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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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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 2 / 4 (Jdg 7:15–1Ch 29:20)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:15 - And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:10 - Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:3 - And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:19 - And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:36 - And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:25 - Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:30 - Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:31 - So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:41 - And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:8 - David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:23 - And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:41 - And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:14 - And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:2 - It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:6 - Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:8 - And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:20 - Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:4 - And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:22 - And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:33 - So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:5 - And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:32 - And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the mount, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:4 - Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:21 - Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:28 - And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the LORD thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:20 - And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:16 - And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:23 - And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:31 - Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:47

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:47 - And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:53

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:53 - So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:13 - And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:6 - But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:9 - And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:31 - And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:18 - Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:53

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:53 - For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:15 - And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:37 - Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:18 - In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:16 - And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:35 - With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:36 - But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:22 - But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:37 - And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:3 - For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:21 - And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:29 - Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:21 - And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:20 - And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king.

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