prostrate oneself

It makes little sense to prostrate oneself at the altar of civility while others are gleefully desecrating democracy itself.

In each of these instances, the word does not mean ‘praise God’s glory’ or anything like that; instead, it means to bow or prostrate oneself.

To illustrate how English versions of the Bible allegedly mistranslate words to suit theological biases, Newsweek focuses on the Greek word proskuneo which is “used about 60 times in the New Testament” and “equates to something along the lines of ‘to prostrate oneself’ as well as ‘to praise God’” and in the King James Version is rendered “worship.”

For example, προσκυνέω, a Greek word used about 60 times in the New Testament, equates to something along the lines of “to prostrate oneself” as well as “to praise God.”

In each of these instances, the word does not mean “praise God’s glory” or anything like that; instead, it means to bow or prostrate oneself.