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Lexicon :: Strong's G3000 - latreuō

Aa
λατρεύω
Transliteration
latreuō (Key)
Pronunciation
lat-ryoo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From latris (a hired menial)
mGNT
21x in 13 unique form(s) TR
21x in 13 unique form(s) LXX
89x in 25 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:58,503

Trench's Synonyms: xxxv. λατρεύω, λειτουργέω.

Strong’s Definitions

λατρεύω latreúō, lat-ryoo'-o; from λάτρις látris (a hired menial); to minister (to God), i.e. render religious homage:—serve, do the service, worship(-per).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's G3000 in the following manner: serve (16x), worship (3x), do the service (1x), worshipper (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's G3000 in the following manner: serve (16x), worship (3x), do the service (1x), worshipper (1x).

  1. to serve for hire

  2. to serve, minister to, either to the gods or men and used alike of slaves and freemen

    1. in the NT, to render religious service or homage, to worship

    2. to perform sacred services, to offer gifts, to worship God in the observance of the rites instituted for his worship

      1. of priests, to officiate, to discharge the sacred office

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
λατρεύω latreúō, lat-ryoo'-o; from λάτρις látris (a hired menial); to minister (to God), i.e. render religious homage:—serve, do the service, worship(-per).
STRONGS G3000:
λατρεύω; future λατρεύσω; 1 aorist ἐλάτρευσα; (λάτρις a hireling, Latin latro in Ennius and Plautus; λάτρον hire); in Greek writings
a. to serve for hire;
b. universally, to serve, minister to, either gods or men, and used alike of slaves and of freemen; in the N. T. to render religious service or homage, to worship (Hebrew עָבַד, Deuteronomy 6:13; Deuteronomy 10:12; Joshua 24:15); in a broad sense, λατρεύειν Θεῷ: Matthew 4:10 and Luke 4:8, (after Deuteronomy 6:13); Acts 7:7; Acts 24:14; Acts 27:23; Hebrews 9:14; Revelation 7:15; Revelation 22:3; of the worship of idols, Acts 7:42; Romans 1:25 (Exodus 20:5; Exodus 23:24; Ezekiel 20:32). Phrases relating to the manner of worshipping are these: Θεῷ (so R G) λατρεύειν πενυματι (dative of instrumentality), with the spirit or soul, Philippians 3:3, but L T Tr WH have correctly restored πενυαμτι Θεοῦ, i. e. prompted by, filled with, the Spirit of God, so that the dative of the person (τῷ Θεῷ) is suppressed; ἐν τῷ πνεύματι μου ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ, in my spirit in delivering the glad tidings, Romans 1:9; τῷ Θεῷ ἐν καθαρά συνειδήσει, 2 Timothy 1:3; μετά αἰδοῦς καί εὐλαβείας or (so L T Tr WH) μετά εὐλαβείας καί δέους, Hebrews 12:28; ἐν ὁσιότητι καί δικαιοσύνη, Luke 1:74; (without the dative Θεῷ) νηστείαις καί δεήσεσι, Luke 2:37; λατρεύειν, absolutely, to worship God (cf. Winer's Grammar, 593 (552)), Acts 26:7. in the strict sense; to perform sacred services, to offer gifts, to worship God in the observance of the rites instituted for his worship: absolutely, Hebrews 9:9; Hebrews 10:2; specifically, of the priests, to officiate, to discharge the sacred office: with a dative of the sacred thing to which the service is rendered, Hebrews 8:5; Hebrews 13:10. (Euripides, others.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
20:5; 23:24
Deuteronomy
6:13; 6:13; 10:12
Joshua
24:15
Ezekiel
20:32
Matthew
4:10
Luke
1:74; 2:37; 4:8
Acts
7:7; 7:42; 24:14; 26:7; 27:23
Romans
1:9; 1:25
Philippians
3:3
2 Timothy
1:3
Hebrews
8:5; 9:9; 9:14; 10:2; 12:28; 13:10
Revelation
7:15; 22:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3000 matches the Greek λατρεύω (latreuō),
which occurs 21 times in 21 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:10 - Then said Jesus to him, Away, Satan: for it is in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God and be his servant only.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:74

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:74 - That we, being made free from the fear of those who are against us, might give him worship,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:37 - She had been a widow for eighty-four years); she was in the Temple at all times, worshipping with prayers and going without food, night and day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:8 - And Jesus in answer said to him, It has been said in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God, and be his servant only.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:7 - And I will be the judge, said God, of that nation which made them servants: and after that, they will come out and give me worship in this place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:42

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:42 - But God was turned from them and let them give worship to the stars of heaven, as it says in the book of the prophets, Did you make offerings to me of sheep and oxen for forty years in the waste land, O house of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:14 - But this I will say openly to you, that I do give worship to the God of our fathers after that Way, which to them is not the true religion: but I have belief in all the things which are in the law and in the books of the prophets:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:7 - For the effecting of which our twelve tribes have been working and waiting night and day with all their hearts. And in connection with this hope I am attacked by the Jews, O king!

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:23 - For this night there came to my side an angel of the God who is my Master and whose servant I am,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:9 - For God is my witness, whose servant I am in spirit in the good news of his Son, that you are at all times in my memory and in my prayers,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:25 - Because by them the true word of God was changed into that which is false, and they gave worship and honour to the thing which is made, and not to him who made it, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:3 - For we are the circumcision, who give worship to God and have glory in Jesus Christ, and have no faith in the flesh:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:3 - I give praise to God, whose servant I have been, with a heart free from sin, from the time of my fathers, because in my prayers at all times the thought of you is with me, night and day

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:5 - Being servants of that which is a copy and an image of the things in heaven, as Moses, when he was about to make the Tent, had special orders from God: for, See, he said, that you make everything like the design which you saw in the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:9 - And this is an image of the present time; when the offerings which are given are not able to make the heart of the worshipper completely clean,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:14 - How much more will the blood of Christ, who, being without sin, made an offering of himself to God through the Holy Spirit, make your hearts clean from dead works to be servants of the living God?

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:2 - For if this had been possible, would there not have been an end of those offerings, because the worshippers would have been made completely clean and would have been no longer conscious of sins?

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:28

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:28 - If then, we have a kingdom which will never be moved, let us have grace, so that we may give God such worship as is pleasing to him with fear and respect:

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:10 - We have an altar from which those priests who are servants in the Tent may not take food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:15 - This is why they are before the high seat of God; and they are his servants day and night in his house: and he who is seated on the high seat will be a tent over them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:3 - And there will be no more curse: and the high seat of God and of the Lamb will be there; and his servants will be worshipping him;
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