Knee
(Heb. and Chald. , be’rek; Gr. ; Psa 109:24; in Dan 5:6, the Chald. term is , arkcubah’). The Hebrew word, as a verb, signifies to bend the knee (2Ch 6:13), also to bless, to pronounce or give a blessing, because the person blessed kneels. SEE BLESSING. In this sense it refers to the benediction of dying parents (Gen 27:4; Gen 27:7; Gen 27:10; Gen 27:19), of the priest to the people (Lev 9:22-23), of a prophet (Num 24:1; Deu 33:1). It also signifies to salute, which is connected with blessing (2Ki 4:29). In relation to God, to praise, to thank him (Deu 8:10; Psa 16:7).
The expression is also, in another form, used in reference to camels, as to make them bend the knee in order to take rest: “And he made his camels to kneel down without the city” (Gen 24:11). SEE CAMEL.
To bow the knee is to perform an act of worship (1Ki 19:18), and in this sense it is used in the Heb. in Isa 66:3; “He that worships idols” is, literally, ” He that bows the knee” to them. SEE WORSHIP. That kneeling was the posture of prayer we learn from 2Ch 6:13; Dan 6:10; Luk 22:41; Act 7:60; Ephesians 3,14. SEE PRAYER.
Knees are sometimes put symbolically for persons, as in Job 4:4; Heb 12:12 (Wemyss). SEE KNEEL.
For the peculiar term in Gen 41:43 (see Reineccius, De nomine , W Veissenf. 1726), see ABRECI.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Knee
“a knee” (Latin, genu), is used (a) metaphorically in Heb 12:12, where the duty enjoined is that of “courageous self-recovery in God’s strength;” (b) literally, of the attitude of a suppliant, Luk 5:8; Eph 3:14; of veneration, Rom 11:4; Rom 14:11; Phi 2:10; in mockery, Mar 15:19. See KNEEL.
Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words
Knee
Isa 45:23 (a) A type of submission to CHRIST in the day of His power. (See also Php 2:10).
Eze 47:4 (b) The Holy Spirit affects our life of devotion.
Heb 12:12 (b) This is a picture of the weak, depressed and distressed Christian.