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The New Testament Greek Lexicon

 Strong's Number:  4352 encodedOriginalWord
Original WordWord Origin
 προσκυνέω  from (4314) and a probable derivative of (2965) (meaning to kiss, like a dog licking his master's hand)
Transliterated WordPhonetic Spelling
 proskyneō pros-koo-neh'-o
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Parts of SpeechTDNT
 Verb 6:758,948
 Definition
 
  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
 Translated Words
 KJV (60) - worship, 60;

NAS (60) - bow down, 1; bow down before, 1; bowed down, 1; bowed down before, 2; bowing before, 1; bowing down, 1; prostrated himself before, 1; worship, 32; worshiped, 17; worshipers, 1; worshiping, 1; worships, 1;

 Verse Count
KJVNAS
 
Matthew13
Mark2
Luke3
John7
Acts4
1 Corinthians1
Hebrews2
Revelation22
 
Matthew13
Mark2
Luke3
John7
Acts4
1 Corinthians1
Hebrews2
Revelation22
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Abbreviations Legend:
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament;

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The New Testament Greek Lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries. Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. http://www.lockman.org/.

Bibliography Information
Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Proskuneo". "The New Testament Greek Lexicon".
<http://www.searchgodsword.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=4352>.  

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