Worship defined

I woke up this morning being convicted that I had had idols in my life, Food, anger, pride, lust. These, and others, are idols, and I have bowed my knee to them. While I am doing these things, I am not worshiping, adoring God. I am adoring these thing in my heart. I am trading God for pancakes. What holds my heart, and how often does it hold it. Thousands per day. Matthew 5:28 but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. Jesus is the standard, not me. So If I break His standard, I have sinned. His standard is "and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ." 2 Cor 10:5. This life is choking out the word of God in my heart so I don't hear or obey. Parable of the seed sower, Matthew 13. At a Promise Keepers event they quoted a stat that over 80% of men are hooked to porn, and now over 60 % of women are, that stat, has never been that high. That's worship, that much time and energy says that's an idol in our lives. How many sinful thoughts occupy our minds daily, all idols begging for our attention, when Christ is the only one worthy of that attention. Here are just a few of definitions of worship: Worship: It’s meaning and purpose, and what we do with it There are many words in the Greek and Hebrew and Aramaic words, the original words for both old and new testament, and I am looking at each one to see it’s meaning, and what we are to do with it; since we are to worship the one true God, and none other. Latreuo to serve for hire to serve, minister to, either to the gods or men and used alike of slaves and freemen in the NT, to render religious service or homage, to worship to perform sacred services, to offer gifts, to worship God in the observance of the rites instituted for his worship of priests, to officiate, to discharge the sacred office Ethelothreskeia voluntary, arbitrary worship worship which one prescribes and devises for himself, contrary to the contents and nature of faith which ought to be directed to Christ said of the misdirected zeal and the practice of ascetics Col 2: 23 These are matters which have, to be sure, the appearance of wisdom in self-made religionand self-abasement and severe treatment of the body, but are of no value against fleshly indulgence. Eidololatreia the worship of false gods, idolatry of the formal sacrificial feats held in honour of false gods of avarice, as a worship of Mammon in the plural, the vices springing from idolatry and peculiar to it Col: 3: 5 Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry. Koinonos a partner, associate, comrade, companion a partner, sharer, in anything of the altar in Jerusalem on which the sacrifices are offered sharing in the worship of the Jews partakers of (or with) demons brought into fellowship with them, because they are the authors of heathen worship 1 Cor 10:20 No, but I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God ; and I do not want you to become sharers in demons. Aven Aven = "vanity" a name used contemptuously for the following places of idolatrous worship a city in Egypt, possibly On (Eze. 30: Bethel with its calf worship (Hos. 10: A town or region in Syria (Amos 1: Na'aph to commit adultery (Qal) to commit adultery 1a usually of man 1a always with wife of another 1a adultery (of women) (participle) idolatrous worship (fig.) (Piel) to commit adultery 1b of man 1b adultery (of women) (participle) idolatrous worship (fig.) Proverbs 30:20 20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth , and wipeth her mouth, and saith , I have done no wickedness. Threskeia religious worship esp. external, that which consists of ceremonies religious discipline, religion James 1:26-27 26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his ownheart, this man's religion is vain. 27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this,To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. Ioudaismos the Jewish faith and worship, religion of the Jews, Judaism Sebazomai to fear, be afraid to honour religiously, to worship Romans 1:25 25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator , who is blessed for ever. Amen. Sebomai to revere, to worship Matt 15:9 In vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men Sebazomai to fear, be afraid to honour religiously, to worship Romans 1: 25 For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. Own On = "strength or vigour" city in lower Egypt, bordering land of Goshen, centre of sun-worship, residence of Potipherah (priest of On and father-in-law of Joseph) A name Hadarah adornment, glory holy adornment (of public worship) glory (of the king) 1 Chron 16: 29 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. Chamman incense altar, sun-pillar, idol, image used in idolatrous worship Cagad (Qal) to prostrate oneself (in worship) Isaiah 44: 17 And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith , Deliver me; for thou art my god. P@lach (Aramaic) to serve, worship, revere, minister for, pay reverence to (P'al) to pay reverence to to serve Daniel 3: 12 There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up . Polchan (Aramaic) service, worship Ramah height, high place as place of illicit worship Ezekiel 16: 24 That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street. 25 Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred , and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by , and multiplied thy whoredoms. Ni'uph adultery idolatrous worship (fig.) Ethnikos adapted to the genius or customs of a people, peculiar to a people, national suited to the manners or language of foreigners, strange, foreign in the NT savouring of the nature of pagans, alien to the worship of the true God, heathenish of the pagan, the Gentile Epistrepho transitively to turn to to the worship of the true God to cause to return, to bring back to the love and obedience of God to the love for the children to love wisdom and righteousness intransitively to turn to one's self to turn one's self about, turn back to return, turn back, come back Galatians 4: 9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to theweak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage ? Latreia service rendered for hire any service or ministration: the service of God the service and worshipof God according to the requirements of the Levitical law to perform sacred services Hebrews 9: 6 Now when these things were thus ordained , the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God. Parapipto to fall beside a person or thing to slip aside to deviate from the right path, turn aside, wander to error to fall away (from the true faith): from worship of Jehovah Used one time: Hebrews 6: 6 If they shall fall away , to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh , and put him to an open shame . Porneia illicit sexual intercourse adultery, fornication, homosexuality, lesbianism, intercourse with animals etc. sexual intercourse with close relatives; Lev. 18 sexual intercourse with a divorced man or woman; Mk. 10:11, metaph. the worship of idols of the defilement of idolatry, as incurred by eating the sacrifices offered to idols Matthew 5: 32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery : and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery . Towdah confession, praise, thanksgiving give praise to God thanksgiving in songs of liturgical worship, hymn of praise thanksgiving choir or procession or line or company thank-offering, sacrifice of thanksgiving confession Jonah 2: 9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed .Salvation is of the LORD. T@raphiym idolatry, idols, image(s), teraphim, family idol a kind of idol used in household shrine or worship atsab to hurt, pain, grieve, displease, vex, wrest (Qal) to hurt, pain (Niphal) to be in pain, be pained, be grieved (Piel) to vex, torture (Hiphil) to cause pain (Hithpael) to feel grieved, be vexed to shape, fashion, make, form, stretch into shape, (TWOT) worship (Piel) to shape, form (Hiphil) to form, copy, fashion Nehemiah 8: 10 Then he said to them, "Go, eat of the fat, drink of the sweet, and send portions to him who has nothing prepared ; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength." 11 So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, "Be still, for the day is holy ; do not be grieved." Epistrepho transitively to turn to to the worship of the true God to cause to return, to bring back to the love and obedience of God to the love for the children to love wisdom and righteousness intransitively to turn to one's self to turn one's self about, turn back to return, turn back, come back 1 Peter 2: 25 For you were continually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls. Shachah to bow down (Qal) to bow down (Hiphil) to depress (fig) (Hithpael) to bow down, prostrate oneself 1c before superior in homage 1c before God in worship 1c before false gods 1c before angel Genesis 24: 26 And the man bowed down his head , and worshipped the LORD. Ekklesia a gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place, an assembly an assembly of the people convened at the public place of the council for the purpose of deliberating the assembly of the Israelites any gathering or throng of men assembled by chance, tumultuously in a Christian sense an assembly of Christians gathered for worship in a religious meeting a company of Christian, or of those who, hoping for eternal salvation through Jesus Christ, observe their own religious rites, hold their own religious meetings, and manage their own affairs, according to regulations prescribed for the body for order's sake those who anywhere, in a city, village, constitute such a company and are united into one body the whole body of Christians scattered throughout the earth the assembly of faithful Christians already dead and received into heaven Matthew 16: 18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. James 5: 14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: Darash to resort to, seek, seek with care, enquire, require (Qal) to resort to, frequent (a place), (tread a place) to consult, enquire of, seek 1a of God 1a of heathen gods, necromancers to seek deity in prayer and worship 1a God 1a heathen deities to seek (with a demand), demand, require to investigate, enquire to ask for, require, demand to practice, study, follow, seek with application to seek with care, care for (Niphal) to allow oneself to be enquired of, consulted (only of God) to be sought, be sought out to be required (of blood) 1 Sam 28: 7 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor. Shachah to bow down (Qal) to bow down (Hiphil) to depress (fig) (Hithpael) to bow down, prostrate oneself 1c before superior in homage 1c before God in worship 1c before false gods 1c before angel Pipto to descend from a higher place to a lower to fall (either from or upon) to be thrust down metaph. to fall under judgment, came under condemnation to descend from an erect to a prostrate position to fall down to be prostrated, fall prostrate of those overcome by terror or astonishment or grief or under the attack of an evil spirit or of falling dead suddenly the dismemberment of a corpse by decay to prostrate one's self used of suppliants and persons rendering homage orworship to one to fall out, fall from i.e. shall perish or be lost to fall down, fall into ruin: of buildings, walls etc. to be cast down from a state of prosperity to fall from a state of uprightness to perish, i.e come to an end, disappear, cease 2b of virtues to lose authority, no longer have force 2b of sayings, precepts, etc. to be removed from power by death to fail of participating in, miss a share in James 5: 12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation. Hebrews 3: 11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. John 11: 32 Then when Mary was come where Jesus was , and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died . John 12: 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die , it abideth alone: but if it die , it bringeth forth much fruit. Eidolon an image, likeness i.e. whatever represents the form of an object, either real or imaginary used of the shades of the departed, apparitions, spectres, phantoms of the mind, etc. the image of an heathen god a false god Used only 4 times in the bible, but what I thin of most often when I think of worshiping, or having an idol of something! Eidololatreia the worship of false gods, idolatry of the formal sacrificial feats held in honour of false gods of avarice, as a worship of Mammon in the plural, the vices springing from idolatry and peculiar to it Col 3: 5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinateaffection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: Sebazomai to fear, be afraid to honour religiously, to worship used once: Romans 1: 25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator , who is blessed for ever. Amen. Sebasma whatever is religiously honoured, an object of worship of temples, altars, statues, idolatrous images Sebomai to revere, to worship SO what will I do with this new knowledge that I have been an idol worshiper? I will serve the one true God, and not any idols, in Jesus name.