προσκυνέω proskuneō

Greek word for “to worship” · Strong’s G4352 · used 60 times in 54 verses

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Meaning

προσ-κυνέω, -ῶ; (κυνέω, to kiss);

How it is translated

Glosses given for proskuneō in context, with how often each is used:

• worshiped 14
• worship 11
• will worship 10
• worshiping 6
• shall worship 3
• kneeling down 3
• do worship 3
• may worship 2
• worshipping 1
• bowing on his knees 1
• fell on his knees 1
• having worshiped 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

John 4 (5), Revelation 13 (4), Matthew 2 (3), Revelation 14 (3), Revelation 19 (3), Matthew 4 (2), Matthew 28 (2), Luke 4 (2), Revelation 11 (2), Revelation 22 (2)

Forms

• προσεκύνησαν 12
• προσκυνήσουσιν 7
• προσκυνοῦντας 5
• προσεκύνει 4
• προσεκύνησεν 4
• προσκυνῆσαι 3
• προσκυνεῖν 3
• προσκυνήσῃς 2
• προσκυνήσεις 2
• προσκυνήσωσιν 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with proskuneō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• πίπτω piptō “to collapse” 12
• θηρίον thērion “wild animal” 8
• ἐνώπιον enōpion “before” 8
• εἰκών eikōn “image” 6
• χάραγμα charagma “image/mark” 5
• τέσσαρες tessares “four” 5
• θρόνος thronos “throne” 5
• πρεσβύτερος presbuteros “elder” 5
• πούς pous “foot” 5
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 7
• εἴκοσι eikosi “twenty” 3
• ἰδού idou “look!” 5

Key verses

The verses using proskuneō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 2:11 — And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their…
• Matthew 4:10 — Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
• John 4:23 — But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
• Revelation 3:9 — Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy…
• 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, and cast their crowns before the throne,…
• Revelation 9:20 — And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of…
• Revelation 13:8 — And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
• Revelation 14:7 — Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and…
• Revelation 15:4 — Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made…
• Revelation 19:10 — And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus:…
• Revelation 19:20 — And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast,…
• Revelation 20:4 — And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.