Strong G4352προσκυνέω
to worship
- Transliteration
- proskuneō
- Pronunciation
- pros-koo-neh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
προσ-κυνέω, -ῶ
(κυνέω, to kiss), [in LXX chiefly for שָׁחָה hith.;]
to make obeisance, do reverence to, worship;
__(a) prop. (as in cl., of the gods: Hdt., Æsch., Plat., al.), of God, Christ and supra-mundane beings: absol., Jhn.4:20 12:20, Act.8:27 24:11, Heb.11:21 (Westc., in l), Rev.11:1; πίπτειν καὶ π., Rev.5:14; with dative (of the significance of this constr. as compared with the usual cl., with accusative, see Abbott, JG, 78 f.; JV, 133 ff.), Jhn.4:21, 23, Act.7:43, 1Co.14:25, Heb.1:6, Rev.4:10 7:11 11:16 13:4, 15 14:7 16:2 19:4, 10 19:20 22:8-9; with accusative (see supr.), Mat.4:10, Luk.4:8 24:52 (WH, R, mg., om.), Jhn.4:22, 24, Rev.9:20 13:4, 8 13:12 14:9, 11 20:4; Seq. ἐπώπιον, Luk.4:7, Rev.15:4;
__(b) as in cl., of homage to human superiors (cf. MM, xxi): absol., Mat.20:20, Act.10:25; with dative (see supr.), Mat.2:2, 8 8:2 9:18 14:33 15:25 18:26 28:9, Mrk.15:19, Jhn.9:38; πεσὼν., Mat.2:11 4:9; ἐνώπιον τ. ποδῶν, Rev.3:9; with accusative, Mrk.5:6 (dative T).†
(AS)
(κυνέω, to kiss), [in LXX chiefly for שָׁחָה hith.;]
to make obeisance, do reverence to, worship;
__(a) prop. (as in cl., of the gods: Hdt., Æsch., Plat., al.), of God, Christ and supra-mundane beings: absol., Jhn.4:20 12:20, Act.8:27 24:11, Heb.11:21 (Westc., in l), Rev.11:1; πίπτειν καὶ π., Rev.5:14; with dative (of the significance of this constr. as compared with the usual cl., with accusative, see Abbott, JG, 78 f.; JV, 133 ff.), Jhn.4:21, 23, Act.7:43, 1Co.14:25, Heb.1:6, Rev.4:10 7:11 11:16 13:4, 15 14:7 16:2 19:4, 10 19:20 22:8-9; with accusative (see supr.), Mat.4:10, Luk.4:8 24:52 (WH, R, mg., om.), Jhn.4:22, 24, Rev.9:20 13:4, 8 13:12 14:9, 11 20:4; Seq. ἐπώπιον, Luk.4:7, Rev.15:4;
__(b) as in cl., of homage to human superiors (cf. MM, xxi): absol., Mat.20:20, Act.10:25; with dative (see supr.), Mat.2:2, 8 8:2 9:18 14:33 15:25 18:26 28:9, Mrk.15:19, Jhn.9:38; πεσὼν., Mat.2:11 4:9; ἐνώπιον τ. ποδῶν, Rev.3:9; with accusative, Mrk.5:6 (dative T).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4352 appears in 54 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- worship56
- have1
- let1
- should1
- will1
- ye1
First verses
- Matthew 2:2Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
- Matthew 2:8And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
- Matthew 2:11And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
- Matthew 4:9And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
- Matthew 4:10Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
- Matthew 8:2And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
- Matthew 9:18While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
- Matthew 14:33Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.
- Matthew 15:25Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
- Matthew 18:26The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
- Matthew 20:20Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.
- Matthew 28:9And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.
- Matthew 28:17And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.
- Mark 5:6But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,
- Mark 15:19And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.
- Luke 4:7If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
- Luke 4:8And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
- Luke 24:52And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:
- John 4:20Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
- John 4:21Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
προσκῠν-έω,
future -ήσω[Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 32 (tmesis), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 469a)]: aorist προσεκύνησα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.3.18; poetry προσέκῠσα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 640, _imperative_ πρόσκυσον [prev. work] 156, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 776)], infinitive -κύσαι [Refs ([prev. work] 657)], participle -κύσας [Refs ([prev. work] 533, 1408 (troch.))]: perfect -κεκύνηκα[LXX+1st c.BC+ (LXX.Exo.32.8, “OGI” 196.2 (Egypt, 1st c.BC))]:—passive, present infinitive προσκυνεῖσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1021)]: aorist προσεκυνήθην [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 4.11.9)]:— make obeisance to the gods or their images, fall down and worship, with accusative, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121, etc.; γῆν τε π. ἅμα καὶ τὸν θεῶν Ὄλυμπον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1654, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 499, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 156: proverbial, οἱ -κυνοῦντες τὴν Ἀδράστειαν σοφοί)], of deprecating the wrath of Nemesis, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 936, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 451a; τὸν φθόνον δὲ πρόσκυσον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 776; στεῖχε προσκύσας χθόνα, to avert divine wrath, [prev. work] 1408 (troch.))]; of sacred places, do reverence to, πατρῷα ἕδη θεῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “El.” 1374; τὰς θήκας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 469b; τὴν θόλον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.314: _absolutely_, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 640.)]
2 especially of the Oriental fashion of prostrating oneself before kings and superiors, absolutely, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.119, 8.118: with _accusative_, π. τὸν Δαρεῖον)] make obeisance to him, [Refs ([prev. author] 3.86)]; προσκυνεῖν διδάσκονται τὸν βασιλέα [οἱ ἐλέφαντες] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 630b20)]; προσπίπτων π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.134, compare 7.136; πάντες σε προσκυνοῦμεν οἵδ᾽ ἱκτήριοι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 327)]; προσκυνῶ σ᾽, ἄναξ, προσπίτνων [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1507 (troch.), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.3.18, 8.3.14, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 27, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus [same place], etc.; κύψας ὁ λαὸς προσεκύνησεν LXX.Exo.12.27)]; οὐδένα ἄνθρωπον δεσπότην ἀλλὰ τοὺς θεοὺς π. [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.13; π. τοὺς ὑβρίζοντας ὥσπερ ἐν τοῖς βαρβάροις 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.106: ironically, π. τινὰ ὡς ἱερὸν καὶ θαυμαστόν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 398a: later with _dative_, LXX.Gen.24.26, +others, NT.Matt.2.2, 11, NT.John.4.23, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 67.13; τῳ θεῷ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 9.13.2)]. (Orig. perhaps throw a kiss to the god,[Refs 4th c.AD+ (compare 4th c.AD(?): Apuleius Scriptor Botanicus “Met.” 4.28: the gesture is probably represented in Sumerian and Babylonian art monuments.))]
II later, kiss, σοῦ -ήσω τὴν χεῖρα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 423.15 (2nd c.AD))]; τὸ πρόσωπον, τὴν ὄψιν, τοὺς πόδας, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PLond.” 3.1244.4 (4th c.AD), “PGiss.” 22.5 (2nd c.AD), “PGen.” 91.6 (6th-7th c.AD).)]
II.2 greet, σπουδάζουσα -ῆσαί σε (by letter) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 615.8 (2nd c.AD))]; ἔλθω πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἵνα ὑμᾶς -ήσω διὰ πολλοῦ χρόνου [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PLips.” 110.19 (3rd-4th c.AD),compare “PGiss.” 17.11 (2nd c.AD).)]
II.3 welcome respectfully, respect, προσεκύνησά σου τὰ γράμματα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 237 vi 37 (2nd c.AD),compare “PTeb.” 286.22 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]; τὴν θείαν ἀντιγραφὴν ὑπὸ πάντων προσκυνουμένην [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“OGI” 262.27 (Baetocaece, 3rd c.AD).)]
future -ήσω[Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 32 (tmesis), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 469a)]: aorist προσεκύνησα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.3.18; poetry προσέκῠσα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 640, _imperative_ πρόσκυσον [prev. work] 156, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 776)], infinitive -κύσαι [Refs ([prev. work] 657)], participle -κύσας [Refs ([prev. work] 533, 1408 (troch.))]: perfect -κεκύνηκα[LXX+1st c.BC+ (LXX.Exo.32.8, “OGI” 196.2 (Egypt, 1st c.BC))]:—passive, present infinitive προσκυνεῖσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1021)]: aorist προσεκυνήθην [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 4.11.9)]:— make obeisance to the gods or their images, fall down and worship, with accusative, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121, etc.; γῆν τε π. ἅμα καὶ τὸν θεῶν Ὄλυμπον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1654, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 499, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 156: proverbial, οἱ -κυνοῦντες τὴν Ἀδράστειαν σοφοί)], of deprecating the wrath of Nemesis, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 936, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 451a; τὸν φθόνον δὲ πρόσκυσον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 776; στεῖχε προσκύσας χθόνα, to avert divine wrath, [prev. work] 1408 (troch.))]; of sacred places, do reverence to, πατρῷα ἕδη θεῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “El.” 1374; τὰς θήκας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 469b; τὴν θόλον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.314: _absolutely_, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 640.)]
2 especially of the Oriental fashion of prostrating oneself before kings and superiors, absolutely, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.119, 8.118: with _accusative_, π. τὸν Δαρεῖον)] make obeisance to him, [Refs ([prev. author] 3.86)]; προσκυνεῖν διδάσκονται τὸν βασιλέα [οἱ ἐλέφαντες] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 630b20)]; προσπίπτων π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.134, compare 7.136; πάντες σε προσκυνοῦμεν οἵδ᾽ ἱκτήριοι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 327)]; προσκυνῶ σ᾽, ἄναξ, προσπίτνων [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1507 (troch.), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.3.18, 8.3.14, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 27, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus [same place], etc.; κύψας ὁ λαὸς προσεκύνησεν LXX.Exo.12.27)]; οὐδένα ἄνθρωπον δεσπότην ἀλλὰ τοὺς θεοὺς π. [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.13; π. τοὺς ὑβρίζοντας ὥσπερ ἐν τοῖς βαρβάροις 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.106: ironically, π. τινὰ ὡς ἱερὸν καὶ θαυμαστόν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 398a: later with _dative_, LXX.Gen.24.26, +others, NT.Matt.2.2, 11, NT.John.4.23, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 67.13; τῳ θεῷ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 9.13.2)]. (Orig. perhaps throw a kiss to the god,[Refs 4th c.AD+ (compare 4th c.AD(?): Apuleius Scriptor Botanicus “Met.” 4.28: the gesture is probably represented in Sumerian and Babylonian art monuments.))]
II later, kiss, σοῦ -ήσω τὴν χεῖρα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 423.15 (2nd c.AD))]; τὸ πρόσωπον, τὴν ὄψιν, τοὺς πόδας, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PLond.” 3.1244.4 (4th c.AD), “PGiss.” 22.5 (2nd c.AD), “PGen.” 91.6 (6th-7th c.AD).)]
II.2 greet, σπουδάζουσα -ῆσαί σε (by letter) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 615.8 (2nd c.AD))]; ἔλθω πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἵνα ὑμᾶς -ήσω διὰ πολλοῦ χρόνου [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PLips.” 110.19 (3rd-4th c.AD),compare “PGiss.” 17.11 (2nd c.AD).)]
II.3 welcome respectfully, respect, προσεκύνησά σου τὰ γράμματα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 237 vi 37 (2nd c.AD),compare “PTeb.” 286.22 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]; τὴν θείαν ἀντιγραφὴν ὑπὸ πάντων προσκυνουμένην [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“OGI” 262.27 (Baetocaece, 3rd c.AD).)]