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Lexicon :: Strong's G4352 - proskyneō

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προσκυνέω
Transliteration
proskyneō (Key)
Pronunciation
pros-koo-neh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From πρός (G4314) and a probable derivative of κύων (G2965) (meaning to kiss, like a dog licking his master's hand)
mGNT
60x in 24 unique form(s) TR
60x in 25 unique form(s) LXX
179x in 33 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:758,948

Strong’s Definitions

προσκυνέω proskynéō, pros-koo-neh'-o; from G4314 and a probable derivative of G2965 (meaning to kiss, like a dog licking his master's hand); to fawn or crouch to, i.e. (literally or figuratively) prostrate oneself in homage (do reverence to, adore):—worship.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 60x

The KJV translates Strong's G4352 in the following manner: worship (60x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 60x
The KJV translates Strong's G4352 in the following manner: worship (60x).

  1. to kiss the hand to (towards) one, in token of reverence

  2. among the Orientals, esp. the Persians, to fall upon the knees and touch the ground with the forehead as an expression of profound reverence

  3. in the NT by kneeling or prostration to do homage (to one) or make obeisance, whether in order to express respect or to make supplication

    1. used of homage shown to men and beings of superior rank

      1. to the Jewish high priests

      2. to God

      3. to Christ

      4. to heavenly beings

      5. to demons

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
προσκυνέω proskynéō, pros-koo-neh'-o; from G4314 and a probable derivative of G2965 (meaning to kiss, like a dog licking his master's hand); to fawn or crouch to, i.e. (literally or figuratively) prostrate oneself in homage (do reverence to, adore):—worship.
STRONGS G4352:
προσκυνέω, προσκύνω; imperfect προσεκύνουν; future προσκυνήσω; 1 aorist προσεκύνησα; from Aeschylus and Herodotus down; the Sept. very often for הִשְׁתַּחֲוָה (to prostrate oneself); properly, to kiss the hand to (toward) one, in token of reverence: Herodotus 1, 134; (cf. K. F. Hermann, Gottesdienstl. Alterthümer d. Griech. § 21; especially Hoelemann, Die Biblical Gestalt. d. Anbetung in his 'Bibelstudien' i., 106ff); hence, among the Orientals, especially the Persians, to fall upon the knees and touch the ground with the forehead as an expression of profound reverence ("to make a 'salam'"); Latin veneror (Nepos, Conon. 3, 3), adoro (Pliny, h. n. 28, 5, 25; Suetonius, Vitell. 2); hence, in the N. T. by kneeling or prostration to do homage (to one) or make obeisance, whether in order to express respect or to make supplication. It is used
a. of homage shown to men of superior rank: absolutely, Matthew 20:20 (the Jewish high-priests are spoken of in Josephus, b. j. 4, 5, 2 as προσκυνούμενοι); πεσών ἐπί τούς πόδας προσεκύνησεν, Acts 10:25; τίνι (according to the usage of later writings; cf. Winers Grammar, 36, 210 (197); (Buttmann, § 131, 4); Lob. ad Phryn., p. 463), Matthew 2:2, 8; Matthew 8:2; Matthew 9:18; Matthew 14:33; Matthew 15:25; (Matthew 18:26); Matthew 28:9,17 (R G); Mark 5:6 (here WH Tr marginal reading have the accusative); Mark 15:19; John 9:38; with πεσών preceding, Matthew 2:11; Matthew 4:9; ἐνώπιον τῶν ποδῶν τίνος, Revelation 3:9; (it may perhaps be mentioned that some would bring in here Hebrews 11:21 προσεκύνησεν ἐπί τό ἄκρον τῆς ῤάβδου αὐτοῦ, explaining it by the (Egyptian) custom of bowing upon the magistrate's staff of office in taking an oath; cf. Chabas, Melanges Egypt. III. i., p. 80, cf. p. 91f; but see below).
b. of homage rendered to God and the ascended Christ, to heavenly beings, and to demons: absolutely (our to worship) (cf. Winer's Grammar, 593 (552)), John 4:20; John 12:20; Acts 8:27; Acts 24:11; Hebrews 11:21 (cf. above); Revelation 11:1; πίπτειν καί προσκυνεῖν, Revelation 5:14; τίνι, John 4:21, 23; Acts 7:43; Hebrews 1:6; Revelation 4:10; Revelation 7:11; Revelation 11:16; Revelation 14:7; Revelation 16:2; Revelation 19:4, 20; Revelation 22:8; Revelation 13:4 G L T Tr WH (twice (the 2nd time WH text only)); Rev. 13:15 G T Tr WH text; Revelation 20:4 Rec.; πεσών ἐπί πρόσωπον προσκυνήσει τῷ Θεῷ, 1 Corinthians 14:25; πίπτειν ἐπί τά πρόσωπα καί προσκυνεῖν τῷ Θεῷ, Revelation 11:16; preceded by πίπτειν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ποδῶν τίνος, Revelation 19:10. in accordance with the usage of the older and better writings with τινα or τί (cf. Matthiae, § 412): Matthew 4:10; Luke 4:8; Revelation 9:20; Revelation 13:12; Revelation 14:9, 11; also Revelation 13:4 (Rec. twice; (WH marginal reading once)), 8 (where Rec. dative), 15 R L WH marginal reading; 20:4a (where Rec. dative), 4b (where Relz dative); Luke 24:52 R G L Tr brackets WH reject; (the Sept. also connects the word far more frequent with the dative than with the accusative (cf. Hoelemann as above, p. 116ff)); ἐνώπιον τίνος, Luke 4:7; Revelation 15:4.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
2:2; 2:8; 2:11; 4:9; 4:10; 8:2; 9:18; 14:33; 15:25; 18:26; 20:20; 28:9; 28:17
Mark
5:6; 15:19
Luke
4:7; 4:8; 24:52
John
4:20; 4:21; 4:23; 9:38; 12:20
Acts
7:43; 8:27; 10:25; 24:11
1 Corinthians
14:25
Hebrews
1:6; 11:21; 11:21
Revelation
3:9; 4:10; 5:14; 7:11; 9:20; 11:1; 11:16; 11:16; 13:4; 13:4; 13:12; 13:15; 14:7; 14:9; 14:11; 15:4; 16:2; 19:4; 19:10; 19:20; 20:4; 22:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4352 matches the Greek προσκυνέω (proskyneō),
which occurs 179 times in 172 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 18:2–Jdg 6:19)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:2 - When he lifted up his eyes and looked, behold, three men were standing opposite him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed himself to the earth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:1 - Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening as Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and [fn]bowed down with his face to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:5 - Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey, and I and the lad will go over there; and we will worship and return to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:7 - So Abraham rose and bowed to the people of the land, the sons of Heth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:12 - And Abraham bowed before the people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:26 - Then the man bowed low and worshiped the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:48

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:48 - “And I bowed low and worshiped the LORD, and blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who had guided me in the right way to take the daughter of my master’s [fn]kinsman for his son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:52

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:52 - When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed himself to the ground [fn]before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29 - May peoples serve you,
And nations bow down to you;
Be master of your brothers,
And may your mother’s sons bow down to you.
Cursed be those who curse you,
And blessed be those who bless you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:3 - But he himself passed on ahead of them and bowed down to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:6 - Then the maids came near [fn]with their children, and they bowed down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:7 - Leah likewise came near with her children, and they bowed down; and afterward Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:7 - for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and lo, my sheaf rose up and also stood erect; and behold, your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to my sheaf.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:9 - Now he [fn]had still another dream, and related it to his brothers, and said, “Lo, I have [fn]had still another dream; and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:10 - He related it to his father and to his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that you have [fn]had? Shall I and your mother and your brothers actually come to bow ourselves down before you to the ground?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:6 - Now Joseph was the ruler over the land; he was the one who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:26 - When Joseph came home, they brought into the house to him the present which was in their hand and bowed to the ground before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:28 - They said, “Your servant our father is well; he is still alive.” They bowed down [fn]in homage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:31 - He said, “Swear to me.” So he swore to him. Then Israel bowed in worship at the head of the bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:12 - Then Joseph [fn]took them from his knees, and bowed with his face to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:8 - “Judah, your brothers shall praise you;
Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
Your father’s sons shall bow down to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:31 - So the people believed; and when they heard that the LORD [fn]was concerned about the sons of Israel and that He had seen their affliction, then they bowed low and worshiped.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:27 - you shall say, ‘It is a Passover sacrifice to the LORD [fn]who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt when He smote the Egyptians, but [fn]spared our homes.’” And the people bowed low and worshiped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:7 - Then Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and he bowed down and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare and went into the tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:5 - “You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:24 - “You shall not worship their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their deeds; but you shall utterly overthrow them and break their sacred pillars in pieces.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:1 - Then He said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the elders of Israel, and you shall worship at a distance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:8 - “They have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them. They have made for themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped it and have sacrificed to it and said, ‘[fn]This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:10 - When all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, all the people would arise and worship, each at the entrance of his tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:8 - Moses made haste [fn]to bow low toward the earth and worship.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:14 - —for you shall not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God—

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:1 - ‘You shall not make for yourselves [fn]idols, nor shall you set up for yourselves an image or a sacred pillar, nor shall you place a figured stone in your land to bow down [fn]to it; for I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:31 - Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way with his drawn sword in his hand; and he bowed [fn]all the way to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 25:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:2 - For they invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:19 - “And beware not to lift up your eyes to heaven and see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, and be drawn away and worship them and serve them, those which the LORD your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:9 - ‘You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:19 - “It shall come about if you ever forget the LORD your God and go after other gods and serve them and worship them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:16 - “[fn]Beware that your hearts are not deceived, and that you do not turn away and serve other gods and worship them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:3 - and has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, or the sun or the moon or any of the heavenly host, which I have not commanded,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:10 - ‘Now behold, I have brought the first of the produce of the ground which You, O LORD have given me.’ And you shall set it down before the LORD your God, and worship before the LORD your God;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:26 - ‘They went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods whom they have not known and whom He had not [fn]allotted to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:17 - “But if your heart turns away and you will not obey, but are drawn away and worship other gods and serve them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:43

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:43 - “Rejoice, O nations, with His people;
For He will avenge the blood of His servants,
And will render vengeance on His adversaries,
And will atone for His land and His people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:7 - so that you will not [fn]associate with these nations, these which remain among you, or mention the name of their gods, or make anyone swear by them, or serve them, or bow down to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:16 - “When you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you will perish quickly from off the good land which He has given you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:2 - and as for you, you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall tear down their altars.’ But you have not [fn]obeyed Me; what is this you have done?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:12 - and they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods from among the gods of the peoples who were around them, and bowed themselves down to them; thus they provoked the LORD to anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:17 - Yet they did not listen to their judges, for they played the harlot after other gods and bowed themselves down to them. They turned aside quickly from the way in which their fathers had walked in obeying the commandments of the LORD; they did not do as their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:19 - But it came about when the judge died, that they would turn back and act more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them and bow down to them; they did not abandon their practices or their stubborn ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:19 - Then Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread from an [fn]ephah of flour; he put the meat in a basket [fn]and the broth in a pot, and brought them out to him under the [fn]oak and presented them.

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