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Lexicon :: Strong's G4352 - proskyneō

Aa
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 - And he lifted up his eyes and beheld, and lo! three men stood before him; and having seen them he ran to meet them from the door of his tent, and did obeisance to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:1 - And the two angels came to Sodom at evening. And Lot sat by the gate of Sodom, and Lot having seen them, rose up to meet them, and he worshipped with his face to the ground, and said,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:5 - And Abraam said to his servants, Sit ye here with the ass, and I and the lad will proceed thus far, and having worshipped we will return to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:7 - And Abraam rose up and did obeisance to the people of the land, to the sons of Chet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:12 - And Abraam did obeisance before the people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:26 - And the man being well pleased, worshipped the Lord,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:48

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:48 - And being well-pleased I worshipped the Lord, and I blessed the Lord the God of my master Abraam, who has prospered me in a true way, so that I should take the daughter of my master's brother for his son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:52

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:52 - And it came to pass when the servant of Abraam heard these words, he bowed himself to the Lord down to the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29 - And let nations serve thee, and princes bow down to thee, and be thou lord of thy brother, and the sons of thy father shall do thee reverence; accursed is he that curses thee, and blessed is he that blesses thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:3 - But he advanced himself before them, and did reverence to the ground seven times, until he drew near to his brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:6 - And the maid-servants and their children drew near and did reverence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:7 - And Lea and her children drew near and did reverence; and after this drew near Rachel and Joseph, and did reverence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:7 - I thought ye were binding sheaves in the middle of the field, and my sheaf stood up and was erected, and your sheaves turned round, and did obeisance to my sheaf.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:9 - And he [fn]dreamed another dream, and related it to his father, and to his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed another dream: as it were the sun, and the moon, and the eleven stars did me reverence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:10 - And his father rebuked him, and said to him, What is this dream which thou hast dreamed? shall indeed both I and thy mother and thy brethren come and bow before thee to the earth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:6 - And Joseph was ruler of the land; he sold to all the people of the land. And the brethren of Joseph, having come, did reverence to him, bowing with the face to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:26 - And Joseph entered into the house, and they brought him the gifts which they had in their hands, into the house; and they did him reverence with their face to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:28 - And they said, Thy servant our father is well; he is yet alive. And he said, Blessed be that man by God;—and they bowed, and did him reverence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:31 - And he said, Swear to me; and he swore to him. And Israel did reverence, leaning on the top of his staff.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:12 - And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and they did reverence to him, with their face to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:8 - Juda, thy brethren have praised thee, and thy hands shall be on the back of thine enemies; thy father's sons shall do thee reverence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:31 - And the people believed and rejoiced, because God visited the children of Israel, and because he saw their affliction: and the people bowed and worshipped.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:27 - that ye shall say to them, This passover is a sacrifice to the Lord, as he defended the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, but delivered our houses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:7 - And Moses went forth to meet his father-in-law, and did him reverence, and kissed him, and they embraced each other, and he brought them into the tent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:5 - Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor serve them; for I am the Lord thy God, a jealous God, recompensing the sins of the fathers upon the children, to the third and fourth generation to them that hate me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:24 - Thou shalt not worship their gods, nor serve them: thou shalt not do according to their works, but shalt utterly destroy them, and break to pieces their pillars.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:1 - And to Moses he said, Go up to the Lord, thou and Aaron and Nadab and Abiud, and seventy of the elders of Israel: and they shall worship the Lord from a distance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:8 - they have quickly gone out of the way which thou commandedst; they have made for themselves a calf, and worshipped it, and sacrificed to it, and said, These are thy gods, O Israel, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:10 - And all the people saw the pillar of the cloud standing by the door of the tabernacle, and all the people stood and worshipped every one at the door of his tent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:8 - And Moses hasted, and bowed to the earth and worshipped;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:14 - For ye shall not worship strange gods, for the Lord God, a jealous name, is a jealous God;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:1 - I am the Lord your God: ye shall not make to yourselves gods made with hands, or graven; neither shall ye rear up a pillar for yourselves, neither shall ye set up a stone for an object in your land to worship it: I am the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:31 - And God opened the eyes of Balaam, and he sees the angel of the Lord withstanding him in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand, and he stooped down and worshipped on his face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:2 - And they called them to the sacrifices of their idols; and the people ate of their sacrifices, and worshipped their idols.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:19 - and lest having looked up to the sky, and having seen the sun and the moon and the stars, and all the [fn]heavenly bodies, thou shouldest go astray and worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God has distributed to all the nations under heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:9 - Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor shalt thou serve them; for I am the Lord thy God, a jealous God, visiting the sins of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation to them that hate me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:19 - And it shall come to pass if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and shouldest go after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall surely perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:16 - take heed to thyself that thy heart be not [fn]puffed up, and ye transgress, and serve other gods, and worship them:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:3 - and they should go and serve other gods, and worship them, the sun, or the moon, or any of the host of heaven, which he commanded thee not to do,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:10 - And now, behold, I have brought the first of the fruits of the land, which thou gavest me, O Lord, a land flowing with milk and honey: and thou shalt leave it before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt worship before the Lord thy God;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:26 - (LXX 29:25) and they went and served other gods, which they knew not, neither did he assign them to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:17 - But if thy heart change, and thou wilt not hearken, and thou shalt go astray and worship other gods, and serve them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:43

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:43 - Rejoice, ye heavens, with him, and let all the angels of God worship him; [fn] rejoice ye Gentiles, with his people, and let all the sons of God strengthen themselves in him; for he will avenge the blood of his sons, and he will render vengeance, and recompense justice to his enemies, and will reward them that hate him; and the Lord shall purge the land of his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:7 - that ye go not in among these nations that are left; and the names of their gods shall not be named among you, neither shall ye serve them, neither shall ye bow down to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:16 - when ye transgress the covenant of the Lord our God, which he has charged us, and go and serve other gods, and bow down to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:2 - And ye shall make no covenant with them that dwell in this land, neither shall ye worship their gods; but ye shall destroy their graven images, ye shall pull down their altars: but ye hearkened not to my voice, for ye did these things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:12 - And they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and walked after other gods, of the gods of the nations round about them; and they worshipped them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:17 - for they went a whoring after other gods, and worshipped them; and they turned quickly out of the way in which their fathers walked to hearken to the words of the Lord; they did not so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:19 - And it came to pass when the judge died, that they went back, and again corrupted themselves worse than their fathers to go after other gods to serve them and to worship them: they abandoned not their devices nor their stubborn ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:19 - And Gedeon went in, and prepared a kid of the goats, and an ephah of fine flour unleavened; and he put the flesh in the basket, and poured the broth into the pot, and brought them forth to him under the turpentine tree, and drew nigh.

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