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Lexicon :: Strong's G3009 - leitourgia

Aa
λειτουργία
Transliteration
leitourgia (Key)
Pronunciation
li-toorg-ee'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:215,526

Strong’s Definitions

λειτουργία leitourgía, li-toorg-ee'-ah; from G3008; public function (as priest ("liturgy") or almsgiver):—ministration(-try), service.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G3009 in the following manner: service (3x), ministry (2x), ministration (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G3009 in the following manner: service (3x), ministry (2x), ministration (1x).

  1. a public office which a citizen undertakes to administer at his own expense

  2. any service

    1. of military service

    2. of the service of workmen

    3. of that done to nature in the cohabitation of man and wife

  3. biblical usage

    1. a service or ministry of the priests relative to the prayers and sacrifices offered to God

    2. a gift or benefaction for the relief of the needy

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
λειτουργία leitourgía, li-toorg-ee'-ah; from G3008; public function (as priest ("liturgy") or almsgiver):—ministration(-try), service.
STRONGS G3009:
λειτουργία, 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: Luke 1:23; Hebrews 8:6; Hebrews 9:21, (for עֲבודָה, Numbers 8:22; Numbers 16:9; Numbers 18:4; 2 Chronicles 31:2; Diodorus 1, 21; Josephus; (Philo de caritat. § 1 under the end; others; see Sophocles Lex. under the word)); hence, the phrase in Philippians 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 Corinthians 9:12; Philippians 2:30.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Numbers
8:22; 16:9; 18:4
2 Chronicles
31:2
Luke
1:23
2 Corinthians
9:12
Philippians
2:17; 2:30
Hebrews
8:6; 9:21

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3009 matches the Greek λειτουργία (leitourgia),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:23 - When G5613 the days G2250 of his priestly G3009 service G3009 were ended, G4130 he went G565 back G565 home. G3624

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:12 - For the ministry G1248 of this G3778 service G3009 is not only G3440 fully G4322 supplying G4322 the needs G5303 of the [fn]saints, G40 but is also G2532 overflowing G4052 through G1223 many G4183 thanksgivings G2169 to God. G2316

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:17 - But even G2532 if G1487 I am being poured G4689 out as a drink G4689 offering G4689 upon the sacrifice G2378 and service G3009 of your faith, G4102 I rejoice G5463 and share G4796 my joy G4796 with you all. G3956

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:30 - because G3754 he came G1448 close G1448 to death G2288 [fn]for the work G2041 of Christ, G5547 risking G3851 his life G5590 to complete G378 [fn]what G5303 was deficient G5303 in your service G3009 to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:6 - But now G3568 He has obtained G5177 a more G1313 excellent G1313 ministry, G3009 by as much G3745 as He is also G2532 the mediator G3316 of a better G2909 covenant, G1242 which G3748 has been enacted G3549 on better G2909 promises. G1860

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:21 - And in the same G3668 way G3668 he sprinkled G4472 both G2532 the [fn]tabernacle G4633 and all G3956 the vessels G4632 of the ministry G3009 with the blood. G129
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