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APPENDIX C

Who actually bowed & worshiped?

Follow the actor, the original word, and the recipient in the completed-acts study.

130actor-and-passage entries
3original-language verbs
66books in scope

130 actor-and-passage entries

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Who actually bowed & worshiped?
WhoPassageOriginal wordToward whomDetails
Abigail1 Samuel 25:23ShāḥâDavid (human king)
Abigail1 Samuel 25:41ShāḥâDavid through his messengers (human)
AbrahamGenesis 18:2ShāḥâThe three visitors, one subsequently identified as YHWH
AbrahamGenesis 23:7ShāḥâThe Hittites / sons of Heth (humans)
AbrahamGenesis 23:12ShāḥâThe Hittites / sons of Heth (humans)
Abraham’s servantGenesis 24:26ShāḥâYHWH (God)
Abraham’s servantGenesis 24:48ShāḥâYHWH, God of Abraham (God)
Abraham’s servantGenesis 24:52ShāḥâYHWH (God)
Absalom2 Samuel 14:33ShāḥâKing David (human)
Adonijah1 Kings 1:53ShāḥâKing Solomon (human)
Ahab1 Kings 16:31ShāḥâBaal (false god)
Ahaziah1 Kings 22:53ShāḥâBaal (false god)
Ahimaaz2 Samuel 18:28ShāḥâKing David (human)
All angelsRevelation 7:11ProskyneōGod
All peoples, nations, and languages under NebuchadnezzarDaniel 3:7SegidNebuchadnezzar’s golden image (idol)
Amaziah2 Chronicles 25:14ShāḥâThe gods of Seir (false gods/idols)
Amalekite messenger from Saul’s camp2 Samuel 1:2ShāḥâDavid (human)
Amon2 Kings 21:21ShāḥâThe idols his father Manasseh served
Araunah (Ornan)2 Samuel 24:20ShāḥâKing David (human)
Araunah (Ornan)1 Chronicles 21:21ShāḥâKing David (human)

Who is included?

The study includes positive acts narrated as performed, reported as performed, performed within a dream, parable, or vision, or described as actual ongoing practice. It excludes commands, prohibitions, intentions, uncompleted purpose clauses, hypotheticals, predictions, interrupted attempts, and refusals.

That is why Mordecai, the three Hebrews’ refusal in Daniel 3, and John’s interrupted attempts before the angel do not appear as completed acts of these verbs.

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