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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
- 1c1) to bow down, prostrate oneself
- 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.