KJV dictionary & concordance

bowed

Meaning of “bowed”

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of bow. Sense 1: To bend or incline the head, knees, face, or body downward. Sense 2: To make a bodily act of reverence or worship.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-references

78 occurrences74 verses20 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 18:2

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Every verse containing “bowed”

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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 themselves to the ground before him.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · 2 Kings 2:15 · retained source text

And when the sonnes of the Prophets which were to view at Iericho, saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha: And they came to meet him, and bowed themselues to the ground before him.

1611 marginal noteVerse 7.

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Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.

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The 1611 reading

1611 witness · 2 Kings 4:37 · retained source text

Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed her selfe to the ground, and tooke vp her sonne, and went out.

Complete reference index — all 74 verses

Genesis 18:2 Genesis 19:1 Genesis 23:7 Genesis 23:12 Genesis 24:26 Genesis 24:48 Genesis 33:3 Genesis 33:6 Genesis 33:7 Genesis 42:6 Genesis 43:26 Genesis 43:28 Genesis 47:31 Genesis 48:12 Genesis 49:15 Exodus 4:31 Exodus 12:27 Exodus 34:8 Numbers 22:31 Numbers 25:2 Joshua 23:16 Judges 2:12 Judges 2:17 Judges 5:27 Judges 7:6 Judges 16:30 Ruth 2:10 1 Samuel 4:19 1 Samuel 20:41 1 Samuel 24:8 1 Samuel 25:23 1 Samuel 25:41 1 Samuel 28:14 2 Samuel 9:8 2 Samuel 14:22 2 Samuel 14:33 2 Samuel 18:21 2 Samuel 19:14 2 Samuel 22:10 2 Samuel 24:20 1 Kings 1:16 1 Kings 1:23 1 Kings 1:31 1 Kings 1:47 1 Kings 1:53 1 Kings 2:19 1 Kings 19:18 2 Kings 2:15 2 Kings 4:37 1 Chronicles 21:21 1 Chronicles 29:20 2 Chronicles 7:3 2 Chronicles 20:18 2 Chronicles 25:14 2 Chronicles 29:29 2 Chronicles 29:30 Nehemiah 8:6 Esther 3:2 Esther 3:5 Psalms 18:9 Psalms 35:14 Psalms 38:6 Psalms 44:25 Psalms 57:6 Psalms 145:14 Psalms 146:8 Isaiah 2:11 Isaiah 2:17 Isaiah 21:3 Matthew 27:29 Luke 13:11 Luke 24:5 John 19:30 Romans 11:4

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1 · KJV context and cross-references

Genesis 18:2 Exodus 12:27 Judges 7:6 1 Samuel 25:23 Psalm 18:9 Luke 13:11 Genesis 43:28 Judges 5:27 2 Samuel 19:14 Psalms 18:9 Genesis 43:26 Judges 2:12 1 Samuel 25:41 1 Kings 1:31 2 Chronicles 20:18 Psalms 57:6 Romans 11:4