Original Language Studio
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 brother’s daughter unto his son.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H6915 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to shrivel up, i.e. contract or bend the body (or neck) in deference
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- bow (down) (the) head, stoop.
- Grammar
- וָ — conjunction
- אֶקֹּ֥ד — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 15 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 24:26Genesis 43:28Exodus 4:31Exodus 12:27Exodus 34:8
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read קָדַד here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.