What does proskuneo really mean? A full word study of προσκυνέω (proskuneō), Strong’s G4352: its “kiss toward” roots, key KJV verses, and why Greek worship always faces someone.
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Hebrew Word for Worship: What Does “Shachah” Really Mean?
What does shachah really mean? A full word study of שָׁחָה (shachah) — Strong’s H7812, its roots, key KJV verses, and why Hebrew worship is a posture before it’s a feeling.
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Greek Word for Comfort: What Does “Paraklesis” Really Mean?
Paraklesis (G3874) is the Greek word behind “the God of all comfort” – and the same word the KJV also translates “exhortation” and “intreaty.” It never meant soothing. It means someone called to your side.
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Hebrew Word for Comfort: What Does “Nacham” Really Mean?
Nacham (H5162) is the Hebrew word behind “Comfort ye, comfort ye my people” – and behind “it repented the LORD that he had made man.” Same verb, split in two by translators. It doesn’t mean soothing words. It means something turned.
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Greek Word for Fear of the Lord: What Does “Phobos” Really Mean?
Phobos (G5401) is the Greek word behind “the fear of the Lord” – and before it named an emotion it named a movement: flight, the rout, an army breaking and running. Acts 9:31 then attaches walking to it.
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Hebrew Word for Fear of the Lord: What Does “Yirah” Really Mean?
Yirah (H3374) is the Hebrew word behind “the fear of the LORD” – and Hebrew has no separate word for reverence. It is the ordinary word for being afraid, aimed at God. Exodus 20:20 uses both senses of the root in a single verse.
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Greek Word for Servant: What Does “Doulos” Really Mean?
Doulos (G1401) is the Greek word for servant – and it does not mean helper, volunteer, or staff. It is the flat legal word for a slave, the word Paul chose for himself in his first line, and the word Philippians 2 uses for what Christ took on.
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Hebrew Word for Servant: What Does “Eved” Really Mean?
Eved (H5650) is the Hebrew word for servant — and it comes from a verb that means to work, to farm, and to worship, all at once. A word study on the pierced ear of Exodus 21, why “servant of the LORD” was the highest title in Israel, and what freedom actually meant.
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Greek Word for Kingdom: What Does “Basileia” Really Mean?
Basileia (G932) is the Greek word for kingdom — and “the kingdom of heaven” was never the name of a place you go when you die. A word study on Matthew’s substituted word, the two rare Greek words in Luke 17:21, and why “at hand” is in the perfect tense.
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Hebrew Word for Kingdom: What Does “Malkuth” Really Mean?
Malkuth (H4438) is the Hebrew word for kingdom — but it does not mean a place with borders. It means kingship: reign actually being exercised. A word study on Psalm 145, the abstract ending Hebrew uses, and why “Thy kingdom come” is not a request for territory.