Definition
a primitive root; to sink or depress (reflexive or causative)
Traditional renderings: bend, bow (down), bring (cast) down, couch, humble self, be (bring) low, stoop.
Traditional renderings: bend, bow (down), bring (cast) down, couch, humble self, be (bring) low, stoop.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שָׁחַח:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
21 total
- Job 9:13שָׁ֝חֲח֗וּ · cowerGod does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.
- Job 38:40יָשֹׁ֥חוּ · they crouch…when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket?
- Psalm 10:10יָשֹׁ֑חַ · and beaten downThey are crushed and beaten down; the helpless fall prey to his strength.
- Psalm 35:14שַׁחֽוֹתִי׃ · I was bowed downI paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.
- Psalm 38:6שַׁחֹ֣תִי · and brought lowI am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
- Psalm 42:5תִּשְׁתּ֬וֹחֲחִ֨י׀ · are you downcastWhy are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.
- Psalm 42:6תִשְׁתּ֫וֹחָ֥ח · despairsO my God, my soul despairs within me. Therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon—even from Mount Mizar.
- Psalm 42:11תִּשְׁתּ֬וֹחֲחִ֨י׀ · are you downcastWhy are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
- Psalm 43:5תִּשְׁתּ֬וֹחֲחִ֨י׀ · are you downcastWhy are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
- Psalm 107:39וַיָּשֹׁ֑חוּ · and humbledWhen they are decreased and humbled by oppression, evil, and sorrow,
- Proverbs 14:19שַׁח֣וּ · bowThe evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
- Ecclesiastes 12:4וְיִשַּׁ֖חוּ · grow faint…when the doors to the street are shut and the sound of the mill fades away, when one rises at the sound of a bird and all the daughters of song grow faint,
- Isaiah 2:9וַיִּשַּׁ֥ח · is brought lowSo mankind is brought low, and man is humbled—do not forgive them!
- Isaiah 2:11וְשַׁ֖ח · brought lowThe proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
- Isaiah 2:17וְשַׁח֙ · will be brought lowSo the pride of man will be brought low, and the loftiness of men will be humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day,
- Isaiah 5:15וַיִּשַּׁ֥ח · will be brought lowSo mankind will be brought low, and each man humbled; the arrogant will lower their eyes.
- Isaiah 25:12הֵשַׁ֥ח · will be brought downThe high-walled fortress will be brought down, cast to the ground, into the dust.
- Isaiah 26:5הֵשַׁח֙ · He has humbledFor He has humbled those who dwell on high; He lays the lofty city low. He brings it down to the ground; He casts it into the dust.
- Isaiah 29:4תִּשַּׁ֣ח · will be muffledYou will be brought low, you will speak from the ground, and out of the dust your words will be muffled. Your voice will be like a spirit from the ground; your speech will whisper out of the dust.
- Isaiah 60:14שְׁח֙וֹחַ֙ · and bow downThe 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.
- Habakkuk 3:6שַׁח֖וּ · collapsedHe stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.