proskuneō (to worship)

Meaning

Usually translated “worshiped”, “worship” and “worshiping”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

worshiped 7
to worship 6
they worshiped 6
worshiping 5
they will worship 4
worship 3
will worship 3
do worship 3

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Revelation 22
Matthew 13
John 7
Acts 4
Luke 3
Mark 2

8 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

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.

All 54 verses, by book

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

Greek dictionary

προσκυνέω proskuneō · to worship

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, …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “worship” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

WORSHIP, noun

[See Worth.]

Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness.
A title of honor, used in addresses to certain magistrates and other of respectable character.
A term of ironical respect.
Chiefly and eminently, the act of paying divine honors to the Supreme Being; or the reverence and homage paid to him in religious exercises, consisting in adoration, confession, prayer, thanksgiving and the like.

All definitions and other forms of “worship”

The homage paid to idols or false gods by pagans; as the worship or Isis.
Honor; respect; civil deference.“Then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee” Luke 14:10
Idolatry of lovers; obsequious or submissive respect.

WORSHIP, verb transitive

To adore; to pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect and veneration.“Thou shalt worship no other God” Exodus 34:14
To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence.
To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission; as a lover.

WORSHIP, verb intransitive

To perform acts of adoration.
To perform religious service.“Our fathers worshiped in this mountain” John 4:20

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.