sagad · bow down

What it means

sagad (סָגַד) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “bow down”.

To bow down, to prostrate oneself in homage.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Throw oneself down in front of an idol.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• falls down ×2
• before it ×1
• shall I fall down ×1
• they fall down ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Isaiah 44:15

  And it serves a human being for burning; he takes some of them and warms himself; also he kindles a fire and bakes bread; also he makes a god and bows down; he makes it a carved image and falls down before it.

• Isaiah 44:17

  And the rest of it he makes into a god, his carved image; he falls down before it and bows down and prays to it and says, “Deliver me, for you are my god.”

• Isaiah 44:19

  And he does not bring it back to his heart, and there is no knowledge nor understanding to say, “Half of it I burned in the fire, and also I baked on its coals bread; I roast meat and eat; and the rest of it shall I make into an abomination? Before a block of wood shall I fall down?”

• Isaiah 46:6

  Those who lavish gold from the purse, and weigh silver on the rod of the scale, hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god; they fall down, also they bow down.

And 1 more times.