kadad · bow down

What it means

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

Bow the head or the body as a sign of respect.

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. To lower the head in respect or worship.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

• bowed ×14
• bow ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Genesis×3
• Exodus×3
• Numbers×1
• 1 Samuel×2
• 1 Kings×2
• 1 Chronicles×1
• 2 Chronicles×2
• Nehemiah×1

• Genesis 24:26

  The man bowed his head and bowed down to YHWH

• Genesis 24:48

  And I bowed my head and bowed down to YHWH, and I blessed YHWH, the Elohim of my lord Abraham, who had led me on a true way to take the daughter of my lord’s brother for his son.

• Genesis 43:28

  They said, “Your servant our father is well; he is still alive.” And they bowed their heads and bowed down.

• Exodus 4:31

  And the people believed; and when they heard that YHWH had attended to the sons of Israel and that he had seen their affliction, they bowed and worshiped.

• Exodus 12:27

  you shall say, ‘It is the sacrifice of the Passover to YHWH, who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt when he struck Egypt and delivered our houses.’ ” And the people bowed their heads and bowed down.

• Exodus 34:8

  And Moses hurried to bow to the ground and worshiped.

• Numbers 22:31

  Then YHWH uncovered the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of YHWH standing in the road, with his sword drawn in his hand; and he bowed and prostrated himself on his face.

• 1 Samuel 24:8

  Afterward David arose and went out from the cave and called after Saul, saying, “My lord the king!” Saul looked behind him, and David bowed with his face to the ground and prostrated himself.

• 1 Samuel 28:14

  He said to her, “What is his appearance?” She said, “An old man is coming up, and he is wrapped in a robe.” Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground and prostrated himself.

• 1 Kings 1:16

  And Bathsheba bowed her head and bowed down to the king. And the king said, “What do you want?”

• 1 Kings 1:31

  And Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground and bowed down to the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”

• 1 Chronicles 29:20

  David said to all the assembly, “Now bless YHWH your Elohim.” And all the assembly blessed YHWH, the Elohim of their fathers, and bowed their heads and bowed down to YHWH and to the king.

• 2 Chronicles 20:18

  Jehoshaphat bowed with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before YHWH, to bow down to YHWH.

• 2 Chronicles 29:30

  Hezekiah the king and the officials ordered the Levites to praise YHWH with the words of David and of Asaph the seer; and they praised with great joy, and they bowed and bowed down.

• Nehemiah 8:6

  And Ezra blessed YHWH, the great Elohim; and all the people answered, “Amen, amen,” lifting up their hands; and they bowed and prostrated themselves before YHWH with their faces to the ground.