Berean BlueOpen the app

proskuneō G4352

προσκυνέω (proskuneō) means “to worship” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

προσκυνέω Greek · G4352 60 tagged occurrences in 54 verses

Pronunciation guide: pros-koo-neh'-o Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G4352

προσκυνέω · proskuneō · to worship

προσ-κυνέω, -ῶ (κυνέω, to kiss), [in LXX chiefly for שָׁחָה hith. ;] to make obeisance, do reverence to, worship; (a) prop. (as in cl., of the gods: Hdt., Æsch., Plat., al.), of God, Christ and supra-mundane beings: absol., Jhn.4:20 12:20, Act.8:27 24:11, Heb.11:21 (Westc., in l), Rev.11:1; πίπτειν καὶ π., Rev.5:14; with dative (of the significance of this constr. as com­pared with the usual cl., with accusative, see Abbott, JG, 78 f.; JV, 133 ff.), Jhn.4:21, 23, Act.7:43, 1Co.14:25, Heb.1:6, Rev.4:10 7:11 11:16 13:4, 15 14:7 16:2 19:4, 10 19:20 22:8-9; with accusative (see supr.), Mat.4:10, Luk.4:8 24:52 (WH, R, mg., om.), Jhn.4:22, 24, Rev.9:20 13:4, 8 13:12 14:9, 11 20:4; Seq. ἐπώπιον, Luk.4:7, Rev.15:4; (b) as in cl., of homage to human superiors (cf. MM, xxi): absol., Mat.20:20, Act.10:25; with dative (see supr.), Mat.2:2, 8 8:2 9:18 14:33 15:25 18:26 28:9, Mrk.15:19, Jhn.9:38; πεσὼν., Mat.2:11 4:9; ἐνώπιον τ. ποδῶν, Rev.3:9; with accusative, Mrk.5:6 (dative T).† (AS)

STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

Dodson Greek Lexicon

I go down on my knees to, do obeisance to, worship.

John Jeffrey Dodson · CC0

How translators render G4352

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
worship 15
worshiped 11
to worship 7
and worship 3
and knelt before 2
they worshiped 2
will worship 2
worshipers 2
and bowed 1
and knelt 1
and knelt down 1
and worshiped 1
bow down 1
fell on his knees 1
had not worshiped 1
he worshiped 1
on his knees 1
refused to worship 1
they did not stop worshiping 1
they worship 1
they worshiped him 1
to worship him 1
worships 1
you will worship 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
worship 16
worshipped 12
to worship 7
and worshipped 6
they worshipped 3
and worship 2
for to worship 2
shall worship 2
thou shalt worship 2
had 1
he will worship 1
he worshipped 1
let 1
that worshipped 1
they should 1
they that worship 1
we worship 1
which worshipped 1
wilt worship 1
worshipping 1
would 1
ye shall 1

Verses containing G4352

Page 1 of 2. 54 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Matthew 2:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    asking, “Where is the One who has been born King of the Jews? We saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.”

    Read word by word
  2. Matthew 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And sending them to Bethlehem, he said: “Go and search carefully for the Child, and when you find Him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship Him.”

    Read word by word
  3. Matthew 2:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On coming to the house, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh.

    Read word by word
  4. Matthew 4:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “All this I will give You,” he said, “if You will fall down and worship me.”

    Read word by word
  5. Matthew 4:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus told him. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”

    Read word by word
  6. Matthew 8:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Suddenly a leper came and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

    Read word by word
  7. Matthew 9:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    While Jesus was saying these things, a synagogue leader came and knelt before Him. “My daughter has just died,” he said. “But come and place Your hand on her, and she will live.”

    Read word by word
  8. Matthew 14:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then those who were in the boat worshiped Him, saying, “Truly You are the Son of God!”

    Read word by word
  9. Matthew 15:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The woman came and knelt before Him. “Lord, help me!” she said.

    Read word by word
  10. Matthew 18:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Have patience with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’

    Read word by word
  11. Matthew 20:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and knelt down to make a request of Him.

    Read word by word
  12. Matthew 28:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Suddenly Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” They came to Him, grasped His feet, and worshiped Him.

    Read word by word
  13. Matthew 28:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When they saw Him, they worshiped Him, but some doubted.

    Read word by word
  14. Mark 5:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the man saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees before Him.

    Read word by word
  15. Mark 15:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They kept striking His head with a staff and spitting on Him. And they knelt down and bowed before Him.

    Read word by word
  16. Luke 4:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So if You worship me, it will all be Yours.”

    Read word by word
  17. Luke 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”

    Read word by word
  18. Luke 24:52 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And they worshiped Him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,

    Read word by word
  19. John 4:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”

    Read word by word
  20. John 4:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

    Read word by word
  21. John 4:22 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

    Read word by word
  22. John 4:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.

    Read word by word
  23. John 4:24 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

    Read word by word
  24. John 9:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Lord, I believe,” he said. And he worshiped Jesus.

    Read word by word
  25. John 12:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.

    Read word by word
  26. Acts 7:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’

    Read word by word
  27. Acts 8:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,

    Read word by word
  28. Acts 10:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet to worship him.

    Read word by word
  29. Acts 24:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You can verify for yourself that no more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.

    Read word by word
  30. 1 Corinthians 14:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and the secrets of his heart will be made known. So he will fall facedown and worship God, proclaiming, “God is truly among you!”

    Read word by word
  31. Hebrews 1:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all God’s angels worship Him.”

    Read word by word
  32. Hebrews 11:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.

    Read word by word
  33. Revelation 3:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As for those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead, I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I love you.

    Read word by word
  34. Revelation 4:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    the twenty-four elders fall down before the One seated on the throne, and they worship Him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying:

    Read word by word
  35. Revelation 5:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.

    Read word by word
  36. Revelation 7:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And all the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. And they fell facedown before the throne and worshiped God,

    Read word by word
  37. Revelation 9:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.

    Read word by word
  38. Revelation 11:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers there.

    Read word by word
  39. Revelation 11:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God,

    Read word by word
  40. Revelation 13:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    They worshiped the dragon who had given authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can wage war against it?”

    Read word by word
  41. Revelation 13:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.

    Read word by word
  42. Revelation 13:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And this beast exercised all the authority of the first beast and caused the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose mortal wound had been healed.

    Read word by word
  43. Revelation 13:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The second beast was permitted to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship it to be killed.

    Read word by word
  44. Revelation 14:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And he said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the One who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and the springs of waters.”

    Read word by word
  45. Revelation 14:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And a third angel followed them, calling out in a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on his forehead or on his hand,

    Read word by word
  46. Revelation 14:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the smoke of their torment rises forever and ever. Day and night there is no rest for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”

    Read word by word
  47. Revelation 15:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”

    Read word by word
  48. Revelation 16:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and loathsome, malignant sores broke out on those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.

    Read word by word
  49. Revelation 19:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying: “Amen, Hallelujah!”

    Read word by word
  50. Revelation 19:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    So I fell at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who rely on the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

    Read word by word

Sources and text

Data created by www.STEPBible.org based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). STEPBible data · License.

We convert source tables to JSON, expand grammar labels and count tagged words. Greek counts use the SBL edition in TAGNT. Hebrew counts use the main reading in TAHOT, including Qere readings and restored text. Source numbering follows NRSV; alternate references appear where supplied.

Berean Standard Bible translation tables, public domain, Berean Bible. CrossWire KJV 3.1 , public domain text with Bible Foundation and KJV2003 Project tags, licensed for any purpose. Dodson Greek Lexicon , CC0. Strong’s Hebrew dictionary , Open Scriptures transcription, CC BY-SA; converted Hebrew entries retain those terms. Greek pronunciation spellings come from Strong's Greek dictionary, XML edition 1.4 , public domain.

Open in Berean Blue