προσκυνέω
proskuneō (G4352)
to worship
AI Word Study
The Greek word "proskuneō" (G4352) is a verb that means "to worship." It is used 60 times in the Bible, indicating its significance in the text. In its most basic sense, "proskuneō" involves the act of showing reverence or homage to a person or thing, often accompanied by physical actions such as bowing or prostrating oneself. The range of usage for "proskuneō" is broad, encompassing various contexts such as worshiping God (e.g., Matthew 2:2, 8; 14:33), worshiping idols (e.g., Matthew 4:9-10), and even paying homage to human authorities (e.g., Matthew 2:2). This versatility suggests that the concept of worship is multifaceted and can be applied in different ways depending on the context. The significance of "proskuneō" lies in its association with the idea of reverence and submission. In the biblical context, worshiping God is not just a matter of external actions, but also involves a deep sense of devotion and surrender to His will. By examining the usage of "proskuneō," we can gain a better understanding of the importance of worship in the biblical narrative and its implications for our relationships with God and others.
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“Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him.”
He sent them to Bethlehem, and said, “Go and search diligently for the young child. When you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and worship him.”
They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
He said to him, “I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship me.”
Then Jesus said to him, “Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’ ”
Behold, a leper came to him and worshiped him, saying, “Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean.”
While he told these things to them, behold, a ruler came and worshiped him, saying, “My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.”
Those who were in the boat came and worshiped him, saying, “You are truly the Son of God!”
The servant therefore fell down and knelt before him, saying, ‘Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!’
Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him.
As they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, “Rejoice!” They came and took hold of his feet, and worshiped him.
When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and bowed down to him,
They struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and bowing their knees, did homage to him.
If you therefore will worship before me, it will all be yours.”
Jesus answered him, “Get behind me Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’ ”
Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.”
Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father.
You worship that which you don’t know. We worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.
But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshipers.
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
He said, “Lord, I believe!” and he worshiped him.
Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the feast.
You took up the tabernacle of Moloch, the star of your god Rephan, the figures which you made to worship. I will carry you away beyond Babylon.’
He arose and went; and behold, there was a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship.
When Peter entered, Cornelius met him, fell down at his feet, and worshiped him.
seeing that you can verify that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem.
And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed. So he will fall down on his face and worship God, declaring that God is among you indeed.
When he again brings in the firstborn into the world he says, “Let all the angels of God worship him.”
By faith, Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.
Behold, I give some of the synagogue of Satan, of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but lie—behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.
the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives forever and ever, and throw their crowns before the throne, saying,
The four living creatures said, “Amen!” Then the elders fell down and worshiped.
All the angels were standing around the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before his throne, and worshiped God,
The rest of mankind, who were not killed with these plagues, didn’t repent of the works of their hands, that they wouldn’t worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood; which can’t see, hear, or walk.
A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it.
The twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God’s throne, fell on their faces and worshiped God,
They worshiped the dragon, because he gave his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?”
All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.
He exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence. He makes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed.
It was given to him to give breath to it, to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause as many as wouldn’t worship the image of the beast to be killed.
He said with a loud voice, “Fear the Lord, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and the springs of waters!”
Another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a great voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead, or on his hand,
The smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. They have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.
Who wouldn’t fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you only are holy. For all the nations will come and worship before you. For your righteous acts have been revealed.”
The first went, and poured out his bowl into the earth, and it became a harmful and evil sore on the people who had the mark of the beast, and who worshiped his image.
The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying, “Amen! Hallelujah!”
I fell down before his feet to worship him. He said to me, “Look! Don’t do it! I am a fellow bondservant with you and with your brothers who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy.”
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