Bow Down חוה

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Sep 5, 2025 · 2m

We are in chapter eleven of Exodus with our word for today. חוה bow down, bow oneself down, to sink down, to get into a prostrate position, as in submission, homage, humility, worship or grief. It is used 170 in the Old Testament. Most of the time we find our word used in reference to worshiping God. Genesis 22:5 He said to his servants, “Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will וְנִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖ה worship and then we will come back to you.” Exodus 33:10 Whenever the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance to the tent, they all stood and…