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Adore

To worship; to express reverence and homage. This unified study connects 6 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
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  • Historical Reference: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
  • Historical Reference: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
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Subject type
Practice
Strong’s
H7812, G4352
Hebrew
שָׁחָה · shâchâh
Greek
προσκυνέω · proskynéō

Strong’s and original-language information

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

שָׁחָה

H7812
Transliteration
shâchâh
Pronunciation
shaw-khaw'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
172

Glosses

bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship.

Lexicon definition

to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

προσκυνέω

G4352
Transliteration
proskynéō
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
60

Glosses

worship

Lexicon definition

to fawn or crouch to, i.e. (literally or figuratively) prostrate oneself in homage (do reverence to, adore)

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping

שָׁחָה

H7812
Transliteration
shâchâh
Pronunciation
shaw-khaw'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
172

Glosses

bow down, bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship.

Lexicon definition

to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

προσκυνέω

G4352
Transliteration
proskuneō
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:V
Indexed occurrences
60

Glosses

to worship, worship

Lexicon definition

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)

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Adore

To worship; to express reverence and homage. The forms of adoration among the Jews were putting off the shoes (Ex. 3:5; Josh. 5:15), and prostration (Gen. 17:3; Ps. 95:6; Isa. 44:15, 17, 19; 46:6). To "kiss the Son" in Ps. 2:12 is to adore and worship him. (See Dan. 3:5, 6.) The word itself does not occur in Scripture.

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Adore

Indexed occurrences: 2

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Ancient Context1 items

Josephus Antiquities Whiston

Concerning Sanballat And Manasseh, And The Temple Which They Built On Mount Gerizzim; As Also How Alexander Made His Entry Into The City Jerusalem, And What Benefits He Bestowed On The Jews.

Antiquities Book 11, Chapter 8

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Dictionary

Adore

To worship; to express reverence and homage. The forms of adoration among the Jews were putting off the shoes (Ex. 3:5; Josh. 5:15), and prostration (Gen. 17:3; Ps. 95:6; Isa. 44:15, 17, 19; 46:6). To "kiss the Son" in Ps. 2:12 is to adore and worship him. (See Dan. 3:5, 6.) The word itself does not occur in Scripture.

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