To worship or adore, in the Word, signifies to acknowledge and believe.

In Genesis 22:5, this signifies submission. (Arcana Coelestia 2794)

In Exodus 24:1, this signifies humiliation and adoration from the heart. (Arcana Coelestia 9377)

In Revelation 13:12, this signifies to acknowledge something as sacred in the church. (Apocalypse Revealed 597)

In Psalm 106:19, this signifies idolatry. (Arcana Coelestia 9391)

In Revelation 13:4, this signifies acceptance of the doctrine of justification by faith alone. (Apocalypse Revealed 579)

Worship signifies also, here, that the common people acknowledge as a holy truth that no one can do good works by or from himself alone, nor fulfil the Law. (Apocalypse Revealed 580)

(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 805)

579. 13:4 Then they worshiped the dragon which gave authority to the beast. This symbolizes their acknowledgment of the doctrine of justification through faith apart from works of the law, as taught by the leaders of the church and its teachers, who have caused the doctrine to prevail as a result of its acceptance by the general populace.

To worship means, symbolically, to acknowledge as a sacred tenet of the church. The dragon symbolizes the doctrine of justification and salvation through faith without works of the law (no. 537). The beast here symbolizes the general populace, because it symbolizes the laity (no. 567). To give authority means, symbolically, to cause to prevail as a result of its acceptance by the laity (no. 575).