How Did Worship Become (Falsely) Synonymous with Music? (and What to Do about It) - a podcast by Jonathan Michael Jones

In
both Greek and Hebrew, the biblical words used for worship do not equate to
music. Biblical worship refers to either 1) an attitude or a posture or 2) a
service rendered. Abraham reveals the first use of the word in the Bible when
he says, “. . . I and the boy will go over there and worship . . . � (Gen 22:5
ESV). In essence, it could be said that music is but a small part of worship.
Worship might be separated into two categories: corporate and personal; yet,
even in corporate worship, the entirety of the gathering constitutes worship
rather than merely the musical portions of the service. How then did the word,
worship, become synonymous with music? Historical records of worship reveal
that the church, through the centuries, has considered all aspects of the
worship gathering (e.g. prayers, sermons, communion, etc.) to encompass the
whole of worship. I
have four ideas for how the terms, worship and music, became synonymous and
some suggestions for how to counter this false connection.

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