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07812 ^החשׁ^ shachah ShinChetHey \@shaw-khaw’\@ a primitive root; v; {See TWOT on 2360} AV-worship 99, bow 31, bow down 18, obeisance 9, reverence 5, fall down 3, themselves 2, stoop 1, crouch 1, misc 3; 172

1) to bow down

1a) (Qal) to bow down

1b) (Hiphil) to depress (fig)

1c) (Hithpael)

1c1) to bow down, prostrate oneself

1c1a) before superior in homage

1c1b) before God in worship

1c1c) before false gods

1c1d) before angel

• The word worshipper does not appear in the Old Testament except as a translation of abad which clearly means to serve. The common word for worship is shachah. Study Aboda.
• In the New Testament, the word for worship is proskuneo.