Word

λειτουργία

leitourgía · G3009 · Greek · 6 occurrences

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Meanings

to serve, service

To serve, with the implication of more formal or regular service

Examples
2 Corinthians 9:12 For the ministry of this service is not only fully supplying the needs of the saints, but is also overflowing through many thanksgivings to God.
Philippians 2:30 because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to compensate for your absence in your service to me.
ministry, service

(Derivative of λειτουργέω ‘to serve,’) An assignment or role in serving

Examples
Hebrews 8:6 But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, to the extent that He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.
to perform religious duties, to carry out religious rites

To perform religious rites as part of one’s religious duties or as the result of one’s role

Examples
Luke 1:23 When the days of his priestly service were concluded, he went back home.
Philippians 2:17 But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with you all.
Hebrews 9:21 And in the same way he sprinkled both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry with the blood.

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

2 occurrences in 2 groups

πίστιςfaith, trust, faithfulness 1
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

2 occurrences in 2 groups

διάφοροςdifferent 1
οὗτοςthis 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

τυγχάνωto experience 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἐπίon 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

4 occurrences in 4 groups

διακονίαservice, ministry 1
ἡμέραday 1
σκεῦοςvessel, object 1
ὑστέρημαwhat is lacking 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

עֲבֹדָה ʻăbôdâh · H5656 · work, labor, service: Hebrew עֲבֹדָה (ʻăbôdâh, H5656) denotes work/labor broadly (tillage, bondage, service), while Greek λειτουργία (leitourgía, G3009) specifically narrows to public/cultic service functions (priestly ministry, public benefaction); the Hebrew term's semantic range includes but is not limited to the liturgical register that Greek λειτουργία specializes in.

Semantic domains 3 entries

To serve, service35.22: λειτουργία names the act of religious or public service. Luke 1:23 states, “When the days of his priestly service were concluded, he went back home,” the λειτουργίας naming this completed course of priestly duty.
Ministry, service35.25: The word can also denote ministry or service more broadly, including material assistance rendered to others. Philippians 2:30 states that Epaphroditus came close to death for the work of Christ, “risking his life to compensate for your absence in your service to me,” the λειτουργίας naming this sacrificial ministry on Paul's behalf which Epaphroditus completed in the Philippians' stead.
To perform religious duties, to carry out religious rites53.13: λειτουργία can further name the formal performance of priestly religious duty. Hebrews 9:21 states that Moses sprinkled with blood “both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry,” the λειτουργίας naming this priestly ministry the tabernacle vessels served.

Word family 7 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

λαός laós · G2992 · nation, people, people of God · 142×Λαοδίκεια Laodíkeia · G2993 · Laodicia, a place in Asia Minor · 6×λειτουργίαleitourgía · G3009λειτουργός leitourgós · G3011 · servant · 5×λειτουργέω leitourgéō · G3008 · to serve, service, to perform religious duties · 3×Λαοδικεύς Laodikeús · G2994 · a Laodicean · 1×λειτουργικός leitourgikós · G3010 · serving · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon λειτουργίας, ἡ (from λειτουργέω, which see); 1. properly, a public office which a citizen…

λειτουργίας, ἡ (from λειτουργέω, which see);
1. properly, a public office which a citizen undertakes to administer at his own expense: Plato, legg. 12, p. 949 c.; Lysias, p. 163, 22; Isocrates, p. 391 d.; Theophrastus, Char. 20 (23), 5; 23 (29), 4, and others.
2. universally, any service: of military service, Polybius; Diodorus 1, 63. 73; of the service of workmen,
c. 21; of that done to nature in the cohabitation of man and wife, Aristotle, oec. 1, 3, p. 1343b, 20.
3. in Biblical Greek a. the service or ministry of the priests relative to the prayers and sacrifices offered to God: Lk 1:23; Heb 8:6; Heb 9:21, (for עֲבודָה, Num 8:22; Num 16:9; Num 18:4; 2 Chr 31:2; Diodorus 1, 21; Josephus; (Philo de caritat. § 1 under the end; others; see Sophocles Lex. under the word)); hence, the phrase in Phm 2:17, explained under the word θυσία, b. at the end ((cf. Lightfoot on Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 44 [ET])).
b. a gift or benefaction, for the relief of the needy (see λειτουργέω, 2 c.): 2 Cor 9:12; Phm 2:30.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Serve3 occurrences Religious Practice3 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0