Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to bend the knee; by implication, to sink, to prostrate
KJV Usage: bow (down, self), bring down (low), cast down, couch, fall, feeble, kneeling, sink, smite (stoop) down, subdue, X very
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
כָּרַע (ka.ra) — to bow. 1) 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
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Stance | verb qal | ≈ נפל
to collapse, to slump down = process by which humans or animals sink on their knees ◄ as a result of being unable to keep standing up
JDG 5:27 · JDG 5:27 · JDG 5:27 · 2KI 9:24 · PSA 20:9 · ISA 10:4
Stance | verb qal | ≈ רבץ
to kneel, to crouch, to bend down = action by which humans or animals bend their knees, in order to lie down, give birth, have sex, or to be killed
GEN 49:9 · NUM 24:9 · JDG 7:5 · JDG 7:6 · 1SA 4:19 · JOB 31:10 · JOB 39:3 · ISA 65:12
Bow | verb qal | ≈ ברך · חוה
to kneel literally: to go down on (one's) knees; hence: = action by which humans kneel down in order to show respect
1KI 8:54 · 1KI 19:18 · 2KI 1:13 · 2CH 7:3 · 2CH 29:29 · EZR 9:5 · EST 3:2 · EST 3:2 · EST 3:5 · PSA 22:30 · PSA 72:9 · PSA 95:6 · ISA 45:23 · ISA 46:1 · ISA 46:2
Dead | verb hif | ≈ הרג · קדם
to strike down literally: to cause to go down on (their) knees; hence: = causative action by which humans or deities cause their enemies to be struck down in battle, collapse and die
Weak | verb qal | ≈ כשׁל
to stumble literally: to collapse; hence: = process by which humans go through a time in which they are unable to cope with the circumstances they have to deal with
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
כָּרַע bow down Qal bow
bow down, of the crouching lion
bow down over (in order to lie with) a woman
bow down, of a woman in childbirth
Hiph. cause to bow in grief
cause to bow down in death
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