Strong’s G2955 · Greek
κύπτω
kýptō · koop'-to
Origin probably from the base of κῦμα (G2949);
Meaning to bend forward
In the King James Version stoop (down).
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- Mark 1:7And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
- John 8:6This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.
- John 8:8And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.