Quick Definition
to cower
Strong's Definition
to tread down; figuratively, to humiliate
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: cover.
TWOT Reference: 1027
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) (Hiphil) to make bent, press or bend together
2) (CLBL) to bend down
2a) (Hiphil) to cause to bend down, trample
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
כָּפַשׁ (ka.phash) — to cower. 1) (Hiphil) to make bent, press or bend together 2) (CLBL) to bend down 2a) (Hiphil) to cause to bend down, trample
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Stance | verb hif
to make cower exact meaning unknown; possibly: = causative action by which deities cause humans to lie down; ≈ associated with grief, humiliation, and suffering
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[כָּפַשׁ] vb. only Hiph. make bent, press or bend together base