Hebrew word · H86

אַבְרֵךְ

'avrekh

to bow

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

1) (meaning uncertain) -a shout made to announce Joseph's chariot

1a) bow!

1b) knee

Aramaic equivalent: ar.khu.vah (אַרְכֻבָּה "knee" H0755)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Genesis · 1

  1. Genesis 41:43 אַבְרֵ֑ךְ bend [the] knee

    He had Joseph ride in his second chariot, with men calling out before him, “Bow the knee!” So he placed him over all the land of Egypt.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.