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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)
Dictionary Aids

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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:10 - Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you,[fn] Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ ”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:74

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:74 - To grant us that we,
Being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
Might serve Him without fear,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:37 - and this woman was a widow of about eighty-four years,[fn] who did not depart from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:8 - And Jesus answered and said to him, “Get behind Me, Satan![fn] For[fn] it is written, ‘You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ ”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:7 - ‘And the nation to whom they will be in bondage I will judge,’[fn] said God, ‘and after that they shall come out and serve Me in this place.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:42

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:42 - “Then God turned and gave them up to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the Prophets:

‘Did you offer Me slaughtered animals and sacrifices during forty years in the wilderness,
O house of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:14 - “But this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the Law and in the Prophets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:7 - “To this promise our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God night and day, hope to attain. For this hope’s sake, King Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:23 - “For there stood by me this night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:9 - For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of His Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:25 - who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:3 - For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit,[fn] rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:3 - I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience, as my forefathers did, as without ceasing I remember you in my prayers night and day,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:5 - who serve the copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, “See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:9 - It was symbolic for the present time in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot make him who performed the service perfect in regard to the conscience—

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:14 - how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:2 - For then would they not have ceased to be offered? For the worshipers, once purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:28

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:28 - Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may[fn] serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:10 - We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:15 - “Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple. And He who sits on the throne will dwell among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:3 - And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him.
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