Worship in the Rest of the Week

    Terms for “Worship” in the New Testament proskuneō (73 times) – “to express in attitude or gesture one’s complete dependence on or submission to a high authority figure, (fall down and) worship, do obeisance to, prostrate oneself before, do reverence to, welcome respectfully” (BDAG) ● Matthew 2:11 – “And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him.” ● Revelation 5:14 – “And the four living creatures said, ‘Amen!’ and the elders fell down and worshiped.” latreia (22 times) – “the state of a hired laborer, service” (LSJ) ● Romans 12:1 – “I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.” ● Hebrews 9:1 – “Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly place of holiness.” leitourgeō (6 times) – “service of a formal or public type, service” (BDAG) ● Luke 1:23 – “And when his time of service was ended, he went to his home.” ● Hebrews 8:6 – “But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises.”