# Cim-Se-Vav — جثو (jvw)

> Occurs in 3 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/jvw

- **Meaning:** To sit upon the knees, to kneel, to fall on one's knees, stand upon the extremities of one's toes, to sit knee-to-knee with someone.
- **Derived forms:** جَاثِيَة (1) · جِثِيّ (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 68

- **Form in this verse:** جِثِيًّۭا — jithiyyan · "bent (on) knees"
  - **Grammar:** noun · noun-verb · masculine, plural · accusative case · indefinite

فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَحْشُرَنَّهُمْ وَالشَّيَاط۪ينَ ثُمَّ لَنُحْضِرَنَّهُمْ حَوْلَ جَهَنَّمَ جِثِياًّۚ

Fawarabbika lanahshurannahum washshayateenathumma lanuhdirannahum hawla jahannama jithiyya

Then, by thy Lord, will We gather them and the satans! Then will We bring them to be present round about Gehenna on bended knee;

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-68.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 72

- **Form in this verse:** جِثِيًّۭا — jithiyyan · "bent (on) knees"
  - **Grammar:** noun · noun-verb · masculine, plural · accusative case · indefinite

ثُمَّ نُنَجِّي الَّذ۪ينَ اتَّقَوْا وَنَذَرُ الظَّالِم۪ينَ ف۪يهَا جِثِياًّ

Thumma nunajjee allatheena ittaqawwanatharu aththalimeena feehajithiyya

Then will We deliver those who were in prudent fear, and leave the wrongdoers therein on bended knee.

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-72.md_

### 45. Surah Al-Jathiyah, Verse 28

- **Form in this verse:** جَاثِيَةًۭ ۚ — jāthiyatan · "kneeling"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

وَتَرٰى كُلَّ اُمَّةٍ جَاثِيَةً۠   كُلُّ اُمَّةٍ تُدْعٰٓى اِلٰى كِتَابِهَاۜ اَلْيَوْمَ تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

Watara kulla ommatin jathiyatankullu ommatin tudAAa ila kitabihaalyawma tujzawna ma kuntum taAAmaloon

And thou wilt see every community on its knees, every community called to its writ: “This day will you be rewarded for what you did!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-jathiyah/verse-28.md_

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