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Words
προσκυνέω G4352
- Home gloss
- bow down
- Instead of (KJV / RSV)
- bowed himself / bowed himself / did obeisance
- Note
- Bow down, prostrate oneself, of homage to a person (18:2; 23:7) and of worship of God (Matt 4:10; John 4:20–24; Rev 22:8–9), where the expected English is "worship": the one word never decides whether a bowing was worship (Matt 2:11; 28:9)
- Rulings
- 2, 46, 146
Occurrences (10)
- 18:2 Now, having looked up with his eyes, he saw, and look, three men were standing over him. And having seen, he ran up to a meeting with them from the door of his tent, and bowed down upon the land,
- 19:1 Now the two messengers came to Sodom in the evening; now Lot was sitting by the gate of Sodom. Now Lot, having seen, rose to a meeting with them, and bowed down with the face to the land;
- 22:5 And Abraham said to his servants, "Sit down here with the donkey, but I and the little child will go through as far as here; and having bowed down, let us come back to you."
- 23:7 Now Abraham, having risen, bowed down to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth.
- 23:12 And Abraham bowed down before the people of the land.
- 24:26 And being well pleased, the human bowed down to the Lord, and said,
- 24:48 And being well pleased, I bowed down to the Lord, and I blessed the Lord, the God of my lord Abraham, who prospered me in a way of truth, to take the daughter of the brother of my lord for his son.
- 24:52 Now it came to be, when the servant of Abraham heard these words, that he bowed down upon the land to the Lord.
- 27:29 And let nations be slaves to you,and rulers shall bow down to you.And come to be lord of your brother,and the sons of your father shall bow down to you.The one cursing you, accursed;but the one blessing you, blessed."
- 27:29 And let nations be slaves to you,and rulers shall bow down to you.And come to be lord of your brother,and the sons of your father shall bow down to you.The one cursing you, accursed;but the one blessing you, blessed."