To kneel is to go down to one or both knees. Often this is to rest or for support.
Yet people can also kneel before another, where the kneeling person lowers him or herself to give honor or tribute to one they esteem higher than themselves (Esther 3:2-6).
Even more so, we can kneel before God (Psalm 22:29 and Matthew 20:20).
Key passage about Kneel: Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker; for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care (Psalm 95:6-7, NIV).
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