Old Testament
Genesis 22:5
BSB · full verse “Stay here with the donkey,” Abraham told his servants. “The boy and I will go over there to worship, and then we will return to you.”
Original word in this verse
Context
Abraham sets out promptly, reaches the place on the third day, and tells the servants that he and Isaac will return.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Genesis 24:26
BSB · full verse Then the man bowed down and worshiped the LORD,
Original word in this verse
Context
The servant responds by bowing and thanking God for kindness and faithfulness toward Abraham.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Genesis 24:48
BSB · full verse Then I bowed down and worshiped the LORD; and I blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right road to take the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.
Original word in this verse
Context
The servant responds by bowing and thanking God for kindness and faithfulness toward Abraham.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Genesis 47:31
BSB · full verse “Swear to me,” Jacob said. So Joseph swore to him, and Israel bowed in worship at the head of his bed.
Original word in this verse
Context
Jacob then bows in worship at the head of his bed in the BSB.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Exodus 3:12
BSB · full verse “I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain.”
Original word in this verse
Context
At the burning bush, Moses asks who he is to bring Israel out of Egypt. God answers that He will be with Moses and promises that, after He brings the people out, they will serve Him on this mountain. The future gathering is a sign of God’s presence and deliverance.
What gets lost in “worship”
ʿAbad means “serve.” The KJV and YLT make that action explicit where the BSB says “worship.” God is promising that a people now oppressed in Egypt will come out to serve Him. The verse does not reduce that service to one gesture, nor does it list everything they will do at the mountain.
Old Testament
Exodus 4:23
BSB · full verse and I told you to let My son go so that he may worship Me. But since you have refused to let him go, behold, I will kill your firstborn son!’”
Original word in this verse
Context
Moses is to tell Pharaoh that Israel is God’s firstborn son and must be released to worship Him.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to serve or work. English “worship” can hide the service called for here and make the verse sound like it names only a religious event.
Old Testament
Exodus 4:31
BSB · full verse and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.
Original word in this verse
Context
What leads them to bow in worship is the news that the LORD has attended to them and seen their affliction.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Exodus 7:16
BSB · full verse Then say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to tell you: Let My people go, so that they may worship Me in the wilderness. But until now you have not listened.
Original word in this verse
Context
The demand remains the same: release God’s people to worship Him.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to serve or work. English “worship” can hide the service called for here and make the verse sound like it names only a religious event.
Old Testament
Exodus 8:1
BSB · full verse Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
Original word in this verse
Context
God again commands Pharaoh to release His people for worship, this time warning of frogs throughout the country.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to serve or work. English “worship” can hide the service called for here and make the verse sound like it names only a religious event.
Old Testament
Exodus 8:20
BSB · full verse Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, and when Pharaoh goes out to the water, stand before him and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
Original word in this verse
Context
Moses must meet Pharaoh at the water and repeat the LORD’s demand to release Israel; the coming flies continue the confrontation over whom Israel will serve.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to serve or work. English “worship” can hide the service called for here and make the verse sound like it names only a religious event.
Old Testament
Exodus 9:1
BSB · full verse Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
Original word in this verse
Context
God again demands the release of His people for worship and warns of a severe plague on Egypt’s livestock in the field.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to serve or work. English “worship” can hide the service called for here and make the verse sound like it names only a religious event.
Old Testament
Exodus 9:13
BSB · full verse Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, stand before Pharaoh, and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
Original word in this verse
Context
Before the hail, Moses must again confront Pharaoh with the command to release the Hebrews to serve the LORD.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to serve or work. English “worship” can hide the service called for here and make the verse sound like it names only a religious event.
Old Testament
Exodus 10:3
BSB · full verse So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
Original word in this verse
Context
Moses and Aaron ask how long Pharaoh will refuse to humble himself and release Israel; another plague follows his refusal.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to serve or work. English “worship” can hide the service called for here and make the verse sound like it names only a religious event.
Old Testament
Exodus 10:7
BSB · full verse Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt lies in ruins?”
Original word in this verse
Context
Pharaoh’s officials now urge him to let the people go, saying Egypt lies in ruins.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to serve or work. English “worship” can hide the service called for here and make the verse sound like it names only a religious event.
Old Testament
Exodus 10:8
BSB · full verse So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “Go, worship the LORD your God,” he said. “But who exactly will be going?”
Original word in this verse
Context
Pharaoh calls Moses and Aaron back and asks who will go, even while saying they may worship the LORD.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to serve or work. English “worship” can hide the service called for here and make the verse sound like it names only a religious event.
Old Testament
Exodus 10:11
BSB · full verse No, only the men may go and worship the LORD, since that is what you have been requesting.” And Moses and Aaron were driven from Pharaoh’s presence.
Original word in this verse
Context
Pharaoh restricts the proposed departure to the men and drives Moses and Aaron away; the dispute is over releasing all the people.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to serve or work. English “worship” can hide the service called for here and make the verse sound like it names only a religious event.
Old Testament
Exodus 10:24
BSB · full verse Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship the LORD. Even your little ones may go with you; only your flocks and herds must stay behind.”
Original word in this verse
Context
Moses insists that the animals must go too, since they will need them for the worship God commands.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to serve or work. English “worship” can hide the service called for here and make the verse sound like it names only a religious event.
Old Testament
Exodus 10:26
BSB · full verse Even our livestock must go with us; not a hoof will be left behind, for we will need some of them to worship the LORD our God, and we will not know how we are to worship the LORD until we arrive.”
Original words in this verse
Context
Moses insists that the animals must go too, since they will need them for the worship God commands.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to serve or work. English “worship” can hide the service called for here and make the verse sound like it names only a religious event.
Old Testament
Exodus 12:27
BSB · full verse you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck down the Egyptians and spared our homes.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped.
Original word in this verse
Context
The people respond by bowing in worship and carrying out the instructions.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Exodus 12:31
BSB · full verse Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested.
Original word in this verse
Context
During the night Pharaoh summons Moses and Aaron and orders Israel to leave, taking the families, flocks and herds.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to serve or work. English “worship” can hide the service called for here and make the verse sound like it names only a religious event.
Old Testament
Exodus 20:5
BSB · full verse You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
Original word in this verse
Context
The opening commands call Israel to worship the LORD alone, without making an idol to bow before or serve.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to serve or work. English “worship” can hide the service called for here and make the verse sound like it names only a religious event.
Old Testament
Exodus 24:1
BSB · full verse Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD—you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders—and you are to worship at a distance.
Original word in this verse
Context
The LORD calls Moses, Aaron, his sons, and seventy elders up the mountain but tells them to bow at a distance.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Exodus 33:10
BSB · full verse When all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance to the tent, they would stand up and worship, each one at the entrance to his own tent.
Original word in this verse
Context
The people watch Moses go out, see the cloud at the entrance, and worship from their own tent doors.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Exodus 34:8
BSB · full verse Moses immediately bowed down to the ground and worshiped.
Original word in this verse
Context
Moses immediately bows down and worships.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Exodus 34:14
BSB · full verse For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
Original word in this verse
Context
Israel must not make agreements that draw them into the surrounding nations’ worship, share their sacrifices, or enter marriages that lead their children into the same practices.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Numbers 25:3
BSB · full verse So Israel joined in worshiping Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD burned against them.
Original word in this verse
Context
At Shittim, sexual immorality leads into meals at the sacrifices of Moab’s gods and bowing in worship.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to attach or join oneself. English “worshiping” conveys the idolatrous setting, but the underlying image is Israel binding itself to Baal.
Old Testament
Numbers 25:5
BSB · full verse So Moses told the judges of Israel, “Each of you must kill all of his men who have joined in worshiping Baal of Peor.”
Original word in this verse
Context
The Lord directs judgment concerning the leaders, and Moses instructs the judges to execute those who have joined that worship.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to attach or join oneself. English “worshiping” conveys the idolatrous setting, but the underlying image is Israel binding itself to Baal.
Old Testament
Deuteronomy 4:19
BSB · full verse When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.
Original word in this verse
Context
Because Israel saw no form at Horeb, it must not manufacture an image of the Lord or bow to creatures or heavenly bodies.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to serve or work. English “worship” can hide the service called for here and make the verse sound like it names only a religious event.
Old Testament
Deuteronomy 5:9
BSB · full verse You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
Original word in this verse
Context
The command against images continues with a prohibition on bowing to or serving them, followed by the LORD’s warning about covenant faithfulness.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to serve or work. English “worship” can hide the service called for here and make the verse sound like it names only a religious event.
Old Testament
Deuteronomy 7:16
BSB · full verse You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
Original word in this verse
Context
Israel is warned that the gods of the peoples it encounters will become a snare if it begins to serve them.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to serve or work. English “worship” can hide the service called for here and make the verse sound like it names only a religious event.
Old Testament
Deuteronomy 8:19
BSB · full verse If you ever forget the LORD your God and go after other gods to worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.
Original word in this verse
Context
After warning Israel not to forget the LORD when it prospers, Moses says that following other gods will lead to ruin.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to serve or work. English “worship” can hide the service called for here and make the verse sound like it names only a religious event.
Old Testament
Deuteronomy 11:16
BSB · full verse But be careful that you are not enticed to turn aside to worship and bow down to other gods,
Original word in this verse
Context
Moses warns that turning aside to other gods would break the loyalty that the surrounding promises of rain and harvest call for.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to serve or work. English “worship” can hide the service called for here and make the verse sound like it names only a religious event.
Old Testament
Deuteronomy 12:4
BSB · full verse You shall not worship the LORD your God in this way.
Source wording behind this English phrase
Context
Israel must remove the nations’ worship sites and seek the place the Lord chooses for His name.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to do or make. “Worship in this way” expresses the larger warning about imitating other nations; the verb itself does not mean “worship.”
Old Testament
Deuteronomy 12:31
BSB · full verse You must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.
Source wording behind this English phrase
Context
Israel must not ask how to adopt those practices for its own worship of the Lord.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to do or make. “Worship in this way” expresses the larger warning about imitating other nations; the verb itself does not mean “worship.”
Old Testament
Deuteronomy 13:2
BSB · full verse and if the sign or wonder he has spoken to you comes about, but he says, “Let us follow other gods (which you have not known) and let us worship them,”
Original word in this verse
Context
A prophet or dreamer may announce a sign that actually comes about and still direct the people toward other gods.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to serve or work. English “worship” can hide the service called for here and make the verse sound like it names only a religious event.
Old Testament
Deuteronomy 13:6
BSB · full verse If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known,
Original word in this verse
Context
A prophet or dreamer may announce a sign that actually comes about and still direct the people toward other gods.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to serve or work. English “worship” can hide the service called for here and make the verse sound like it names only a religious event.
Old Testament
Deuteronomy 17:3
BSB · full verse and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden—
Original word in this verse
Context
The case concerns a man or woman in Israel reported to have broken the covenant by worshiping other gods or heavenly bodies.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to serve or work. English “worship” can hide the service called for here and make the verse sound like it names only a religious event.
Old Testament
Deuteronomy 28:36
BSB · full verse The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.
Original word in this verse
Context
In the covenant warning, defeat and exile are pictured as leading Israel and its king among nations and their gods of wood and stone.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to serve or work. English “worship” can hide the service called for here and make the verse sound like it names only a religious event.
Old Testament
Deuteronomy 28:64
BSB · full verse Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.
Original word in this verse
Context
The warning extends exile across the nations, where Israel would be drawn into service of gods it had not known.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to serve or work. English “worship” can hide the service called for here and make the verse sound like it names only a religious event.
Old Testament
Deuteronomy 29:18
BSB · full verse Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,
Original word in this verse
Context
The answer given is abandonment of the covenant and worship of other gods.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to serve or work. English “worship” can hide the service called for here and make the verse sound like it names only a religious event.
Old Testament
Deuteronomy 29:26
BSB · full verse They went and served other gods, and they worshiped gods they had not known—gods that the LORD had not given to them.
Original word in this verse
Context
The answer given is abandonment of the covenant and worship of other gods.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Deuteronomy 30:17
BSB · full verse But if your heart turns away and you do not listen, but are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them,
Original word in this verse
Context
The choice is concrete: love the Lord, walk in His ways, and keep His commands, or turn away to other gods.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to serve or work. English “worship” can hide the service called for here and make the verse sound like it names only a religious event.
Old Testament
Deuteronomy 31:20
BSB · full verse When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will reject Me and break My covenant.
Original word in this verse
Context
The Lord warns that abundance will be followed by turning to other gods and breaking the covenant.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to serve or work. English “worship” can hide the service called for here and make the verse sound like it names only a religious event.
Old Testament
Deuteronomy 32:43
BSB · full verse Rejoice, O heavens, with Him, and let all God’s angels worship Him. Rejoice, O nations, with His people; for He will avenge the blood of His children. He will take vengeance on His adversaries and repay those who hate Him; He will cleanse His land and His people.
Source wording behind this English phrase
Context
The ending calls heaven and the nations to rejoice with His people as He avenges their blood and cleanses His land and people.
What gets lost in “worship”
The aligned Hebrew verb means to rejoice or shout. The BSB also includes “let all God’s angels worship Him” in a textual line noted in its footnote; that worship wording is not the meaning of this Hebrew verb.
Old Testament
Joshua 22:27
BSB · full verse Rather, let it be a witness between us and you and the generations to come, that we will worship the LORD in His presence with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and peace offerings.’ Then in the future, your descendants cannot say to ours, ‘You have no share in the LORD!’
Original word in this verse
Context
They accept accountability if they have built it to replace the Lord’s altar with their own sacrifices. Their stated concern is the future: descendants west of the Jordan might use the river as a reason to deny those east of it a share in the Lord.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to serve or work. English “worship” can hide the service called for here and make the verse sound like it names only a religious event.
Old Testament
Joshua 24:2
BSB · full verse And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods.
Original word in this verse
Context
Joshua gathers the tribes and leaders at Shechem and speaks the Lord’s account of their history. It begins with ancestors serving other gods beyond the Euphrates and with the Lord taking Abraham and giving him descendants.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to serve or work. English “worship” can hide the service called for here and make the verse sound like it names only a religious event.
Old Testament
Judges 7:15
BSB · full verse When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.”
Original word in this verse
Context
After hearing the dream and its interpretation, Gideon bows in worship and returns ready to lead.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Judges 8:27
BSB · full verse From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.
Source wording behind this English phrase
Context
The account is clearer about the result than about its construction: Israel worships it, and it becomes a snare to Gideon and his household.
What gets lost in “worship”
The source word aligned here means “after.” The BSB supplies “worshiping” to make the narrative’s idolatry explicit; there is no separate Hebrew verb meaning “worship” at this spot.
Old Testament
1 Samuel 1:3
BSB · full verse Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD.
Original word in this verse
Context
Each year he travels to Shiloh to worship and sacrifice.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
1 Samuel 1:19
BSB · full verse The next morning they got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then they returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.
Original word in this verse
Context
The family worships before leaving Shiloh.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
1 Samuel 1:28
BSB · full verse I now dedicate the boy to the LORD. For as long as he lives, he is dedicated to the LORD.” So they worshiped the LORD there.
Original word in this verse
Context
The family worships before leaving Shiloh.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
1 Samuel 15:25
BSB · full verse Now therefore, please forgive my sin and return with me so I can worship the LORD.”
Original word in this verse
Context
Saul confesses that he has sinned, saying that fear of the people led him to listen to them. He asks Samuel for forgiveness and to return with him for worship.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
1 Samuel 15:30
BSB · full verse “I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”
Original word in this verse
Context
Samuel returns with him, and Saul worships.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
1 Samuel 15:31
BSB · full verse So Samuel went back with Saul, and Saul worshiped the LORD.
Original word in this verse
Context
Samuel returns with him, and Saul worships.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
2 Samuel 12:20
BSB · full verse Then David got up from the ground, washed and anointed himself, changed his clothes, and went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they set food before him, and he ate.
Original word in this verse
Context
Once they confirm the death, he washes, changes his clothes, worships and eats.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
2 Samuel 15:8
BSB · full verse For your servant made a vow while dwelling in Geshur of Aram, saying: ‘If indeed the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in Hebron.’”
Original word in this verse
Context
After four years, Absalom asks to go to Hebron to fulfill a vow to the LORD.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to serve or work. English “worship” can hide the service called for here and make the verse sound like it names only a religious event.
Old Testament
2 Samuel 15:32
BSB · full verse When David came to the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Archite was there to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head.
Original word in this verse
Context
At the summit Hushai meets him with torn clothing and dust on his head.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
1 Kings 1:47
BSB · full verse The king’s servants have also gone to congratulate our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon more famous than your own name, and may He make his throne greater than your throne.’ And the king has bowed in worship on his bed,
Original word in this verse
Context
David’s servants congratulate him on Solomon’s succession; David responds from his bed by bowing before God.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
1 Kings 9:6
BSB · full verse But if indeed you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep the commandments and statutes I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,
Original word in this verse
Context
Turning to other gods would bring severe consequences for both the royal house and the people.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
1 Kings 9:9
BSB · full verse And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, the LORD has brought all this disaster upon them.’”
Original word in this verse
Context
Passersby would ask why such destruction had happened, and the answer would point to the people abandoning the LORD who brought their ancestors out of Egypt.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
1 Kings 11:33
BSB · full verse For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did.
Original word in this verse
Context
The LORD explains the coming division of Solomon’s kingdom by naming the foreign gods whom the people have served.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
1 Kings 12:30
BSB · full verse And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves.
Source wording behind this English phrase
Context
Jeroboam establishes himself at Shechem and builds Penuel, but fear soon drives his decisions. He reasons that worship at Jerusalem will draw the people back to Rehoboam and lead to his own death.
What gets lost in “worship”
The aligned source word names Dan. “To worship” is supplied by the English rendering of the journey toward the calf; Dan itself does not mean “worship.”
Old Testament
1 Kings 16:31
BSB · full verse And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.
Original word in this verse
Context
Ahab son of Omri reigns twenty-two years in Samaria and exceeds his predecessors in evil. He marries Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and proceeds to worship Baal.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
1 Kings 22:53
BSB · full verse Ahaziah served and worshiped Baal, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger, just as his father had done.
Original word in this verse
Context
The particular act named is his service and worship of Baal.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
2 Kings 5:18
BSB · full verse Yet may the LORD forgive your servant this one thing: When my master goes into the temple of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my arm, and I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the LORD forgive your servant in this matter.”
Original word in this verse
Context
Naaman then asks to take soil home and says he will no longer sacrifice to other gods. He also asks forgiveness for the situation in which the king will lean on his arm as he bows in Rimmon’s temple.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
2 Kings 10:29
BSB · full verse but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.
Source wording behind this English phrase
Context
Although Jehu destroys Baal worship, he continues in the sins associated with Jeroboam and the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.
What gets lost in “worship”
The aligned source word means gold. “The worship of the golden calves” explains the sin in context; gold itself is not a Hebrew worship term.
Old Testament
2 Kings 17:7
BSB · full verse All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods
Original word in this verse
Context
The narrator turns from the siege to Israel’s relationship with the Lord who brought them out of Egypt. Their worship of other gods is a rejection of the One who delivered them.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to fear or revere. English “worship” can hide the awe or fear in the source wording; the passage shows whether that reverence is rightly directed.
Old Testament
2 Kings 17:25
BSB · full verse Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them.
Original word in this verse
Context
The settlers brought into Samaria are said not to fear the LORD, and the narrative reports lions among them.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to fear or revere. English “worship” can hide the awe or fear in the source wording; the passage shows whether that reverence is rightly directed.
Old Testament
2 Kings 17:28
BSB · full verse Thus one of the priests they had carried away came and lived in Bethel, and he began to teach them how they should worship the LORD.
Original word in this verse
Context
An exiled priest returns to Bethel to teach the new settlers how to fear the LORD; the chapter goes on to describe their mixed loyalties.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to fear or revere. English “worship” can hide the awe or fear in the source wording; the passage shows whether that reverence is rightly directed.
Old Testament
2 Kings 17:32
BSB · full verse So the new residents worshiped the LORD, but they also appointed for themselves priests of all sorts to serve in the shrines of the high places.
Original word in this verse
Context
The account names different deities associated with the different peoples and includes the horror of burning children in sacrifice. They also appoint priests for the high places and worship the Lord while continuing to serve their own gods.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew description identifies people who fear or revere someone. English “worship” turns that description into a broad label and can hide the underlying reverence.
Old Testament
2 Kings 17:33
BSB · full verse They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away.
Original word in this verse
Context
The account names different deities associated with the different peoples and includes the horror of burning children in sacrifice. They also appoint priests for the high places and worship the Lord while continuing to serve their own gods.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew description identifies people who fear or revere someone. English “worship” turns that description into a broad label and can hide the underlying reverence.
Old Testament
2 Kings 17:34
BSB · full verse To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.
Original word in this verse
Context
The account says the former customs persist and that the Lord’s law is not being observed. It recalls the covenant command to worship the Lord who brought Israel out of Egypt rather than bowing to or sacrificing to other gods.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew description identifies people who fear or revere someone. English “worship” turns that description into a broad label and can hide the underlying reverence.
Old Testament
2 Kings 17:35
BSB · full verse For the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites and commanded them, “Do not worship other gods or bow down to them; do not serve them or sacrifice to them.
Original word in this verse
Context
The account says the former customs persist and that the Lord’s law is not being observed. It recalls the covenant command to worship the Lord who brought Israel out of Egypt rather than bowing to or sacrificing to other gods.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to fear or revere. English “worship” can hide the awe or fear in the source wording; the passage shows whether that reverence is rightly directed.
Old Testament
2 Kings 17:36
BSB · full verse Instead, worship the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm. You are to bow down to Him and offer sacrifices to Him.
Original word in this verse
Context
The account says the former customs persist and that the Lord’s law is not being observed. It recalls the covenant command to worship the Lord who brought Israel out of Egypt rather than bowing to or sacrificing to other gods.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to fear or revere. English “worship” can hide the awe or fear in the source wording; the passage shows whether that reverence is rightly directed.
Old Testament
2 Kings 17:37
BSB · full verse And you must always be careful to observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments He wrote for you. Do not worship other gods.
Original word in this verse
Context
The account says the former customs persist and that the Lord’s law is not being observed. It recalls the covenant command to worship the Lord who brought Israel out of Egypt rather than bowing to or sacrificing to other gods.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to fear or revere. English “worship” can hide the awe or fear in the source wording; the passage shows whether that reverence is rightly directed.
Old Testament
2 Kings 17:38
BSB · full verse Do not forget the covenant I have made with you. Do not worship other gods,
Original word in this verse
Context
The account says the former customs persist and that the Lord’s law is not being observed. It recalls the covenant command to worship the Lord who brought Israel out of Egypt rather than bowing to or sacrificing to other gods.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to fear or revere. English “worship” can hide the awe or fear in the source wording; the passage shows whether that reverence is rightly directed.
Old Testament
2 Kings 17:39
BSB · full verse but worship the LORD your God, and He will deliver you from the hands of all your enemies.”
Original word in this verse
Context
The account says the former customs persist and that the Lord’s law is not being observed. It recalls the covenant command to worship the Lord who brought Israel out of Egypt rather than bowing to or sacrificing to other gods.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to fear or revere. English “worship” can hide the awe or fear in the source wording; the passage shows whether that reverence is rightly directed.
Old Testament
2 Kings 17:41
BSB · full verse So these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.
Original word in this verse
Context
The account says the former customs persist and that the Lord’s law is not being observed. It recalls the covenant command to worship the Lord who brought Israel out of Egypt rather than bowing to or sacrificing to other gods.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew description identifies people who fear or revere someone. English “worship” turns that description into a broad label and can hide the underlying reverence.
Old Testament
2 Kings 18:22
BSB · full verse But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem: ‘You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem’?
Original word in this verse
Context
Their spokesman questions whether Judah has either military resources or a trustworthy source of help. He ridicules reliance on Egypt, misrepresents Hezekiah’s removal of high places as an offense against the Lord, and mocks Judah’s ability even to provide riders for horses.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
2 Kings 19:37
BSB · full verse One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.
Original word in this verse
Context
Later, while worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, he is killed by two of his sons, who escape; Esar-haddon succeeds him.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
2 Kings 21:3
BSB · full verse For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.
Original word in this verse
Context
Manasseh rebuilds the high places Hezekiah destroyed and establishes worship of Baal, Asherah, and heavenly bodies.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
2 Kings 21:21
BSB · full verse He walked in all the ways of his father, and he served and worshiped the idols his father had served.
Original word in this verse
Context
Amon follows the idols and practices associated with his father’s evil conduct, abandoning the Lord.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
1 Chronicles 9:28
BSB · full verse Some of them were in charge of the articles used in worship, to count them whenever they were brought in or taken out.
Original word in this verse
Context
The chapter assigns Levite gatekeepers and workers practical responsibilities for the tabernacle’s vessels and supplies.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew noun means service or work. The English “worship” here describes the use of objects in service; it is not a separate Hebrew word for a church event.
Old Testament
1 Chronicles 16:29
BSB · full verse Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering and come before Him. Worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness;
Original word in this verse
Context
The families of the nations are called to give the Lord glory, bring an offering, and worship in holiness.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
2 Chronicles 7:3
BSB · full verse When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.”
Original word in this verse
Context
The people bow on the pavement, worship, and give thanks for the Lord’s goodness and enduring loving devotion.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
2 Chronicles 7:19
BSB · full verse But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,
Original word in this verse
Context
The Lord charges Solomon to walk faithfully and keep the commands, connecting this with the royal promise to David. The response then addresses the alternative of abandoning the commands for other gods.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
2 Chronicles 7:22
BSB · full verse And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, He has brought all this disaster upon them.’”
Original word in this verse
Context
The explanation given to those who pass by will concern the people forsaking the God who brought them from Egypt.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
2 Chronicles 20:18
BSB · full verse Then Jehoshaphat bowed facedown, and all the people of Judah and Jerusalem fell down before the LORD to worship Him.
Original word in this verse
Context
The assurance produces worship and praise.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
2 Chronicles 29:28
BSB · full verse The whole assembly was worshiping, the singers were singing, and the trumpeters were playing. All this continued until the burnt offering was completed.
Original word in this verse
Context
The music accompanies the burnt offering while the assembly bows in worship.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
2 Chronicles 29:29
BSB · full verse When the offerings were completed, the king and all those present with him bowed down and worshiped.
Original word in this verse
Context
The music accompanies the burnt offering while the assembly bows in worship.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
2 Chronicles 29:30
BSB · full verse Then King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the LORD in the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness and bowed down and worshiped.
Original word in this verse
Context
The music accompanies the burnt offering while the assembly bows in worship.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
2 Chronicles 32:12
BSB · full verse Did not Hezekiah himself remove His high places and His altars and say to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn sacrifices’?
Original word in this verse
Context
Sennacherib’s servants tell the people that Hezekiah’s confidence will leave them to die of hunger and thirst. They point to the removal of high places and altars as though reducing their number must offend God.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
2 Chronicles 33:3
BSB · full verse For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.
Original word in this verse
Context
Manasseh rebuilds the high places Hezekiah destroyed and introduces altars for the Baals, Asherah poles, and worship of the heavenly host.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Nehemiah 8:6
BSB · full verse Then Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and with their hands uplifted, all the people said, “Amen, Amen!” Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
Original word in this verse
Context
When he opens the book, the people stand; they praise God, lift their hands and bow in worship.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Nehemiah 9:3
BSB · full verse While they stood in their places, they read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and they spent another quarter of the day in confession and worship of the LORD their God.
Original word in this verse
Context
They separate themselves from the foreigners and confess both their own sins and those of their fathers. They spend a quarter of the day reading the Law and another quarter confessing and worshiping.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Nehemiah 9:6
BSB · full verse You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships You.
Original word in this verse
Context
The prayer begins with God as the only Lord, Creator and giver of life.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Job 1:20
BSB · full verse Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,
Original word in this verse
Context
Job tears his robe and shaves his head before falling to the ground in worship.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Psalm 22:29
BSB · full verse All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him—even those unable to preserve their lives.
Original word in this verse
Context
Rich and mortal alike bow before Him, and coming generations hear of what He has done.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Psalm 29:2
BSB · full verse Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness.
Original word in this verse
Context
Worship responds to power beyond human command.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Psalm 95:6
BSB · full verse O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.
Original word in this verse
Context
After calling the people to praise their Creator, the psalm invites them to bow and kneel before Him. Verse 7 calls them His flock, and the next warning tells them to listen rather than harden their hearts.
What gets lost in “worship”
Shachah means “bow down.” YLT says “we bow ourselves” where the BSB says “let us worship.” The verse names bowing and kneeling before the Maker; the following warning shows that this bodily reverence belongs with listening to Him.
Old Testament
Psalm 96:9
BSB · full verse Worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness; tremble before Him, all the earth.
Original word in this verse
Context
The families of the nations are called to give glory, bring an offering, and worship.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Psalm 97:7
BSB · full verse All worshipers of images are put to shame—those who boast in idols. Worship Him, all you gods!
Original words in this verse
Context
The heavens declare righteousness, idols lose their claim to glory, and Zion rejoices at God’s judgments.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to serve or work. English “worship” can hide the service called for here and make the verse sound like it names only a religious event. The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Psalm 99:5
BSB · full verse Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at His footstool; He is holy!
Original word in this verse
Context
The call to exalt and worship Him belongs with this character.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Psalm 99:9
BSB · full verse Exalt the LORD our God and worship at His holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy.
Original word in this verse
Context
The ending returns to worship at His holy mountain.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Psalm 106:19
BSB · full verse At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.
Original word in this verse
Context
The people make a calf at Horeb and worship an image.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Psalm 106:36
BSB · full verse They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.
Original word in this verse
Context
The people adopt the practices of surrounding nations and worship their idols.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to serve or work. English “worship” can hide the service called for here and make the verse sound like it names only a religious event.
Old Testament
Psalm 132:7
BSB · full verse Let us go to His dwelling place; let us worship at His footstool.
Original word in this verse
Context
The scene concerns divine presence within the people’s worship.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Isaiah 2:20
BSB · full verse In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold—the idols they made to worship.
Original word in this verse
Context
People hide among rocks and throw away the silver and gold idols they made.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Isaiah 19:21
BSB · full verse The LORD will make Himself known to Egypt, and on that day Egypt will acknowledge the LORD. They will worship with sacrifices and offerings; they will make vows to the LORD and fulfill them.
Original word in this verse
Context
When the Egyptians cry out because of their oppressors, the Lord sends a savior and defender. He makes Himself known to them, they worship Him, and they fulfill their vows.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to serve or work. English “worship” can hide the service called for here and make the verse sound like it names only a religious event.
Old Testament
Isaiah 19:23
BSB · full verse In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt, and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together.
Original word in this verse
Context
A highway links Egypt and Assyria, and the two peoples worship together.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb means to serve or work. English “worship” can hide the service called for here and make the verse sound like it names only a religious event.
Old Testament
Isaiah 27:13
BSB · full verse And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.
Original word in this verse
Context
A great ram’s horn sounds, and those perishing in Assyria and exiled in Egypt come to worship the Lord in Jerusalem.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Isaiah 29:13
BSB · full verse Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.
Original word in this verse
Context
The LORD rebukes a gap between what the people say with their lips and where their hearts are; their reverence has become learned human rules.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew noun is fear or reverence. English “worship” does not by itself show that the passage is speaking about an attitude taught or shown.
Old Testament
Isaiah 36:7
BSB · full verse But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before this altar’?
Original word in this verse
Context
The Assyrian spokesman wrongly treats Hezekiah’s removal of high places as an offense against the LORD and uses that claim to undermine Judah’s trust.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Isaiah 37:38
BSB · full verse One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.
Original word in this verse
Context
The story then moves to his death while worshiping in the temple of Nisroch: two of his sons kill him and flee to Ararat, and another son, Esar-haddon, succeeds him.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Isaiah 44:15
BSB · full verse It serves as fuel for man. He takes some of it to warm himself, and he kindles a fire and bakes his bread. He also fashions it into a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.
Original word in this verse
Context
Most sharply, he uses part of the same wood to cook a meal and warm himself, then bows before the rest and asks it to save him.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Isaiah 44:17
BSB · full verse From the rest he makes a god, his graven image. He bows down to it and worships; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”
Original word in this verse
Context
Most sharply, he uses part of the same wood to cook a meal and warm himself, then bows before the rest and asks it to save him.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Isaiah 46:6
BSB · full verse They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship.
Original word in this verse
Context
Isaiah mocks the making of an idol: people pay a craftsman to turn their gold and silver into a god, then bow to it.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Isaiah 66:23
BSB · full verse From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come to worship before Me,” says the LORD.
Original word in this verse
Context
In this closing vision, people from all humanity come before the LORD from Sabbath to Sabbath and New Moon to New Moon.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Jeremiah 1:16
BSB · full verse I will pronounce My judgments against them for all their wickedness, because they have forsaken Me, and they have burned incense to other gods and worshiped the works of their own hands.
Original word in this verse
Context
The boiling pot points toward disaster pouring from the north because Judah has forsaken God for handmade gods.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Jeremiah 7:2
BSB · full verse “Stand in the gate of the house of the LORD and proclaim this message: Hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah who enter through these gates to worship the LORD.
Original word in this verse
Context
Jeremiah stands at the temple gate and addresses people entering to worship.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Jeremiah 8:2
BSB · full verse They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground.
Original word in this verse
Context
The opening completes the judgment scene with graves opened and bones exposed before the heavenly bodies once worshiped.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Jeremiah 13:10
BSB · full verse These evil people, who refuse to listen to My words, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be like this loincloth—of no use at all.
Original word in this verse
Context
The ruined loincloth illustrates a people who refuse the LORD’s words and follow other gods; the chapter calls that stubbornness useless.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Jeremiah 16:11
BSB · full verse Then you are to answer them: ‘It is because your fathers have forsaken Me, declares the LORD, and followed other gods, and served and worshiped them. They abandoned Me and did not keep My instruction.
Original word in this verse
Context
Jeremiah is told to explain the coming judgment by naming the ancestors’ abandonment of the LORD and service of other gods.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Jeremiah 22:9
BSB · full verse Then people will reply, ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods.’”
Original word in this verse
Context
The answer names the abandoned covenant and service of other gods.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Jeremiah 23:27
BSB · full verse They suppose the dreams that they tell one another will make My people forget My name, just as their fathers forgot My name through the worship of Baal.
Source wording behind this English phrase
Context
False prophets recount dreams that may make the people forget the LORD’s name, just as earlier generations forgot it through Baal.
What gets lost in “worship”
The aligned source word is the name Baal. The BSB’s “worship of Baal” explains what it means to forget the LORD for Baal; “worship” is supplied by the English phrase.
Old Testament
Jeremiah 25:6
BSB · full verse Do not follow other gods to serve and worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.’
Original word in this verse
Context
The demand has been to turn from evil and other gods, not to master a hidden timetable.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Jeremiah 26:2
BSB · full verse “This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and speak all the words I have commanded you to speak to all the cities of Judah who come to worship there. Do not omit a word.
Original word in this verse
Context
Jeremiah must speak in the temple courtyard to people coming from Judah’s towns.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Ezekiel 8:16
BSB · full verse So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.
Original word in this verse
Context
With their backs toward the Lord’s temple, they face east and worship the sun.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Ezekiel 46:2
BSB · full verse The prince is to enter from the outside through the portico of the gateway and stand by the gatepost, while the priests sacrifice his burnt offerings and peace offerings. He is to bow in worship at the threshold of the gate and then depart, but the gate must not be shut until evening.
Original word in this verse
Context
The people also bow before the Lord at its entrance.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Ezekiel 46:3
BSB · full verse On the Sabbaths and New Moons the people of the land are also to bow in worship before the LORD at the entrance to that gateway.
Original word in this verse
Context
The people also bow before the Lord at its entrance.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Ezekiel 46:9
BSB · full verse When the people of the land come before the LORD at the appointed feasts, whoever enters by the north gate to worship must go out by the south gate, and whoever enters by the south gate must go out by the north gate. No one is to return through the gate by which he entered, but each must go out by the opposite gate.
Original word in this verse
Context
At the appointed feasts, worshippers pass through the court rather than returning by the gate they entered.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Daniel 3:5
BSB · full verse As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.
Original word in this verse
Context
The herald commands people of every nation and language to fall down and worship when the instruments sound.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Aramaic verb means to bow down or prostrate oneself. Nebuchadnezzar’s decree demands that people fall before his image; the repeated English “worship” can hide how concrete and compulsory that act was.
Old Testament
Daniel 3:6
BSB · full verse And whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into the blazing fiery furnace.”
Original word in this verse
Context
The herald commands people of every nation and language to fall down and worship when the instruments sound.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Aramaic verb means to bow down or prostrate oneself. Nebuchadnezzar’s decree demands that people fall before his image; the repeated English “worship” can hide how concrete and compulsory that act was.
Old Testament
Daniel 3:7
BSB · full verse Therefore, as soon as all the people heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, and all kinds of music, the people of every nation and language would fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
Original word in this verse
Context
The herald commands people of every nation and language to fall down and worship when the instruments sound.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Aramaic verb means to bow down or prostrate oneself. Nebuchadnezzar’s decree demands that people fall before his image; the repeated English “worship” can hide how concrete and compulsory that act was.
Old Testament
Daniel 3:10
BSB · full verse You, O king, have issued a decree that everyone who hears the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music must fall down and worship the golden statue,
Original word in this verse
Context
The accusation emphasizes that these are men the king appointed to manage Babylon’s province. Their refusal to serve his gods and worship his statue is presented as disregard for him.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Aramaic verb means to bow down or prostrate oneself. Nebuchadnezzar’s decree demands that people fall before his image; the repeated English “worship” can hide how concrete and compulsory that act was.
Old Testament
Daniel 3:11
BSB · full verse and that whoever does not fall down and worship will be thrown into the blazing fiery furnace.
Original word in this verse
Context
The accusation emphasizes that these are men the king appointed to manage Babylon’s province. Their refusal to serve his gods and worship his statue is presented as disregard for him.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Aramaic verb means to bow down or prostrate oneself. Nebuchadnezzar’s decree demands that people fall before his image; the repeated English “worship” can hide how concrete and compulsory that act was.
Old Testament
Daniel 3:12
BSB · full verse But there are some Jews you have appointed to manage the province of Babylon—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego—who have ignored you, O king, and have refused to serve your gods or worship the golden statue you have set up.”
Original word in this verse
Context
The accusation emphasizes that these are men the king appointed to manage Babylon’s province. Their refusal to serve his gods and worship his statue is presented as disregard for him.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Aramaic verb means to bow down or prostrate oneself. Nebuchadnezzar’s decree demands that people fall before his image; the repeated English “worship” can hide how concrete and compulsory that act was.
Old Testament
Daniel 3:14
BSB · full verse and Nebuchadnezzar said to them, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, is it true that you do not serve my gods or worship the golden statue I have set up?
Original word in this verse
Context
The furious king gives the men another opportunity to bow, repeating the threat of the furnace.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Aramaic verb means to bow down or prostrate oneself. Nebuchadnezzar’s decree demands that people fall before his image; the repeated English “worship” can hide how concrete and compulsory that act was.
Old Testament
Daniel 3:15
BSB · full verse Now when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, if you are ready to fall down and worship the statue I have made, very good. But if you refuse to worship, you will be thrown at once into the blazing fiery furnace. Then what god will be able to deliver you from my hands?”
Original words in this verse
Context
The furious king gives the men another opportunity to bow, repeating the threat of the furnace.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Aramaic verb means to bow down or prostrate oneself. Nebuchadnezzar’s decree demands that people fall before his image; the repeated English “worship” can hide how concrete and compulsory that act was.
Old Testament
Daniel 3:18
BSB · full verse But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden statue you have set up.”
Original word in this verse
Context
The furious king gives the men another opportunity to bow, repeating the threat of the furnace.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Aramaic verb means to bow down or prostrate oneself. Nebuchadnezzar’s decree demands that people fall before his image; the repeated English “worship” can hide how concrete and compulsory that act was.
Old Testament
Daniel 3:28
BSB · full verse Nebuchadnezzar declared, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.
Original word in this verse
Context
Nebuchadnezzar blesses the God who sent His angel and delivered the servants who trusted Him. He recognizes that they risked their lives and disobeyed his command rather than worship another god.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Aramaic verb means to bow down or prostrate oneself. Nebuchadnezzar’s decree demands that people fall before his image; the repeated English “worship” can hide how concrete and compulsory that act was.
Old Testament
Jonah 1:9
BSB · full verse “I am a Hebrew,” replied Jonah. “I worship the LORD, the God of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land.”
Original word in this verse
Context
They question him about his work, origin and people. He identifies himself as a Hebrew who worships the Lord, the maker of heaven, sea and dry land.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew description identifies people who fear or revere someone. English “worship” turns that description into a broad label and can hide the underlying reverence.
Old Testament
Zephaniah 1:3
BSB · full verse “I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.
Source wording behind this English phrase
Context
The speech then names Judah and Jerusalem, the remnants of Baal, rooftop worship, mixed oaths, and refusal to seek the Lord.
What gets lost in “worship”
The aligned Hebrew word means wicked people. “Worshipers” identifies them by their relation to idols in the English sentence; the word itself does not mean worshipers.
Old Testament
Zephaniah 1:5
BSB · full verse those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,
Source wording behind this English phrase
Context
The speech then names Judah and Jerusalem, the remnants of Baal, rooftop worship, mixed oaths, and refusal to seek the Lord.
What gets lost in “worship”
The aligned noun means the heavenly host. “To worship” makes the direction of the bow explicit in English; the noun itself names what they bow before.
Old Testament
Zephaniah 2:11
BSB · full verse The LORD will be terrifying to them when He starves all the gods of the earth. Then the nations of every shore will bow in worship to Him, each in its own place.
Original word in this verse
Context
The Lord’s defeat of the gods opens a vision of peoples worshipping Him from their own places.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Zephaniah 3:10
BSB · full verse From beyond the rivers of Cush My worshipers, My scattered people, will bring Me an offering.
Original word in this verse
Context
The horizon reaches worshippers beyond Cush’s rivers and scattered people bringing an offering.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew noun points to suppliants or petitioners. English “worshipers” can hide the picture of people coming to God with requests and offerings.
Old Testament
Zechariah 14:16
BSB · full verse Then all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
Original word in this verse
Context
Survivors from those same nations go up to worship the Lord and celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
Old Testament
Zechariah 14:17
BSB · full verse And should any of the families of the earth not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, then the rain will not fall on them.
Original word in this verse
Context
Withheld rain and further plague show the seriousness of refusing the King’s worship.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Hebrew verb names bowing down or prostrating oneself. English “worship” can hide that bodily action; the surrounding words show before whom the person bows.
New Testament
Matthew 2:2
BSB · full verse 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.”
Original word in this verse
Context
The visitors ask where the newborn King of the Jews is and say that the star has led them to bow before Him.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself. The visitors say they have come to bow before the newborn King of the Jews. “Worship” can make their words sound like a confession that they already knew Jesus as God or Savior; Matthew does not say that.
New Testament
Matthew 2:8
BSB · full verse 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.”
Original word in this verse
Context
Herod asks the visitors to report the child’s location, claiming that he too wants to bow before Him; his later actions expose the claim as false.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself. Herod claims he too wants to bow before the child, but the story later exposes his intent to kill Him. His use of the same word shows why “worship” cannot by itself tell us the speaker’s belief or sincerity.
New Testament
Matthew 2:11
BSB · full verse 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.
Original word in this verse
Context
The visitors ask where the child born King of the Jews is and say they have come to bow before Him (Matthew 2:2). Herod claims he wants to do the same (2:8), but later tries to kill the child. At the house the visitors fall before Jesus, bow to Him, and give Him gifts. A dream warns them not to return to Herod.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself. Matthew says the visitors fell down and then bowed before the child they had sought as King of the Jews; YLT renders this “having fallen down they bowed to him.” Their bow honors the king they came to find. Reading the BSB’s “worshiped” as religious adoration can make us assume they knew Jesus was God or Savior. Matthew does not tell us that. The issue is what the visitors understood, not Jesus’ true identity.
New Testament
Matthew 4:9
BSB · full verse “All this I will give You,” he said, “if You will fall down and worship me.”
Original word in this verse
Context
The devil offers Jesus the kingdoms of the world in exchange for falling down before him; Jesus refuses and answers with Scripture.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself before someone. English “worship” can hide that act; the scene tells us who receives the bow and what the person understands.
New Testament
Matthew 4:10
BSB · full verse “Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus told him. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”
Original words in this verse
Context
Satan offers Jesus the kingdoms of the world if He will fall before him. Jesus refuses and answers from Deuteronomy, where Israel is warned against serving other gods.
What gets lost in “worship”
Satan asked Jesus to bow down before him. Proskuneō names that act; latreuō names the service Jesus says belongs to God alone. YLT says “bow to” and “serve,” making the two actions easier to see than the broader English pairing “worship” and “serve.”
New Testament
Matthew 14:33
BSB · full verse Then those who were in the boat worshiped Him, saying, “Truly You are the Son of God!”
Original word in this verse
Context
Once they are in the boat, the wind stops, and those aboard worship Jesus and acknowledge Him as God's Son.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself before someone. English “worship” can hide that act; the scene tells us who receives the bow and what the person understands.
New Testament
Matthew 15:9
BSB · full verse They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”
Original word in this verse
Context
Jesus rebukes a tradition that allows resources declared devoted to God to be withheld from parents in need. He quotes Isaiah: these people honor God with their lips while their hearts are far from Him.
What gets lost in “worship”
Sebomai describes reverence. The BSB, KJV, and NASB 1995 all say “worship,” but Jesus explains why that reverence is vain: human precepts are taught as God’s doctrine, and God’s command to honor parents is set aside. The issue is the conflict between claimed devotion and actual teaching and conduct.
New Testament
Matthew 28:9
BSB · full verse Suddenly Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” They came to Him, grasped His feet, and worshiped Him.
Original word in this verse
Context
As they hurry away in fear and joy, Jesus Himself meets them. They grasp His feet and worship Him.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself before someone. English “worship” can hide that act; the scene tells us who receives the bow and what the person understands.
New Testament
Matthew 28:17
BSB · full verse When they saw Him, they worshiped Him, but some doubted.
Original word in this verse
Context
The eleven disciples go to the mountain in Galilee that Jesus designated. They worship Him, yet Matthew also reports that some doubt.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself before someone. English “worship” can hide that act; the scene tells us who receives the bow and what the person understands.
New Testament
Mark 7:7
BSB · full verse They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’
Original word in this verse
Context
Jesus answers from Isaiah 29:13: people can honor God with words while their hearts remain far away.
What gets lost in “worship”
Sebomai means to revere or show devotion. English “worship” can hide the reverence or devotion the passage is assessing.
New Testament
Luke 2:37
BSB · full verse and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
Original word in this verse
Context
Luke describes her life of worship, fasting, and prayer at the temple.
What gets lost in “worship”
Latreuō means to render sacred service. English “worship” can hide the service being given or demanded in this scene.
New Testament
Luke 4:7
BSB · full verse So if You worship me, it will all be Yours.”
Original word in this verse
Context
Next comes an offer of the world’s kingdoms in exchange for worship.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself before someone. English “worship” can hide that act; the scene tells us who receives the bow and what the person understands.
New Testament
Luke 4:8
BSB · full verse But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”
Original word in this verse
Context
Jesus refuses the devil’s demand to bow to him and answers from Scripture, directing both the bow and service to God alone.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself before someone. English “worship” can hide that act; the scene tells us who receives the bow and what the person understands.
New Testament
Luke 24:52
BSB · full verse And they worshiped Him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
Original word in this verse
Context
While He is blessing them, He is carried up into heaven. Their response is worship and great joy as they return to Jerusalem.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself before someone. English “worship” can hide that act; the scene tells us who receives the bow and what the person understands.
New Testament
John 4:20
BSB · full verse Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”
Original words in this verse
Context
The Samaritan woman asks Jesus to settle a dispute about the place to approach God: her community’s mountain or Jerusalem.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō carries the language of bowing before someone. In this exchange Jesus answers a dispute about approaching the Father at Gerizim or Jerusalem and speaks of spirit and truth. The English “worship” alone can hide that question of recipient, place, and truth; the passage does not give a format for a church meeting.
New Testament
John 4:21
BSB · full verse “Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
Original word in this verse
Context
The woman has asked Jesus to settle the question of worship on the Samaritan mountain or in Jerusalem.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō carries the language of bowing before someone. In this exchange Jesus answers a dispute about approaching the Father at Gerizim or Jerusalem and speaks of spirit and truth. The English “worship” alone can hide that question of recipient, place, and truth; the passage does not give a format for a church meeting.
New Testament
John 4:22
BSB · full verse You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.
Original words in this verse
Context
The Samaritan woman has asked whether worship belongs on her community’s mountain or in Jerusalem.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō carries the language of bowing before someone. In this exchange Jesus answers a dispute about approaching the Father at Gerizim or Jerusalem and speaks of spirit and truth. The English “worship” alone can hide that question of recipient, place, and truth; the passage does not give a format for a church meeting.
New Testament
John 4:23
BSB · full verse 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.
Original words in this verse
Context
Jesus answers that the Father is seeking people who worship in spirit and truth, and that the time for this is already coming.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō carries the language of bowing before someone. In this exchange Jesus answers a dispute about approaching the Father at Gerizim or Jerusalem and speaks of spirit and truth. The English “worship” alone can hide that question of recipient, place, and truth; the passage does not give a format for a church meeting.
New Testament
John 4:24
BSB · full verse God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”
Original words in this verse
Context
Jesus answers that the Father is seeking people who worship in spirit and truth, and that the time for this is already coming.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō carries the language of bowing before someone. In this exchange Jesus answers a dispute about approaching the Father at Gerizim or Jerusalem and speaks of spirit and truth. The English “worship” alone can hide that question of recipient, place, and truth; the passage does not give a format for a church meeting.
New Testament
John 9:31
BSB · full verse We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.
Original word in this verse
Context
The healed man answers religious leaders who challenge Jesus, arguing that God hears a person who reveres Him and does His will.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Greek adjective describes one who reveres God. English “worships” turns that description into an action; the same sentence also says the person does God’s will.
New Testament
John 9:38
BSB · full verse “Lord, I believe,” he said. And he worshiped Jesus.
Original word in this verse
Context
Jesus identifies Himself, and the man answers with belief and worship.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself before someone. English “worship” can hide that act; the scene tells us who receives the bow and what the person understands.
New Testament
John 12:20
BSB · full verse Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.
Original word in this verse
Context
Some people John calls Greeks have come to worship at the feast and ask Philip to help them see Jesus.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself before someone. English “worship” can hide that act; the scene tells us who receives the bow and what the person understands.
New Testament
Acts 7:7
BSB · full verse ‘But I will punish the nation that enslaves them,’ God said, ‘and afterward they will come forth and worship Me in this place.’
Original word in this verse
Context
The account includes the promised descendants’ suffering, God’s judgment of their oppressor, their future worship, and the covenant of circumcision.
What gets lost in “worship”
Latreuō means to render sacred service. English “worship” can hide the service being given or demanded in this scene.
New Testament
Acts 7:42
BSB · full verse But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
Original word in this verse
Context
Stephen closes this section with the prophetic warning about false worship and exile, drawing on Amos 5:25–27.
What gets lost in “worship”
Latreuō means to render sacred service. English “worship” can hide the service being given or demanded in this scene.
New Testament
Acts 7:43
BSB · full verse 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.’
Original word in this verse
Context
Stephen closes this section with the prophetic warning about false worship and exile, drawing on Amos 5:25–27.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself before someone. English “worship” can hide that act; the scene tells us who receives the bow and what the person understands.
New Testament
Acts 8:27
BSB · full verse 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,
Original word in this verse
Context
There he meets an Ethiopian royal official returning from worship in Jerusalem and reading Isaiah.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself before someone. English “worship” can hide that act; the scene tells us who receives the bow and what the person understands.
New Testament
Acts 10:25
BSB · full verse As Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet to worship him.
Original word in this verse
Context
When Cornelius falls at his feet in worship, Peter helps him up and identifies himself as another human being.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself before someone. English “worship” can hide that act; the scene tells us who receives the bow and what the person understands.
New Testament
Acts 13:2
BSB · full verse While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
Original word in this verse
Context
While they are worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit directs them to set apart Barnabas and Saul for work to which He has already called them.
What gets lost in “worship”
Leitourgeō means to minister or render service. English “worshiping” can make the scene sound like it specifies singing, while Acts says they were ministering to the Lord and fasting.
New Testament
Acts 16:14
BSB · full verse Among those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.
Original word in this verse
Context
Lydia is a dealer in purple cloth from Thyatira and a worshiper of God.
What gets lost in “worship”
Sebomai means to revere or show devotion. English “worship” can hide the reverence or devotion the passage is assessing.
New Testament
Acts 17:23
BSB · full verse For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you.
Original words in this verse
Context
Paul is troubled by the idols in Athens. He points to an altar for an unknown god, then speaks about the Creator who gives life. His speech ends by calling the people to repent in view of judgment and the resurrection.
What gets lost in “worship”
The BSB uses “worship” for two different Greek words: sebasma names the revered objects Paul saw, while eusebeō names the Athenians’ religious practice. The repeated English word can blur that difference. Paul uses their altar to begin speaking to them; he does not say their ignorance or idols already give them adequate knowledge of God.
New Testament
Acts 18:7
BSB · full verse So Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titus Justus, a worshiper of God.
Original word in this verse
Context
After opposition in the synagogue, Paul moves next door to the house of Titus Justus, described as a worshiper of God.
What gets lost in “worship”
Sebomai means to revere or show devotion. English “worship” can hide the reverence or devotion the passage is assessing.
New Testament
Acts 18:13
BSB · full verse “This man is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law,” they said.
Original word in this verse
Context
Paul’s opponents bring him before Gallio, the proconsul, or Roman governor, of Achaia. They charge him with persuading people to worship God contrary to the law.
What gets lost in “worship”
Sebomai means to revere or show devotion. English “worship” can hide the reverence or devotion the passage is assessing.
New Testament
Acts 19:27
BSB · full verse There is danger not only that our business will fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited and her majesty deposed—she who is worshiped by all the province of Asia and the whole world.”
Original word in this verse
Context
Paul’s message that man-made gods are not gods has persuaded many people to turn away, threatening the trade. He then appeals to the honor of Artemis and her temple.
What gets lost in “worship”
Sebomai means to revere or show devotion. English “worship” can hide the reverence or devotion the passage is assessing.
New Testament
Acts 24:11
BSB · full verse You can verify for yourself that no more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.
Original word in this verse
Context
His defense addresses conduct that can be examined, not only his opinion of himself. He freely acknowledges following the Way, while insisting that he worships the God of his fathers and believes what is laid down in the Law and written in the Prophets.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself before someone. English “worship” can hide that act; the scene tells us who receives the bow and what the person understands.
New Testament
Acts 24:14
BSB · full verse I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,
Original word in this verse
Context
Here Paul is declaring whom he serves and what he believes.
What gets lost in “worship”
Latreuō means to render sacred service. English “worship” can hide the service being given or demanded in this scene.
New Testament
Romans 1:25
BSB · full verse They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen.
Original words in this verse
Context
Paul says people exchanged the truth about God for a lie and gave created things the place of their Creator. Verse 25 interrupts his account of that exchange with praise to the Creator.
What gets lost in “worship”
Sebazomai names their reverence; latreuō names their service. YLT’s “honour and serve” shows the two actions behind the BSB’s “worshiped and served.” Paul’s charge turns on their recipient: created things receive the reverence and service owed to God.
New Testament
Romans 9:4
BSB · full verse the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.
Original word in this verse
Context
His concern is so deep that he describes wishing he could be cut off from Christ for their sake. He then lists Israel’s gifts: adoption, divine glory, covenants, the law, worship, promises and the patriarchs.
What gets lost in “worship”
Latreia is a noun for service. English “worship” can obscure the service or ministry the sentence actually names.
New Testament
Romans 12:1
BSB · full verse Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
Original word in this verse
Context
After describing God’s mercy, Paul urges believers to offer their bodies as living sacrifices. Verse 2 joins that offering to a renewed mind; the rest of the chapter describes humility, sincere love, hospitality, and care for others.
What gets lost in “worship”
Latreia is a noun for service offered to God. The BSB’s “service of worship” renders one Greek noun, not separate words for two activities; the KJV says “reasonable service.” Paul calls for embodied lives offered in response to mercy, not a new payment for it.
New Testament
1 Corinthians 14:25
BSB · full verse and the secrets of his heart will be made known. So he will fall facedown and worship God, proclaiming, “God is truly among you!”
Original word in this verse
Context
By contrast, understandable prophetic speech can expose a visitor’s heart, bring conviction and lead to worship of God.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself. Paul describes an outsider falling facedown before God after the secrets of the heart are exposed. This is a person’s response during an assembly; the next verse says that what the gathered church brings must build it up.
New Testament
Philippians 3:3
BSB · full verse For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—
Original word in this verse
Context
Paul warns against relying on circumcision and outward religious standing. He describes believers as serving by God’s Spirit, glorying in Christ Jesus, and putting no confidence in the flesh. He then lists his own credentials and explains why knowing Christ is greater.
What gets lost in “worship”
Latreuō names religious service. YLT says “serving God” where the BSB says “worship.” In this sentence Paul is describing the people whose confidence rests in Christ and whose service is prompted by God’s Spirit. The English “worship” by itself does not show that active service or Paul’s contrast with outward credentials.
New Testament
Colossians 2:18
BSB · full verse Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind.
Original word in this verse
Context
He calls these a shadow and identifies Christ as the reality to which the shadow belongs. He also warns about false humility, angel worship and claims about visions.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Greek noun names religious observance. English “worship” is part of a phrase about angels here; read the surrounding warning before treating the practice as approved.
New Testament
Colossians 2:23
BSB · full verse Such restrictions indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-prescribed worship, their false humility, and their harsh treatment of the body; but they are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.
Original word in this verse
Context
Yet Paul says that self-made worship and harsh treatment of the body do not overcome the indulgence of the flesh.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Greek noun means self-chosen religious practice. English “worship” can sound positive by itself, but Paul is questioning practices devised by people.
New Testament
2 Thessalonians 2:4
BSB · full verse He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
Original word in this verse
Context
Paul describes a rebellion and the revelation of a self-exalting figure who takes God’s place in the temple.
What gets lost in “worship”
Sebasma means a revered object. English “worship” is part of a phrase about an object, not a verb describing what someone did.
New Testament
1 Timothy 2:10
BSB · full verse but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.
Original word in this verse
Context
Braided hair, gold, pearls and expensive clothing are set alongside the different adornment of good deeds.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Greek noun means reverence or godliness toward God. English “worship God” compresses a description of lived devotion into a familiar phrase.
New Testament
Hebrews 1:6
BSB · full verse And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all God’s angels worship Him.”
Original word in this verse
Context
The angels are instead commanded to worship Him.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself before someone. English “worship” can hide that act; the scene tells us who receives the bow and what the person understands.
New Testament
Hebrews 9:1
BSB · full verse Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.
Original word in this verse
Context
Hebrews turns to the first covenant’s sanctuary and its regulations for service before God, then describes its furnishings and priestly access.
What gets lost in “worship”
Latreia is a noun for service. English “worship” can obscure the service or ministry the sentence actually names.
New Testament
Hebrews 9:9
BSB · full verse It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.
Original word in this verse
Context
The writer says that repeated gifts and sacrifices in the earthly sanctuary could not cleanse the conscience of the one presenting them.
What gets lost in “worship”
Latreuō means to render sacred service. English “worship” can hide the service being given or demanded in this scene.
New Testament
Hebrews 9:21
BSB · full verse In the same way, he sprinkled with blood the tabernacle and all the vessels used in worship.
Original word in this verse
Context
The account recalls Moses sprinkling the tabernacle and its service vessels with blood as part of the covenant’s ritual cleansing.
What gets lost in “worship”
Leitourgia names ministry or service. English “worship” describes the setting or use here, but the Greek noun itself is service.
New Testament
Hebrews 10:1
BSB · full verse For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
Source wording behind this English phrase
Context
Hebrews contrasts repeated sacrifices under the law with the complete work of Christ; those offerings could not perfect the people who approached God.
What gets lost in “worship”
The Greek verb means to draw near. “To worship” is supplied in English to explain the people approaching with sacrifices; it is not a second Greek action in the verse.
New Testament
Hebrews 10:2
BSB · full verse If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins.
Original word in this verse
Context
If those sacrifices had cleansed people once for all, Hebrews argues, they would have ceased and the people would no longer carry the guilt of sin.
What gets lost in “worship”
Latreuō means to render sacred service. English “worship” can hide the service being given or demanded in this scene.
New Testament
Hebrews 11:21
BSB · full verse By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.
Original word in this verse
Context
Jacob blessed Joseph’s sons and worshiped.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself before someone. English “worship” can hide that act; the scene tells us who receives the bow and what the person understands.
New Testament
Hebrews 12:28
BSB · full verse Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.
Original word in this verse
Context
He draws the distinction between created things that can be removed and the unshakable kingdom believers receive. The response is gratitude expressed in acceptable worship, with reverence and awe.
What gets lost in “worship”
Latreuō means to render sacred service. English “worship” can hide the service being given or demanded in this scene.
New Testament
Revelation 4:10
BSB · full verse 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:
Original word in this verse
Context
The elders respond by falling before Him, worshiping and placing their crowns before His throne.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself before someone. English “worship” can hide that act; the scene tells us who receives the bow and what the person understands.
New Testament
Revelation 5:14
BSB · full verse And the four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.
Original word in this verse
Context
The creatures answer Amen, and the elders fall down in worship.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself before someone. English “worship” can hide that act; the scene tells us who receives the bow and what the person understands.
New Testament
Revelation 7:11
BSB · full verse 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,
Original word in this verse
Context
They stand before God’s throne and the Lamb, wearing white robes and holding palm branches. They praise God and the Lamb for salvation, and the surrounding angels join in worship.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself before someone. English “worship” can hide that act; the scene tells us who receives the bow and what the person understands.
New Testament
Revelation 9:20
BSB · full verse 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.
Original word in this verse
Context
The final verses turn attention from the army to the survivors. They continue worshiping demons and lifeless idols, and they refuse to turn from murder, sorcery, sexual immorality and theft.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself before someone. English “worship” can hide that act; the scene tells us who receives the bow and what the person understands.
New Testament
Revelation 11:1
BSB · full verse 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.
Original word in this verse
Context
John is given a measuring rod and told to measure God’s temple and altar and count the worshipers.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself before someone. English “worship” can hide that act; the scene tells us who receives the bow and what the person understands.
New Testament
Revelation 11:16
BSB · full verse And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God,
Original word in this verse
Context
The twenty-four elders fall before God and give thanks that He has taken His great power and begun to reign.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself before someone. English “worship” can hide that act; the scene tells us who receives the bow and what the person understands.
New Testament
Revelation 13:4
BSB · full verse 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?”
Original words in this verse
Context
Admiration becomes worship of both the beast and the dragon behind it, expressed in the question of who could possibly defeat such a power.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself. Revelation directs the reader’s attention to whom that bow is given—the dragon, the beast, or its image. “Worship” can hide the embodied act of submission within this scene of coerced allegiance.
New Testament
Revelation 13:8
BSB · full verse 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.
Original word in this verse
Context
Those who worship it are contrasted with those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself. Revelation directs the reader’s attention to whom that bow is given—the dragon, the beast, or its image. “Worship” can hide the embodied act of submission within this scene of coerced allegiance.
New Testament
Revelation 13:12
BSB · full verse 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.
Original word in this verse
Context
Its actions reveal its purpose: it exercises the first beast’s authority and leads people to worship that beast.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself. Revelation directs the reader’s attention to whom that bow is given—the dragon, the beast, or its image. “Worship” can hide the embodied act of submission within this scene of coerced allegiance.
New Testament
Revelation 13:15
BSB · full verse 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.
Original word in this verse
Context
The image is given breath and can speak, and those who refuse to worship it face death.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself. Revelation directs the reader’s attention to whom that bow is given—the dragon, the beast, or its image. “Worship” can hide the embodied act of submission within this scene of coerced allegiance.
New Testament
Revelation 14:7
BSB · full verse 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.”
Original word in this verse
Context
The first carries the eternal gospel to every nation, tribe, language and people. He calls them to fear God, give Him glory and worship the Creator, because the hour of His judgment has come.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself before someone. English “worship” can hide that act; the scene tells us who receives the bow and what the person understands.
New Testament
Revelation 14:9
BSB · full verse 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,
Original word in this verse
Context
The third warns those who worship the beast, its image and receive its mark.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself before someone. English “worship” can hide that act; the scene tells us who receives the bow and what the person understands.
New Testament
Revelation 14:11
BSB · full verse 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.”
Original word in this verse
Context
The third warns those who worship the beast, its image and receive its mark.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself before someone. English “worship” can hide that act; the scene tells us who receives the bow and what the person understands.
New Testament
Revelation 15:4
BSB · full verse 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.”
Original word in this verse
Context
The scene presents the coming judgment in connection with God’s holiness and the praise of people who have remained faithful. Their worship comes before the account of the bowls reaching the earth.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself before someone. English “worship” can hide that act; the scene tells us who receives the bow and what the person understands.
New Testament
Revelation 16:2
BSB · full verse 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.
Original word in this verse
Context
The first bowl brings sores on people marked by the beast who bow before its image, linking this plague to their allegiance.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself before someone. English “worship” can hide that act; the scene tells us who receives the bow and what the person understands.
New Testament
Revelation 19:4
BSB · full verse And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying: “Amen, Hallelujah!”
Original word in this verse
Context
The twenty-four elders and four living creatures fall before God and join the praise.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself before someone. English “worship” can hide that act; the scene tells us who receives the bow and what the person understands.
New Testament
Revelation 19:10
BSB · full verse 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.”
Original words in this verse
Context
John then falls to worship the angel, who immediately refuses. He is a fellow servant, and God is the One to worship.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself before someone. English “worship” can hide that act; the scene tells us who receives the bow and what the person understands.
New Testament
Revelation 19:20
BSB · full verse But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
Original word in this verse
Context
The beast and the false prophet are captured, and the false prophet is identified by the signs that deceived people into receiving the beast’s mark and worshiping its image.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself before someone. English “worship” can hide that act; the scene tells us who receives the bow and what the person understands.
New Testament
Revelation 20:4
BSB · full verse Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
Original word in this verse
Context
John sees thrones and people given authority to judge. He then sees the souls of those killed for their testimony about Jesus and God’s word, along with those who refused the beast’s worship and mark.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself before someone. English “worship” can hide that act; the scene tells us who receives the bow and what the person understands.
New Testament
Revelation 22:3
BSB · full verse No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be within the city, and His servants will worship Him.
Original word in this verse
Context
God’s servants worship Him, see His face and bear His name on their foreheads.
What gets lost in “worship”
Latreuō means to render sacred service. English “worship” can hide the service being given or demanded in this scene.
New Testament
Revelation 22:8
BSB · full verse And I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had shown me these things.
Original word in this verse
Context
John identifies himself as the one who heard and saw these things. He falls at the feet of the angel who showed them to him, but the angel immediately refuses his worship.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself before someone. English “worship” can hide that act; the scene tells us who receives the bow and what the person understands.
New Testament
Revelation 22:9
BSB · full verse But he said to me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God!”
Original word in this verse
Context
The angel stops John from bowing before him, calls himself a fellow servant, and directs John to bow before God.
What gets lost in “worship”
Proskuneō means to bow down or prostrate oneself before someone. English “worship” can hide that act; the scene tells us who receives the bow and what the person understands.
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