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    Worship (Proskuneō)

    προσκυνέω (proskuneō)

    To bow down, kiss toward — reverent adoration and submission before God.

    Greek
    Pronunciation: pros-koo-NEH-oh

    Definition

    Proskuneō is the Greek word for worship, meaning to bow down or prostrate oneself in reverent adoration. It pictures a subject falling before a king — total submission, honor, and love directed toward God.

    Featured KJV occurrences (3)

    John 4:24

    “God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.”
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    Revelation 4:10

    “The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever.”
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    Matthew 4:10

    “Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.”
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