כָּרַע
ka.ra
“to bow”
Definition
to bend the knee; by implication, to sink, to prostrate
a primitive root;
- to bend, kneel, bow, bow down, sink down to one's knees, kneel down to rest (of animals), kneel in reverence 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bow 1a2) to bow down, crouch 1a3) to bow down over 1a4) to tilt, lean 1b) (Hiphil) to cause to bow
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Grammar & Morphology
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
כָּרַע appears 29 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Nevertheless, I have reserved seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.”
So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. And the third captain went up, fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, “Man of God, may my life and the lives of these fifty servants please be precious in your sight.
At the evening offering, I got up from my humiliation with my tunic and cloak torn, and I fell on my knees, spread out my hands to the LORD my God,
The gods cower; they crouch together,unable to relieve the burden;but they themselves go into captivity.
And the number of those who lapped the water with their hands to their mouths was three hundred men; all the others knelt to drink.
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