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| Title: Distinguishing the Meaning of Greek Verbs in the Semantic Domain of Worship Secondary Title: FilolNT Volume: 4 Pages: 183-191 Type: Journal Article Year: 1991 Abstract: "Using the categories of proper synonymy, improper synonymy, and hyponymy, this article analyzes and organizes the semantic relationships of the eight Greek verbs for "worship" in the Greek NT and in the extant works of Josephus, Philo, and Epictetus. Three clusters of meaning emerge: worship as serving a deity by performing cultic acts in a religious vocation (latreuw, leitourgew, and possibly sebazomai), worship as submitting to divine authority (proskunew, gonupetew, kaámptw gonu), and worship as the exercise of personal piety (eusebew, sebomai, and probably sebazomai). These three clusters are related to one another by improperly synonymous contiguity". - D.J.H. Keywords: History of Terms, language, style |