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Worship of God

Both spiritual and visible, private and public, by individuals, families, and communities, is not only a self-evident duty for all who believe in God, but is abundantly commanded in his word. See PRAYER.

The stated assembling of all people for united worship on the Sabbath, in continuance of the temple and synagogue services enjoined by God and practiced by Christ, is most manifest duty. The very name church, meaning assembly, implies it; and the preaching of the gospel, the great means for promoting Christianity, requires it. The directions of Paul, not to forsake the "assembling of ourselves together," to read his epistles "in all the churches," and to join in "psalms and hymns and spiritual songs," and his rules for securing the highest spiritual edification of all when they came together in the church, all indicate the established law of Christianity.

"Worship" is sometimes used of the form of homage paid by subjects to kings, or of honor to one held entitled to it, Daniel 2:46 Luke 14:10. In the East, this is still often rendered by prostrating the body and touching the forehead to the ground, Genesis 33:3 Matthew 18:26.

"Will-worship," Colossians 2:23, is a term descriptive of such forms of adoration and service as are not prescribed in God's word, but are offensive in his sight. Such are the masses and penances of Popery.

Greek

1497. eidolon -- an image (ie for worship), by impl. a false god
... idol. From eidos; an image (ie For worship); by implication, a heathen god, or
(plural) the worship of such -- idol. see GREEK eidos. (eidola) -- 3 Occurrences. ...
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4574. sebasma -- an object of worship
... an object of worship. From sebazomai; something adored, ie An object of worship
(god, altar, etc) -- devotion, that is worshipped. see GREEK sebazomai. ...
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4576. sebo -- to worship
... Word Origin a prim. verb Definition to worship NASB Word Usage devout (1),
God-fearing (3), worship (4), worshiper (2). devout, religious. ...
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2999. latreia -- service
... divine service, worship. From latreuo; ministration of God, ie Worship -- (divine)
service. see GREEK latreuo. (latreia) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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3000. latreuo -- to serve
... Transliteration: latreuo Phonetic Spelling: (lat-ryoo'-o) Short Definition: I serve,
worship Definition: I serve, especially God, perhaps simply: I worship. ...
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2151. eusebeo -- to show piety towards
... From eusebes; to be pious, ie (towards God) to worship, or (towards parents)
to respect (support) -- show piety, worship. see GREEK eusebes. ...
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1479. ethelothreskia -- self-willed (arbitrary and unwarranted) ...
... This form of "worship," which is accomplished "by " (Souter), is merely a ","
exalting the at God's expense (used only in Col 2:23). ...
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2212. zeteo -- to seek
... Of uncertain affinity; to seek (literally or figuratively); specially, (by Hebraism)
to worship (God), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life) -- be (go ...
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4336. proseuchomai -- to pray
... pray, supplicate, worship. From pros and euchomai; to pray to God, ie Supplicate,
worship -- pray (X earnestly, for), make prayer. see GREEK pros. ...
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2169. eucharistia -- thankfulness, giving of thanks
... From eucharistos; gratitude; actively, grateful language (to God, as an act of worship)
-- thankfulness, (giving of) thanks(-giving). see GREEK eucharistos. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7812. shachah -- to bow down
... in homage to royalty or God) -- bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly
beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship. ...
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Library

On the Worship of God in General
... DISPUTATION LXVII ON THE WORSHIP OF GOD IN GENERAL. ... Among the Hebrews, it is called
hrwk [ and µ yhwlatady the honour or worship, and the fear of God. ...
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The Worship of God in Spirit and in Truth.
... (John, iv.) Section 123. The Worship of God in Spirit and in Truth. ... The true worship
of God, as Spirit, can only spring from Divine affinities in the Spirit. ...
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The Worship of God.
... ADDITIONAL DISCOURSES. SECT. IV. THE WORSHIP OF GOD. Religentem esse sportet,
religiosum nefas. Incerti autoris apuid. Aul. Gell. ...
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Of the True Worship of God, and Sacrifice.
... Chap. LVIII."Of the True Worship of God, and Sacrifice. ... What then does God require
from man but worship of the mind, which is pure and holy? ...
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Devout Worship of God.
... INTRODUCTION AND CLOSE OF WORSHIP. 45. " Devout Worship of God. 45. LM
Sir JE Smith. Devout Worship of God. 1 Praise waits in ...
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God Distinguished from Idols, that He May be the Exclusive Object ...
... For it is plain that the worship which Papists pay to saints differs in no respect
from the worship of God: for this worship is paid without distinction; only ...
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Psalm 84 Delight in Ordinances of Worship; Or, God Present in his ...
... THE PSALMS OF DAVID PSALM 84 Delight in ordinances of worship; or, God
present in his churches. v.1-4,10, paraphrased CM. Delight ...
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God Alone a Fit Object of Worship.
... You therefore worship a god without sense, whereas every one who has sense believes
that not even those things are to be worshipped which have been made by God ...
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Whether There Can be any Excess in the Worship of God?
... Neither, therefore, can there be in the worship of God. Objection 3: Further, to
worship God consists in offering to Him what we have received from Him. ...
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Whether There Can be Anything Pernicious in the Worship of the ...
... Therefore all worship of God is conducive to salvation, and consequently none is
pernicious. ... Therefore now also no worship of God is pernicious. ...
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