Subject: What is a patron saint? |
Bible Note: terrib, Here is a link to an article about the meaning of "worship" and "honor" as it relates to saints as opposed to God. http://www.catholic.com/library/saint_worship.asp Here, from this Studybible site is a little on the Hebrew word for worship. 7812 shachah (1005b); a prim. root; to bow down:--bow(5), bow ourselves down(1), bow yourselves down(1), bow down(21), bowed(16), bowed in worship(1), bowed themselves down(2), bowed down(14), bowing(1), bowing down(1), bows down(1), did homage(1), down in homage(1), homage(1), lie down(1), paid homage(3), prostrate(2), prostrated(13), prostrating(1), weighs it down(1), worship(47), worshiped(31), worshiping(3), worships(2). You might want to look at the various verses and contexts in which it is used in the Old Testament. Search the word shachah here on the forum and you will get a few word study notes on it by Searcher and perhaps others. Emmaus |