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προσκυνέω (proskyneo) (Greek Lexicon • G4352 • to make obeisance, do reverence to, worship): to make obeisance, do reverence to, worship. Primary meaning: to make obeisance, do reverence to, worship. Strong's: to fawn or crouch to, i.e. (literally or figuratively) prostrate oneself in homage (do reverence to, adore). Lexical nuances: to make obeisance , do reverence to , worship ; prop. (as in cl., of the gods: Hdt., Æsch., Plat., al.), of God, Christ and supra-mundane beings: absol., Jo 4:20 12:20 , Ac 8:27 24:11 , He 11:21 (Westc., in l.), Re 11:1 ; πίπτειν καὶ π. , Re 5:14 ; c. dat. (of the significance of this constr. as compared with the usual cl., c. acc., v. Abbott, JG , 78 f.; JV , 133 ff.), Jo 4:21 , 23 , Ac 7:43 ,...
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to make obeisance, do reverence to, worship
Primary meaning: to make obeisance, do reverence to, worship. Strong's: to fawn or crouch to, i.e. (literally or figuratively) prostrate oneself in homage (do reverence to, adore). Lexical nuances: to make obeisance , do reverence to , worship ; prop. (as in cl., of the gods: Hdt., Æsch., Plat., al.), of God, Christ and supra-mundane beings: absol., Jo 4:20 12:20 , Ac 8:27 24:11 , He 11:21 (Westc., in l.), Re 11:1 ; πίπτειν καὶ π. , Re 5:14 ; c. dat. (of the significance of this constr. as compared with the usual cl., c. acc., v. Abbott, JG , 78 f.; JV , 133 ff.), Jo 4:21 , 23 , Ac 7:43 ,...
Derivation: from G4314 (πρός) and a probable derivative of G2965 (κύων) (meaning to kiss, like a dog licking his master's hand);