e.g. <i><em>a-bor-k</em></i>, Coptic = <em>prostrate thyself!</em> Spiegelb<sup>Randglossen 14 ff.</sup> explained as Egyptian <i><em>±brk</em></i> = <em>give attention!</em> Benfey<sup>Verh. d. äg. Spr. z. Semitic 302 f</sup>; <i><em>¹prek</em></i>, = <em>head bowed!</em> Chabas<sup>RA 1</sup>, — but <i><em>¹</em></i> = <font class="hebrew2">ע</font> see also Wiedemann<sup>Altäg. Wörter 1883, 8</sup>; <i><em>apre</em></i><font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">χ</font>-<i><em>u</em></i>, <em>head of the wise</em>, Harkavy<sup>Berl. äg. Zeltschr. 1869</sup>; (but <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/46-15.htm">Jeremiah 46:15</a> many MSS. <font class="hebrew2">ᵐ5</font> Aq Symm Theod <font class="hebrew2">ᵑ9</font> many moderns read <font class="hebrew2">אַבִּירֶ֑ךָ</font> <em>thy bull</em>, i.e. Apis). — <font class="hebrew2">אַבִרֵךְ</font>: Spiegelberg<sup>Randglossen 14ff.</sup> explains as Egyptian <i><em>°brk</em></i> = <em>give attention!</em> <i><em>åb-rek</em></i>, <em>rejoice thou!</em> Cook<sup>Speaker's Comm. Gn. on the passage and p. 482</sup>; Lepage Renouf<sup>PSBA.nov.1888, 5 f</sup> <i><em>åb(u)-rek</em></i>, <em>thy command is our desire</em>, i.e. we are at thy service; Say<sup>Rel. Babylonian 183</sup> Assyrian <i><em>abrikku</em></i> = Akkadian <i><em>abrik</em></i>, <em>vizier</em> (unpublished tablet), see already Dl<sup>W; L 134 c., 1. 11. 12</sup> who compare Assyrian <i><em>abarakku</em></i> = title, perhaps <em>grand vizier</em>; against Dl, see COT & Nö<sup>ZMG 1886, 734</sup>). </p><p><font class="hebrew2">אַבְרָם</font>, <font class="hebrew2">אַבְשַׁי</font> see <font class="hebrew2">אֲבִירָם</font>, <font class="hebrew2">אֲבִישַׁי</font> below II. <font class="hebrew2">אבה</font>. <p><font class="hebrew2">אַבְשָׁלוֺם</font>, <font class="hebrew2">אַבְשָׁלֹם</font> see <font class="hebrew2">אֲבִישָׁלוֺם</font> below II. <font class="hebrew2">אבה</font>. <p><font class="hebrew2">אגא</font> (compare Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb000801.gif">, <em>flee</em> Frey). <font size="+1">**</font>Authority for Arabic verb <img src="/bdbgif/bdb111907.gif"> <em>flee</em> is slender, but word occurs as proper name, of a mountain, and elsewhere (GFM, privately). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>bow the knee <p>Probably an Egyptian word meaning kneel -- bow the knee. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>אַבְרֵ֑ךְ אברך ’aḇ·rêḵ ’aḇrêḵ avRech<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/genesis/41-43.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 41:43</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/41.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וַיִּקְרְא֥וּ לְפָנָ֖יו <b> אַבְרֵ֑ךְ </b> וְנָת֣וֹן אֹת֔וֹ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/41.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> before <span class="itali">him, Bow the knee!</span> And he set<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/41.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> before him, <span class="itali">Bow the knee:</span> and he made<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/41-43.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> proclaimed before <span class="itali">Bow</span> set over<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_86.htm">1 Occurrence</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_86.htm">Strong's Hebrew 86<br>1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/avrech_86.htm">’aḇ·rêḵ — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/hebrew/85.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="85"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="85" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hebrew/87.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="87"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="87" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>