King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H1457
Transliteration: gahar
Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-har')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to bend, crouch
Meaning: to prostrate oneself
Word Summary
gahar: to bend, crouch
Original Word: גָּהַרTransliteration: gahar
Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-har')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to bend, crouch
Meaning: to prostrate oneself
Strong's Concordance
cast self down, stretch self A primitive root; to prostrate oneself -- cast self down, stretch self.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1457. gahar
[גָּהַר] verb bend, crouch (so Vrss) —
Qal Imperfect וַיִּגְהַר 1 Kings 18:42 followed by אַרְצָה Elijah, with face between knees; 2 Kings 4:34-35, Elisha, over dead boy, followed by עליו ("" וישׁכב 4:34, compare שׁכב).
גֵּו גַּו, see below גוה.
גּוֺב,גּוֺבַי see below גבה