Definition

to fall on the knee

Etymology

from a compound of G1119 (γόνυ) and the alternate of G4098 (πίπτω);

Word family

• γόνυ góny
• πίπτω píptō

How the KJV renders it

• bow the knee
• kneel down

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.