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Genesis 24

Gen. 24:26 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
e bowed down his head
qadad (Hebrew #6915)
to shrivel up, i.e. contract or bend the body (or neck) in deference
KJV usage: bow (down) (the) head, stoop.
Pronounce: kaw-dad'
Origin: a primitive root
, and worshipped
shachah (Hebrew #7812)
to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
KJV usage: bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship.
Pronounce: shaw-khaw'
Origin: a primitive root
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
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Gen. 24:48,52• 48And I bowed down and worshipped Jehovah, and blessed Jehovah, God of my master Abraham, who led me in a way of truth to take my master's brother's daughter for his son.
52And it came to pass, when Abraham's servant heard their words that he bowed down to the earth before Jehovah.
(Gen. 24:48,52)
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Gen. 22:5• 5And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. (Gen. 22:5)
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Ex. 4:31• 31And the people believed. And when they heard that Jehovah had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped. (Ex. 4:31)
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Ex. 12:27• 27that ye shall say, It is a sacrifice of Passover to Jehovah, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt when he smote the Egyptians and delivered our houses. And the people bowed their heads and worshipped. (Ex. 12:27)
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Ex. 34:8• 8And Moses made haste, and bowed his head to the earth and worshipped, (Ex. 34:8)
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1 Chron. 29:20• 20And David said to all the congregation, Bless now Jehovah your God. And all the congregation blessed Jehovah the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and did homage to Jehovah and the king. (1 Chron. 29:20)
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2 Chron. 20:18• 18And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before Jehovah, worshipping Jehovah. (2 Chron. 20:18)
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2 Chron. 29:30• 30Moreover, Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises unto Jehovah with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped. (2 Chron. 29:30)
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Neh. 8:6• 6And Ezra blessed Jehovah, the great God: and all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped Jehovah with their faces to the ground. (Neh. 8:6)
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Psa. 22:29• 29All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and shall bow down;{HR}Before him shall bend all those who go down to the dust,{HR}And he [who] hath not kept alive his soul. (Psa. 22:29)
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Psa. 66:4• 4All the earth shall worship thee,{HR}And sing psalms to thee;{HR}They shall sing to thy name. Selah. (Psa. 66:4)
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Psa. 72:9• 9Before him shall bow dwellers in the desert,{HR}And his enemies shall lick the dust. (Psa. 72:9)
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Psa. 95:6• 6Come, let us worship and bow down,{HR}Let us kneel before Jehovah our Maker; (Psa. 95:6)
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Mic. 6:6• 6Wherewith shall I come before Jehovah, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? (Mic. 6:6)
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Phil. 2:10• 10that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of heavenly and earthly and infernal [beings], (Phil. 2:10)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the man stooped, and bowed down before Jehovah,

W. Kelly Translation

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And the man bowed down and paid worship to Jehovah,