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Obeisance
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o-ba'-sans
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
Homage or reverence to any one ( Genesis
37:7 ; 43:28
).
Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names
(no entry)
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(no entry)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
o-ba'-sans:
It is used 9 times in the King James Version in the phrase "made (or did) obeisance"
as a rendering of the reflexive form of (shachah), and denotes the bow or curtsey
indicative of deference and respect. The same form of the verb is sometimes translated
"to bow one's self" when it expresses the deferential attitude of one person to
another (Genesis
33:6 , 7
, etc.). Occasionally the vow of homage or fealty to a king on the part of a subject
is suggested. In Joseph's dream his brother's sheaves made obeisance to his sheaf
(Genesis
43:28; compare also 2
Samuel 15:5 ; 2
Chronicles 24:17). But in a large number of instances the verb denotes the
prostrate posture of the worshipper in the presence of Deity, and is generally
rendered, "to worship" in the King James Version. In all probability this was
the original significance of the word (Genesis
24:26 , etc.). Obeisance (= obedience) originally signified the vow of obedience
made by a vassal to his lord or a slave to his master, but in time denoted the
act of bowing as a token of respect.
T. Lewis
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