Meaning
"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.