Semantic range of PROSKUNEW

dalmatia at eburg.com dalmatia at eburg.com
Thu Jun 25 10:03:41 EDT 1998


GregStffrd at aol.com wrote:

> In view of these (and other) examples, there would appear to be little
> difficulty explaining the NT use of PROSKUNEO in reference to Jesus, since the
> NT authors were no doubt aware of the semantic range of this term, and used it
> in varying degrees, in different contexts, for different individuals.

I have been following this thread with interest, because the term
"worship" in English has personally given me a lot of difficulty.  If
we were to begin citing instances of its usage [in English] so as to
establish its 'semantic range', a veritable Pandora's Box would open,
and there would be no end to it.  The whole gamut of meanings, for
instance, between self abasement before God to self-exaltation as a
child of God would enter, and this would be just one focus among many
that would be relevant to such an investigation.

So what occurs to me, as I follow this thread, is the following
question:  

Is the term PROSKUNEW attributed to Jesus? [As an action that He
performed.]  And if so, was it ever toward another human being?

George 

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