To prostatrate
סָחַףStrong’s H5502sachaph (sa-chaph)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Sachaph is the Hebrew word usually translated “washes away” and “prostrated”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.”
Meaning
- To prostrate, beat down(Qal) prostrating (participle) · (Niphal) to be prostrated
How it's translated
- washes away 1
- will he be prostrated 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 1
- Jeremiah 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
סָחַף sachaph · to prostatrate
1) to prostrate, beat down 1a) (Qal) prostrating (participle) 1b) (Niphal) to be prostrated
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “prostrate” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PROS'TRATE, adjective
[Latin prostratus, from prosterno, to lay flat; pro and sterno.]
- Lying at length, or with the body extended on the ground or other surface.
- Lying at mercy, as a supplicant.
- Lying in the posture of humility of adoration.
All definitions and other forms of “prostrate”
PROS'TRATE, verb transitive
To lay flat; to throw down; as, to prostrate the body; to prostrate trees or plants.
- To throw down; to overthrow; to demolish; to ruin; as, to prostrate a village; to prostrate a government; to prostrate law or justice; to prostrate the honor of a nation.
- To prostrate one's self, to throw one's self down or to fall in humility or adoration.
- To bow in humble reverence.
- To sink totally; to reduce; as, to prostrate strength.
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.