To cower
כָּפַשׁStrong’s H3728kaphash (ka-phash)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Kaphash is the Hebrew word usually translated “has made cower me”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.”
Meaning
- (Hiphil) to make bent, press or bend together
- (CLBL) to bend down(Hiphil) to cause to bend down, trample
How it's translated
- he has made cower me 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Lamentations 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
כָּפַשׁ kaphash · to cower
1) (Hiphil) to make bent, press or bend together 2) (CLBL) to bend down 2a) (Hiphil) to cause to bend down, trample
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “cower” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
COWER, verb intransitive
To sink by bending the knees; to crouch; to squat; to stoop or sink downwards.
All definitions and other forms of “cower”
COWER, verb transitive
To cherish with care. [Not used.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.