Let’s review those scriptures Grailhunter....starting with the definition you posted....
proskuneó: to do reverence to
Original Word: προσκυνέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: proskuneó
Phonetic Spelling: (pros-koo-neh'-o)
Definition: to do reverence to
Usage: I go down on my knees to, do obeisance to, worship.
When offered to a human it is
obeisance.....but when offered to God, it is
worship.
Now with that in mind, read those scriptures again.....
Matthew 2:11 And they came into the house and saw the Child with Mary His mother; and they fell down and worshiped Him; and opening their treasures they presented to Him gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh.
Men offering obeisance to a human child whom they recognised as royalty....not deity.
Matthew 8:2 And behold, a leper came and worshiped Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”
Again this is obeisance offered to Jesus Christ...the anointed of Jehovah, sent by “the only true God” to save mankind. (John 17:3) No human can be worshipped because that is against God’s law. Jesus was 100% human. He accepted due honour as the “son of God” but there is not a single verse in the Bible that calls him “God the Son” and you know it.
Matthew 9:18 While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
A man giving honour to a prophet of God who heard that this man was able to do healing....he was not “worshipping” Jesus.
Matthew 14:33 Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.
“Son of God”....not “God the Son”....no worship here either, just due honor because of who they recognised Jesus to be. If Jews had hailed Jesus as “God”, they would have been stoned to death for blasphemy!
Matthew 15:25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
Obeisance.
Matthew 28:9 And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.
Obeisance
Matthew 28:17 And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.
Obeisance....the risen Christ was still not God. He appeared to them in human form.
Luke 24:52 And they worshiped Him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
No worship....obeisance because they knew that their Lord Jesus was the divine Son of God....but not God.
John 4:20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
This is worship of God.....rightly rendered as “worship”.
John 9:38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.
Obeisance.
Act 10: 25-26 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped
him. But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.
Clearly this is obeisance since it was rendered to Peter. Humans do not render worship to other humans.
Revelation 5:14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four
and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.
Since this is before the throne of God, it is rightly rendered “worship”.
Revelation 7:11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and
about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
Yep.... “worshipped God”. Are we getting it yet?
Revelation 19:4 And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.
“Worshipped God”.
Revelation 16:2...19:20...20:4 are about worshipping the beast
How does one “worship” the beast in this passage? Context mate...context.
You are seeing only what you want to see.....one word...two meanings, determined by context.
This is the word most often used in the NT for worshipped. Some translations interpret the word....in some scriptures...by describing the physical posture of worshipping. So by definition and scriptural expression....it is the word used for worshipped. But it is the same word used in all of these scriptures.
Try again.....the physical posture is one of bowing down, which is not necessarily worship as the scriptures you provided clearly show.