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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 43 times in 41 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:21 - These are the amounts of the materials used for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the covenant law, which were recorded at Moses’ command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron, the priest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:24 - “This is the service of the Gershonite clans in their carrying and their other work:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:27 - All their service, whether carrying or doing other work, is to be done under the direction of Aaron and his sons. You shall assign to them as their responsibility all they are to carry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:28 - This is the service of the Gershonite clans at the tent of meeting. Their duties are to be under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron, the priest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:33 - This is the service of the Merarite clans as they work at the tent of meeting under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron, the priest.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:5 - “Accept these from them, that they may be used in the work at the tent of meeting. Give them to the Levites as each man’s work requires.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:7 - He gave two carts and four oxen to the Gershonites, as their work required,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:8 - and he gave four carts and eight oxen to the Merarites, as their work required. They were all under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron, the priest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:22 - After that, the Levites came to do their work at the tent of meeting under the supervision of Aaron and his sons. They did with the Levites just as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:25 - but at the age of fifty, they must retire from their regular service and work no longer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:9 - Isn’t it enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the rest of the Israelite community and brought you near himself to do the work at the LORD’s tabernacle and to stand before the community and minister to them?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:4 - They are to join you and be responsible for the care of the tent of meeting—all the work at the tent—and no one else may come near where you are.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:6 - I myself have selected your fellow Levites from among the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD to do the work at the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:7 - But only you and your sons may serve as priests in connection with everything at the altar and inside the curtain. I am giving you the service of the priesthood as a gift. Anyone else who comes near the sanctuary is to be put to death.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:21 - “I give to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as their inheritance in return for the work they do while serving at the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:23 - It is the Levites who are to do the work at the tent of meeting and bear the responsibility for any offenses they commit against it. This is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. They will receive no inheritance among the Israelites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:31 - You and your households may eat the rest of it anywhere, for it is your wages for your work at the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:18 - They crossed at the ford to take the king’s household over and to do whatever he wished. When Shimei son of Gera crossed the Jordan, he fell prostrate before the king

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:32 - They ministered with music before the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, until Solomon built the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem. They performed their duties according to the regulations laid down for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:48 - Their fellow Levites were assigned to all the other duties of the tabernacle, the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:13 - The priests, who were heads of families, numbered 1,760. They were able men, responsible for ministering in the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:19 - Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his fellow gatekeepers from his family (the Korahites) were responsible for guarding the thresholds of the tent just as their ancestors had been responsible for guarding the entrance to the dwelling of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:28 - Some of them were in charge of the articles used in the temple service; they counted them when they were brought in and when they were taken out.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:24 - These were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families as they were registered under their names and counted individually, that is, the workers twenty years old or more who served in the temple of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:26 - the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles used in its service.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:28 - The duty of the Levites was to help Aaron’s descendants in the service of the temple of the LORD: to be in charge of the courtyards, the side rooms, the purification of all sacred things and the performance of other duties at the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:3 - With the help of Zadok a descendant of Eleazar and Ahimelek a descendant of Ithamar, David separated them into divisions for their appointed order of ministering.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:19 - This was their appointed order of ministering when they entered the temple of the LORD, according to the regulations prescribed for them by their ancestor Aaron, as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:30 - From the Hebronites: Hashabiah and his relatives—seventeen hundred able men—were responsible in Israel west of the Jordan for all the work of the LORD and for the king’s service.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:13 - He gave him instructions for the divisions of the priests and Levites, and for all the work of serving in the temple of the LORD, as well as for all the articles to be used in its service.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:20 - David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you until all the work for the service of the temple of the LORD is finished.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:21 - The divisions of the priests and Levites are ready for all the work on the temple of God, and every willing person skilled in any craft will help you in all the work. The officials and all the people will obey your every command.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:14 - In keeping with the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their duties, and the Levites to lead the praise and to assist the priests according to each day’s requirement. He also appointed the gatekeepers by divisions for the various gates, because this was what David the man of God had ordered.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:2 - Hezekiah assigned the priests and Levites to divisions—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—to offer burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, to minister, to give thanks and to sing praises at the gates of the LORD’s dwelling.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:4 - He ordered the people living in Jerusalem to give the portion due the priests and Levites so they could devote themselves to the Law of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:16 - In addition, they distributed to the males three years old or more whose names were in the genealogical records—all who would enter the temple of the LORD to perform the daily duties of their various tasks, according to their responsibilities and their divisions.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:10 - The service was arranged and the priests stood in their places with the Levites in their divisions as the king had ordered.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:15 - The musicians, the descendants of Asaph, were in the places prescribed by David, Asaph, Heman and Jeduthun the king’s seer. The gatekeepers at each gate did not need to leave their posts, because their fellow Levites made the preparations for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:16 - So at that time the entire service of the LORD was carried out for the celebration of the Passover and the offering of burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD, as King Josiah had ordered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:19 - Deliver to the God of Jerusalem all the articles entrusted to you for worship in the temple of your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:20 - I have given him Egypt as a reward for his efforts because he and his army did it for me, declares the Sovereign LORD.
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