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Strong's #2955 - κύπτω
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- to stoop down, bend forward, to bow the head
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κύπτω,
fut. κύψω LXX Ps. 9.31 (10.10): aor. ἔκυψα (v. infr.): pf. κέκῡφα Hp. Steril. 217: —
1. bend forward, stoop, πλευρά, τά οἱ κύψαντι παρ' ἀσπίδος ἐξεφαάνθη Il. 4.468; ἔλαβεν.. κύψας ἐκ πεδίοιο 17.621, cf. 21.69; ὁσσάκι γὰρ κύψει' ὁ γέρων πιέειν μενεαίνων κτλ. Od. 11.585; κ. ἐστὴν γῆν Hdt. 3.14; κάτω κ. Ar. V. 279 (lyr.), Thphr. Char. 24.8; κεκυφότες εἰς γῆν καὶ εἰς τραπέζας Pl. R. 586a; χαμᾶζε Plu. Ant. 45: freq. in aor. part. with another Verb, ἔθει κύψας ran with the head down, i.e. at full speed, Ar. Ra. 1091 (anap.); ὁμόσ' εἶμι κύψας Id. Ec. 863; ἐς τὴν γῆν κύψασα κάτω βαδίζει Id. Fr. 395; κύψας ἐσθίει eats stooping, i.e. greedily, Id. Pax 33; sens. obsc., Hippon. 22 Diehl.
2. hang the head from shame, οὗτος, τί κύπτεις; Ar. Eq. 1354, Th. 930; or sorrow, Amphis 30.6, Euphro 1.27, or thought, Epicr. 11.21, 23 (anap.).
3. bow down under a burden, D. 18.323.
4. κύψαι, = ἀπάγξασθαι, Archil. 35, cf. Phot.
5. of animals, to be bowed forward, opp. the erect figure of man, Arist. PA 657a15; κέρεα κεκυφότα ἐς τὸ ἔμπροσθε horns bent forward, of certain African oxen, Hdt. 4.183; ἐπὴν ὁ στόμαχος [τῆς ὑστέρης] ἐς τὸν ἀρχὸν κεκύφῃ Hp. l.c.
κύπτω: 1 aorist participle κύψας; (from κυβη the head (cf. Vanicek, p. 164; especially Curtius, index under the word)); from Homer down; the Sept. chiefly for קָדַד; to bow the head, bend forward, stoop down: Mark 1:7; with κάτω added (Aristophanes vesp. 279), John 8:6, 8. (Compare: ἀνακύπτω, παρακύπτω, συγκύπτω.)
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κύπτω ,
[in LXX chiefly for H6915;]
to bow the head, stoop down: Mark 1:7; seq. κάτω , John 8:6; John 8:8 (cf. ἀνα -, παρα -, συν -κύπτω ).†
κατα -κύπτω ,
[in LXX: 2 Kings 9:32 (H8259 hi.)*;]
to bend down, stoop: John 8:8 (κάτω κύψας , Rec., WH, mg.).†
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See s.vv. ἀνακύπτω, κατακύπτω, παρακύπτω. Ἐκκύπτω is found several times in the LXX, e.g. Psa. 101꞉19 [MT Psalms 102:19] ἐξέκυψεν ἐξ ὕψους ἁγίου αὐτοῦ.
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