qa.dad denotes physically lowering oneself, especially before the LORD in worship and also before a king or other figure.

The attested uses chiefly show a physical lowering of oneself before the LORD in response, praise, or worship; a smaller group shows the same posture before kings or other figures. The supplied Qal sequential imperfect forms occur with both singular and plural subjects in these scenes.

1. Lowering oneself before the LORD · dominant

   In Exodus 12:27, the people respond to the Passover announcement; the APB renders the clause "the people bowed and worshiped." In 2 Chronicles 20:18, Jehoshaphat lowers himself with his face to the ground and Judah falls before the LORD, while Nehemiah 8:6 likewise places the people's action before the LORD with faces to the ground.

   Exodus 12:27Exodus 4:31Genesis 24:262 Chronicles 20:182 Chronicles 29:30Nehemiah 8:6
2. Lowering oneself in deference to a person · common

   In 1 Kings 1:16 and 1 Kings 1:31, Bathsheba's action is directed to the king; the APB renders her as bowing, and in the latter verse as doing so with her face to the ground. Genesis 43:28 places the plural action after Joseph's brothers report that their father is well, and 1 Samuel 28:14 describes Saul lowering himself after recognizing Samuel.

   1 Kings 1:161 Kings 1:31Genesis 43:281 Samuel 28:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB commonly presents the action with "bowed" or "bowed down," often alongside "worshiped" or "prostrated." Those accompanying English verbs should not be treated as separate renderings of the lemma.