KJV dictionary & concordance

bow

Meaning of “bow”

Sense 1: A weapon for shooting arrows. Sense 2: The bow set in the cloud as a covenant token. Sense 3: To bend or incline the head, knees, face, or body downward in reverence, respect, submission, or worship.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

99 occurrences96 verses29 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 9:13

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Leviticus 26:1

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YE shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Leviticus 26:1 · retained source text

¶ Yee shall make you no Idoles nor grauen Image, neither reare you vp a standing image, neither shall yee set vp any Image of stone in your land, to bow downe vnto it: For I am the LORD your God.

1611 marginal noteOr, pillar.

1611 marginal noteOr, figured stone. Hebr. a stone of picture.

1611 marginal noteExod. 20.4. deut. 5.8. and 16.22. psal. 97.7.

Complete reference index — all 96 verses

Genesis 9:13 Genesis 9:14 Genesis 9:16 Genesis 27:3 Genesis 27:29 Genesis 37:10 Genesis 41:43 Genesis 48:22 Genesis 49:8 Genesis 49:24 Exodus 11:8 Exodus 20:5 Exodus 23:24 Leviticus 26:1 Deuteronomy 5:9 Joshua 23:7 Joshua 24:12 Judges 2:19 1 Samuel 18:4 2 Samuel 1:18 2 Samuel 1:22 2 Samuel 22:35 1 Kings 22:34 2 Kings 5:18 2 Kings 6:22 2 Kings 9:24 2 Kings 13:15 2 Kings 13:16 2 Kings 17:35 2 Kings 19:16 1 Chronicles 5:18 1 Chronicles 12:2 2 Chronicles 17:17 2 Chronicles 18:33 Job 20:24 Job 29:20 Job 31:10 Job 39:3 Psalms 7:12 Psalms 11:2 Psalms 18:34 Psalms 22:29 Psalms 31:2 Psalms 37:14 Psalms 44:6 Psalms 46:9 Psalms 58:7 Psalms 72:9 Psalms 76:3 Psalms 78:57 Psalms 86:1 Psalms 95:6 Psalms 144:5 Proverbs 5:1 Proverbs 14:19 Proverbs 22:17 Ecclesiastes 12:3 Isaiah 10:4 Isaiah 21:15 Isaiah 41:2 Isaiah 45:23 Isaiah 46:2 Isaiah 49:23 Isaiah 51:23 Isaiah 58:5 Isaiah 60:14 Isaiah 65:12 Isaiah 66:19 Jeremiah 6:23 Jeremiah 9:3 Jeremiah 46:9 Jeremiah 49:35 Jeremiah 50:14 Jeremiah 50:29 Jeremiah 50:42 Jeremiah 51:3 Lamentations 2:4 Lamentations 3:12 Ezekiel 1:28 Ezekiel 39:3 Hosea 1:5 Hosea 1:7 Hosea 2:18 Hosea 7:16 Amos 2:15 Micah 6:6 Habakkuk 3:6 Habakkuk 3:9 Zechariah 9:10 Zechariah 9:13 Zechariah 10:4 Romans 11:10 Romans 14:11 Ephesians 3:14 Philippians 2:10 Revelation 6:2

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Genesis 9:13 Deuteronomy 5:9 2 Kings 13:16 Psalms 22:29 Proverbs 14:19 Jeremiah 6:23 Hosea 1:7 Revelation 6:2

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

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An inclination of the head, or a bending of the body, in token of reverence, respect, civility, or submission.

volume 1, leaf 301, column 3 (main_dictionary)