Revelation 22:8:14Rev.22.8.W14TAB
προσκυνῆσαι
proskynêsai
“to worship”
- Transliteration
- pros-ky-NÊ-sai
- Extended
- prohs-ky-NAY-sai
- IPA
- /pros.kyˈnɛː.sai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to worship
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
pros-ky-NÊ-sai
- sentence
ka-GO i-ō-AN-nēs ho a-KOU-ōn KAI BLE-pōn TAU-ta KAI HO-te Ē-KOU-sa KAI E-BLEP-sa E-pe-sa pros-ky-NÊ-sai EM-pros-then tôn po-DÔN tou an-GE-lou tou deik-NY-on-TOS moi TAU-ta
Exegesis
The aorist infinitive proskynēsai {προσκυνῆσαι | pros-ku-nê-sai} expresses purpose—John’s intent to worship—while emprosthen {ἔμπροσθεν | ém-pro-sthen} with podōn {ποδῶν | po-dôn} specifies the spatial location.
Root and etymology
proskyneōpi–rho–omicron–sigma–kappa–upsilon–nu–epsilon–omega
“to prostrate oneself, worship”
In context — Revelation 22:8
And I, John , am the one who heard and saw these things; and after I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who was showing these things to me.
About this coordinate
Revelation 22:8:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Revelation 22:8, so the Greek word προσκυνῆσαι (proskynêsai) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Rev.22.8.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.22.8.W14.S1) and character.