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What Does “Worship” Mean in the Bible?
In the King James Bible, “Worship” means “praise” in modern English. It is an archaic word from the 1611 KJV that has dropped out of everyday use.
What Was Lost
The concept of declaring ultimate worth. To worship was to make a public valuation: this being is worth everything. The word carried economic and social weight -- you were assigning supreme worth to God above all competitors. Modern 'worship' often means little more than singing with eyes closed.
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