noun · masculine
proskunētos
Greekπροσκυνητής (proskunētēs)
Strong’sG4353
a worshipper
stem proskunēt-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
*† προσ-κυνητής, -οῦ, ὁ
(< προσκυνέω),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4353 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpros-koo-nay-tace'
an adorer
Fromfrom G4352;
King Jamesworshipper.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | proskunētos | proskunētois1×προσκυνηταὶ |
| object accusative | proskunēton | proskunētoin |
| direct address vocative | proskunētor | proskunētoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | proskunētou | proskunētoiu |
| to, for dative | proskunēto | proskunētoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
proskunēto is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
proskunētois“worshipers”subjectnominative plural1×
John 4:23“worshipers”alla erchetō hōras kai nun atō, hote tois alēthinois proskunētois proskunali to patēro en pneume kai alētheia, kai gar tos patēros toioutoin zētatō toin proskunarōtoin auton;But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.