קָרַס
qâraç · H7164 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to stoop, to bow down
Action by which humans bow down low or bend their body forward as a mark of respect to others, often in an act of worship
ExamplesIsaiah 46:1 Bel has bowed down, Nebo stoops over; Their idols have become loads for the animals and the cattle. The things that you carry are burdensome, A load for the weary animal.
Isaiah 46:2 They stooped over, they have bowed down together; They could not rescue the burden, But have themselves gone into captivity.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- נְבוֹNebo 1
- Not stated: they 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 bodily lowering or bending, such as stooping and bowing down. שָׁחָה (shâchâh, H7812) is far more frequent and has a broader range extending to worship and obeisance, while קָרַס (qâraç, H7164) is rare.
- שָׁחַח shâchach · H7817 · to become low, to be in distress
- Both words denote postures of bending or stooping downward, and could be used in contexts of bodily posture.
- קָדַד qâdad · H6915 · 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).
- כָּרַע kâraʻ · H3766 · to collapse, to slump down, to kneel
- Both words denote postural actions of lowering the body, such as bowing, stooping and kneeling. כָּרַע (kâraʻ, H3766) has a broader range, including bringing down, falling and weakening, while קָרַס (qâraç, H7164) is narrower, meaning simply to stoop.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Bow002001001008
- The word means to stoop or bow over, directly illustrated by the idols Bel and Nebo stooping and bowing down as they are carried into captivity (Isaiah 46:1-2).
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7164. qaras [קָרַס] verb bend down, stoop, crouch (intransitive) (compare perhaps Arabic…
[קָרַס] verb bend down, stoop, crouch (intransitive) (compare perhaps Arabic disc, round cake; compare Late Hebrew קַרְצוּלָא קַרְסוּלָּא, ᵑ7 קַרְצוֺל, קַרְסוֺל, all ankle); —
Qal Perfect3plural קָֽרְסוּ Isa 46:2; Participle קֹרֵס Isa 46:1 (both + כָּרַע); of vanquished gods of Babylon.
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
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