קָדַד
qâdad · H6915 · Hebrew · 15 occurrences
Meanings
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to bow down
Action by which humans prostrate themselves before other humans or a deity, in order to pay homage to a superior
ExamplesGenesis 24:26 Then the man bowed low and worshiped the LORD.
Genesis 24:48 “And I bowed low and worshiped the LORD, and blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who had guided me in the right way to take the daughter of my master’s brother for his son.
Genesis 43:28 And they said, “Your servant our father is well; he is still alive.” Then they bowed down again in homage.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
15 occurrences in 7 groups
- Not stated: they 5
- Not stated: he, she or it 5
- דָּוִדDavid 1
- יְהוֹשָׁפָטJehoshaphat 1
- אִישׁman, person, each 1
- עַםpeople 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
4 occurrences in 1 groups
- אַףanger, nose 4
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לto/for+ אַףanger, nose 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 4 words
- שָׁחָה shâchâh · H7812 · to tell, to inform, to impart
- Both words denote physical bowing or stooping postures and overlap in core sense (bowing the body or head down), though שָׁחָה (shâchâh, H7812) has broader application including worship contexts.
- קָרַס qâraç · H7164 · to stoop, to bow down
- Both lexemes describe physical acts of bowing or stooping the body/head, making them genuine same-language near-synonyms (both could substitute in contexts describing downward posture).
- סָגַד çâgad · H5456 · to bow down
- The target lexeme and סָגַד both describe bodily prostration or bowing, functioning as near-synonyms describing overlapping physical gestures of reverence or submission.
- שָׁחַח shâchach · H7817 · to become low, to be in distress
- Both words denote actions of bowing or stooping the body or head. קָדַד (qâdad, H6915) focuses on bowing the head specifically, while שָׁחַח (shâchach, H7817) has a broader application (bend, stoop, bring low, humble).
In the other Testament 1 word
- κύπτω kýptō · G2955 · to bend down, to bend over, to stoop down
- Greek κύπτω renders Hebrew קָדַד in LXX contexts describing the physical posture of bowing or stooping forward, capturing the same core body-motion denoted by both lemmas.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Bow002001001008
- The word means to bow down low, used repeatedly of worshipful prostration — Abraham's servant bowing to the LORD (Genesis 24:26, 48), Jacob's sons bowing before Joseph (Genesis 43:28), and Israel bowing in worship at the news of their deliverance (Exodus 4:31, 12:27).
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6915. qadad I. [קָדַד] verb bow down (Assyrian (including Tel Amarna) ‡adâdu, bow down);…
I. [קָדַד] verb bow down (Assyrian (including Tel Amarna) ‡adâdu, bow down); —
Qal Imperfect3masculine singularוַּיִּקֹּד Gen 24:26 +, etc.; — usually + וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ etc.; in worship of ׳י Gen 24:26, Gen 24:48; Exo 4:31; Exo 12:27; Exo 34:8; Num 22:31; 2Ch 20:18; 2Ch 29:30; Neh 8:6; homage to man of rank Gen 43:28, king 1Sa 24:9 (Gi v.1Sa 24:8), 1Sa 28:15; 1Ki 1:16, 1Ki 1:31; to ׳י + king I Chron 1Ki 29:20.
II. קדד (√ of following; meaning dubious.; Late Hebrew קָדְקד = Biblical Hebrew; Assyrian ‡a‡‡adu = קָדְקֹד; compare Jewish-Aramaic).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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