Words the Bible translates as worship
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 10 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- avadעָבַדto serve: to do directed labor on behalf of someone or something, whether working the soil, laboring for a master, or worshiping a god.
- proskuneōπροσκυνέωto bow down before someone in reverent homage: to worship
- shaḥahשָׁחָהto bow down low before someone, lowering the body to the ground in homage or worship
- latreuōλατρεύωto render the religious service a creature owes to a god: to worship, to serve God
- therapeuōθεραπεύωto heal: to restore a sick or injured person to health
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- to serve: to wait on someone and attend to their needs
- sebomaiσέβομαιto worship: to hold a god in awe and give that god one's settled devotion
- latreiaλατρείαthe religious service owed to God: whether the whole worship he appointed for his people or a single act of devotion rendered to him
- segidסְגִדto go down to the ground in front of someone as an act of reverence: to prostrate oneself before a god, an image, or a superior
- pelaḥפְּלַחto render service to someone: the work and loyalty a person owes to a god, a sanctuary, or a sovereign
- sebazomaiσεβάζομαιto worshipnot studied yet
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