כָּרַע kara

Hebrew word for “to bow” · Strong’s H3766 · used 36 times in 32 verses

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Meaning

1) to bend, kneel, bow, bow down, sink down to one's knees, kneel down to rest (of animals), kneel in reverence;

How it is translated

Glosses given for kara in context, with how often each is used:

• bowed down 8
• will bow down 5
• make bow down 2
• have bowed down 2
• kneeling 2
• made bow down 2
• bows down 1
• crouched 1
• certainly 1
• have brought low 1
• bowing down 1
• sank down 1

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

Judges 7 (2), Esther 3 (2), Isaiah 46 (2), Genesis 49 (1), Numbers 24 (1), Judges 5 (1), Judges 11 (1), 1 Samuel 4 (1), 2 Samuel 22 (1), 1 Kings 8 (1)

Forms

• כרע 8
• כרעו 5
• יכרע 2
• תכריע 2
• ויכרע 2
• יכרעו 2
• הכרע 1
• הכרעתני 1
• ותכרע 1
• מכרע 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with kara more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• בֶּרֶךְ berekh “knee” 8
• קוּם qum “to arise” 9
• שָׁחָה shachah “to bow” 6
• קָרַס qaras “to stoop” 2
• לָקַק laqaq “to lick” 2
• פֶּה peh “lip” 4
• לָבִיא lavi “lion” 2
• אָזַר azar “to gird” 2
• נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 4
• עָלָה alah “to ascend” 4
• אַף aph “face” 3
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 4

Key verses

The verses using kara that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Numbers 24:9 — He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
• 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…
• Ezra 9:5 — And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the…
• Esther 3:2 — And all the king’s servants, that were in the king’s gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not,…
• Psalms 17:13 — Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
• Psalms 22:29 — All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
• Psalms 72:9 — They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
• Psalms 95:6 — O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
• Isaiah 10:4 — Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched…
• Isaiah 45:23 — I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
• Isaiah 46:1 — Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.
• Isaiah 65:12 — Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear;…

See all 32 verses in the Word Atlas

Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.