Lexical Definition

‎כָּרַע‎ kâraʻ (kaw-rah') to bow ^H:V
a primitive root

bow (down, self), bring down (low), cast down, couch, fall, feeble, kneeling, sink, smite (stoop) down, subdue, [idiom] very.

• to bend the knee
• by implication, to sink, to prostrate

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

See Greek: ἀδυνατέω · ἀναπίπτω · ἐκτρέφω · ἐμπίπτω · ἰσχύω · κάμπτω · κατακλίνω · κλαίω · κλίνω · πίπτω · προσκυνέω · προσπίπτω · ταπεινόω · ταράσσω · ταραχή

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎כָּרַע‎ bow down (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic ‎כְּרַע‎; Arabic put one's mouth into water, or water-vessel; i.e. kneel to drink ? denominative from following ? —

Qal Perfect 3 miles ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Gen 49:6 + 6 t.; 3 masculine plural ‎כָּֽרְעוּ‎ Judg 7:6 + 4 t.; Imperfect ‎יִכְרַע‎ Judg 7:5 + 3 t.; 1 singular ‎וָאֶכְרְעָה‎ Ezra 9:5 3 masculine plural ‎יִכְרְעוּן‎ Job 31:10 2 masculine plural ‎תִּכְרָ֑עוּ‎ Isa 65:12 1 plural ‎וְנִכְרָ֑עָה‎ Ps 95:6 + 6 t. Imperfect; Infinitive construct ‎כְּרֹעַ‎ 1Kgs 8:54 participle ‎כֹּרֵעַ‎ Esth 3:5 plural ‎כֹּרְעִים‎ Esth 3:2 feminine ‎כֹּרְעוֺת‎ Job 4:4. —

1. bow ‎על ברכים‎ to drink Judg 7:5; Judg 7:6, in supplication to Elijah 2Kgs 1:13 in the worship of God 1Kgs 8:34; Ezra 9:5 with ‎ברכים‎ subject and ‎ל‎ of God 1Kgs 19:18; Isa 45:23 without ‎ברכים‎ with ‎לִפְנֵי‎ Ps 22:30*; Ps 72:9 || ‎השׁתחוה‎ 2Chr 7:3; 2Chr 29:29; Ps 95:6, worship of God, but Esth 3:2 (twice in verse); Esth 3:5 in obeisance to Haman.

2. bow down, of the couching lion Gen 49:9; Num 24:9 (both poetry).

3. pregnant with ‎על‎, bow down over (in order to lie with) a woman Job 31:10.

4. bow down, of a woman in childbirth 1Sam 4:19, so of animals Job 39:3 idols, removed by enemies Isa 46:1; Isa 46:2 ‎בִּרְכַּיִם כֹּרְעוֺת‎ Job 4:4 tottering (feeble) knees; of enemies in death, ‎נפל‎[‎ו‎]‎כרע‎ bow and fall down Judg 5:27 (3 t. in verse); Ps 20:9* pregnant without ‎נפל‎ 2Kgs 9:24; Isa 65:12, with ‎תַּחַת‎ Isa 10:4. —

Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎הִכְרִיעַ‎ Ps 78:31 2 feminine singular suffix ‎הִכְרַעְתִּנִי‎ Judg 11:35 Imperfect 2 masculine singular ‎תַּכְרִיעַ‎ 2Sam 22:40 = Ps 18:40* Imperative suffix ‎הַכְרִיעֵהוּ‎ Ps 17:13 Infinitive absolute ‎הַכְרֵעַ‎ Judg 11:35. —

1. cause to bow in grief Judg 11:35 (twice in verse).

2. cause to bow down in death Ps 17:13; Ps 78:31, with ‎תַּחַת‎ 2Sam 22:40 = Ps 18:40*.

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