קָדַד qadad

Hebrew word for “to bow” · Strong’s H6915 · used 15 times in 15 verses

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Meaning

(Qal) to bow down

How it is translated

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

• bowed low 15

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 24 (2), 1 Kings 1 (2), Genesis 43 (1), Exodus 4 (1), Exodus 12 (1), Exodus 34 (1), Numbers 22 (1), 1 Samuel 24 (1), 1 Samuel 28 (1), 1 Chronicles 29 (1)

Forms

• ויקד 7
• ויקדו 5
• ותקד 2
• ואקד 1

Words used with it

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

• שָׁחָה shachah “to bow” 15
• אַף aph “face” 6
• בַּת־שֶׁבַע bat-sheva “Bathsheba” 2
• אָדוֹן adon “lord” 3
• בָּרַךְ barakh “to bless” 3
• דָּוִד david “David” 4
• שָׁאוּל shaul “Saul” 2
• דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 2
• מָה mah “what?” 2
• אָב av “father” 2
• רָאָה raah “to see” 2

Key verses

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

• Genesis 24:26 — And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.
• Genesis 24:48 — And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master’s…
• Genesis 43:28 — And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.
• Exodus 4:31 — And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed…
• Exodus 12:27 — That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD’s passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and…
• Numbers 22:31 — Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and…
• 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…
• 1 Kings 1:31 — Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.
• 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…
• 2 Chronicles 20:18 — And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.
• 2 Chronicles 29:30 — Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang…
• Nehemiah 8:6 — And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the…

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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.