kafaf · bow down

What it means

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

To bow down, to bend; to be bent or brought low under a weight.

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. Bend low; be weighed down by a load.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

• who are bent down ×2
• bow myself ×1
• it to bow down ×1
• was bowed down ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Psalms×3
• Isaiah×1
• Micah×1

• Psalms 57:6

  A net they prepared for my footsteps; my soul was bowed down; they dug before me a hole; they fell into the middle of it. Selah.

• Psalms 145:14

  YHWH upholds all who fall, and makes straight all who are bent down.

• Psalms 146:8

  YHWH opens the eyes of the blind; YHWH makes straight those who are bent down; YHWH loves the righteous;

• Isaiah 58:5

  Will the fast that I choose be like this: a day for a human being to humble his soul? Is it to bow down his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day of favor to YHWH?

• Micah 6:6

  With what shall I come before YHWH, and bow myself before the Elohim on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?