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Definition of Bow down

1. Verb. Get into a prostrate position, as in submission.

2. Verb. Bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head. "She bowed her head in shame"

Definition of Bow down

1. Verb. (intransitive idiomatic) to bow, to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bow Down

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Literary usage of Bow down

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament by George V. Wigram (1866)
"Ac worshipped the Lord, 27:29.and nations bow down to thee: the people — and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee : 33: 3. and bowed himself to the ground ..."

2. Holy Bible by Canadian Bible Society (1855)
"24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images ..."

3. The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment by Jeremiah Burroughs (1651)
"... be able to fay .to thy foul, bow down to us : We accounted that a great ... when men would fay to our fouls, bow down : As the cruel Prelates were wont ..."

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