προσκυνῆσαι (proskunesai) in Revelation 22:8: Verb Aorist Active Infinitive

Verb: the form names an action or event, here the act of worshiping or doing reverence in context.

Aorist: commonly views the action as a whole event. It should not be treated as automatically punctiliar or automatically past in every context.

Active: presents the subject as doing or carrying the action.

Infinitive: names the verbal idea without finite person. It often works as purpose, result, complement, or explanation in context.

Not applicable: this verb form is not using noun case to mark its sentence role.

Infinitive: this verbal form does not carry singular or plural number in the usual nominal sense.

Not applicable: this verb form does not use grammatical gender to make its point.

ἔπεσα

The infinitive is linked to the preceding aorist idea of falling and expresses the intended response that followed his falling down.

It marks the purpose or intended result of falling, showing that the posture was directed toward worship before the angel's feet.

It does not by itself say that worship was completed, commanded, or approved; the surrounding context must control that reading.

High: The infinitive explains John's intent in falling before the angel's feet, a scene that is corrected in the next verse.

Aorist active infinitive. states the intended purpose of the posture, to worship before the angel's feet. Attached to the falling-down clause. Governed by the verb for falling. The infinitive explains intent; the following correction determines that the act must not be approved.

Why did John fall down in the scene? He fell down with intent to worship before the angel's feet.

Direct: The infinitive directly supports to worship as the intended action after falling.

The infinitive states intended action, not divine approval of the action. Aorist infinitive form should not be used to settle whether the act was completed. The next verse controls the theological correction about worship.

Infinitive of worship means worship was approved: The grammar shows intent; the context redirects worship to God. aorist infinitive proves completed worship: The form should not be pressed beyond the narrated intent and correction.

The witness reads προσκυνῆσαι in Revelation 22:8 within the phrase ἔπεσα προσκυνῆσαι ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ποδῶν.

The lemma προσκυνέω means to worship, do reverence, or make obeisance, and the form keeps that lexical sense here.

As an aorist infinitive after falling, it naturally points to the purpose or aim of the action, not to a standalone statement of fact.

John's reaction is described as falling down with the intent to worship before the angel's feet, which shows strong reverence in the moment.

The broader book can use προσκυνέω for worship language in different contexts, so this scene should be read with attention to who receives the act.

In translation and teaching, the form is best rendered as intended action, such as to worship, so readers feel the scene's immediacy.

Do not derive approval of angel worship, a doctrine from form alone, or any gendered theological claim from the morphology.