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H7164 קָרַס (qâraç) kaw-ras'

Hebrew
Verb (Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

to stoop

Strong's Definition

to hunch, i.e. be hump-backed

Derivation: a primitive root; properly, to protrude; used only as denominative from H7165 (קֶרֶס) (for alliteration with H7167 (קָרַע)),

KJV Usage: stoop.

TWOT Reference: 2073

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) (Qal) to bend down, stoop, crouch

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

קָרַס (qa.ras) — to stoop. (Qal) to bend down, stoop, crouch

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · קֶרֶס · קַרְסֹל

Bow | verb qal | ≈ כרע

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

ISA 46:1 · ISA 46:2

Graham S. Ogden

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[קָרַס] vb. bend down, stoop, crouch base

Bible Occurrences (2)

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