Strong's Concordance H7812

Original Word: שָׁחָה
Transliteration: shâchâh
Phonetic Spelling: shaw-khaw'
a primitive root; to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God); bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship.

Usages throughout the bible

Ruth 2:10 - Then she fell on her face, and bowed H7812 herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?

1 Samuel 1:3 - And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship H7812 and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.

1 Samuel 1:19 - And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped H7812 before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.

1 Samuel 1:28 - Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped H7812 the LORD there.

1 Samuel 2:36 - And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch H7812 to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.

1 Samuel 15:25 - Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship H7812 the LORD.

1 Samuel 15:30 - Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship H7812 the LORD thy God.

1 Samuel 15:31 - So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped H7812 the LORD.

1 Samuel 20:41 - And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed H7812 himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

1 Samuel 24:8 - David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed H7812 himself.

1 Samuel 25:23 - And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed H7812 herself to the ground,

1 Samuel 25:41 - And she arose, and bowed H7812 herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

1 Samuel 28:14 - And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed H7812 himself.

2 Samuel 1:2 - It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance. H7812

2 Samuel 9:6 - Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. H7812 And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant!

2 Samuel 9:8 - And he bowed H7812 himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?

2 Samuel 12:20 - Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: H7812 then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.

2 Samuel 14:4 - And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, H7812 and said, Help, O king.

2 Samuel 14:22 - And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed H7812 himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.

2 Samuel 14:33 - So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed H7812 himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.

2 Samuel 15:5 - And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, H7812 he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.

2 Samuel 15:32 - And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the mount, where he worshipped H7812 God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head:

2 Samuel 16:4 - Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly H7812 beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king.

2 Samuel 18:21 - Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cushi bowed H7812 himself unto Joab, and ran.

2 Samuel 18:28 - And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell down H7812 to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the LORD thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.

2 Samuel 24:20 - And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed H7812 himself before the king on his face upon the ground.

1 Kings 1:16 - And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance H7812 unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?

1 Kings 1:23 - And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed H7812 himself before the king with his face to the ground.

1 Kings 1:31 - Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence H7812 to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.

1 Kings 1:47 - And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed H7812 himself upon the bed.

1 Kings 1:53 - So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed H7812 himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house.

1 Kings 2:19 - Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed H7812 himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.

1 Kings 9:6 - But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship H7812 them:

1 Kings 9:9 - And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped H7812 them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.

1 Kings 11:33 - Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped H7812 Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.

1 Kings 16:31 - And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped H7812 him.

2 Kings 2:15 - And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed H7812 themselves to the ground before him.

2 Kings 4:37 - Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed H7812 herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.

2 Kings 5:18 - In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship H7812 there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow H7812 myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down H7812 myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing.

2 Kings 17:16 - And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped H7812 all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

2 Kings 17:35 - With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow H7812 yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:

2 Kings 17:36 - But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, H7812 and to him shall ye do sacrifice.

2 Kings 18:22 - But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship H7812 before this altar in Jerusalem?

2 Kings 19:37 - And it came to pass, as he was worshipping H7812 in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.

2 Kings 21:3 - For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped H7812 all the host of heaven, and served them.

2 Kings 21:21 - And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped H7812 them:

1 Chronicles 16:29 - Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship H7812 the LORD in the beauty of holiness.

1 Chronicles 21:21 - And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed H7812 himself to David with his face to the ground.

1 Chronicles 29:20 - And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped H7812 the LORD, and the king.

2 Chronicles 7:3 - And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, H7812 and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.