προσ-κυνέω, -ῶ
(< κυνέω, to kiss), [in LXX chiefly for שׁחה hith.;]
to make obeisance, do reverence to, worship;
(a) prop. (as in cl., of the gods: Hdt., Æsch., Plat., al.), of God, Christ and supra-mundane beings: absol., Jo 4:2012:20, Ac 8:2724:11, He 11:21 (Westc., in l.), Re 11:1; πίπτειν καὶ π., Re 5:14; c. dat. (of the significance of this constr. as compared with the usual cl., c. acc., v. Abbott, JG, 78 f.; JV, 133 ff.), Jo 4:21, 23, Ac 7:43, I Co 14:25, He 1:6, Re 4:107:1111:1613:4, 1514:716:219:4, 10, 2022:8, 9; c. acc. (v. supr.), Mt 4:10, Lk 4:824:52 (WH, R, mg., om.), Jo 4:22, 24, Re 9:2013:4, 8, 1214:9, 1120:4; seq. ἐπώπιον, Lk 4:7, Re 15:4;
(b) as in cl., of homage to human superiors (cf. MM, xxi): absol., Mt 20:20, Ac 10:25; c. dat. (v. supr.), Mt 2:2, 88:29:1814:3315:2518:2628:9, Mk 15:19, Jo 9:38; πεσὼν π., Mt 2:114:9; ἐνώπιον τ. ποδῶν, Re 3:9; c. acc., Mk 5:6 (dat. T).†