KJV dictionary & concordance
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.
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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 18:2
Complete exact-word concordance
I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
I behaued my selfe as though he had bene my friend, or brother: I bowed downe heauily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
1611 marginal noteHeb. walked.
1611 marginal noteHeb. as a friend, as a brother to me.
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
I am troubled, I am bowed downe greatly; I goe mourning all the day long.
1611 marginal noteHebr. wryed.
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
For our soule is bowed downe to the dust; our belly cleaueth vnto the earth.
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.
They haue prepared a net for my steppes, my soule is bowed downe: they haue digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselues. Selah.
1611 marginal notePsal.7.16. and 9.15.
The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.
The LORD vpholdeth all that fall: and raiseth vp all those that bee bowed downe.
The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth the righteous:
The LORD openeth the eyes of the blinde, the LORD raiseth them that are bowed downe: the LORD loueth the righteous.
The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
The loftie lookes of man shalbe humbled, and the hautines of men shalbe bowed downe: and the LORD alone shalbe exalted in that day.
1611 marginal noteChap. 5.15.
And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
And the loftinesse of man shall be bowed downe, and the hautinesse of men shalbe made low: and the LORD alone shalbe exalted in that day.
Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
Therefore are my loynes filled with paine, pangs haue taken hold vpon me, as the pangs of a woman that trauelleth: I was bowed downe at the hearing of it, I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
¶ And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
¶ And when they had platted a crowne of thornes, they put it vpon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Haile king of the Iewes.
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