Lexicon :: Strong's G3009 - leitourgia
λειτουργία
Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry
TDNT Reference: 4:215,526
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a public office which a citizen undertakes to administer at his own expense
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any service
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of military service
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of the service of workmen
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of that done to nature in the cohabitation of man and wife
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biblical usage
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a service or ministry of the priests relative to the prayers and sacrifices offered to God
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a gift or benefaction for the relief of the needy
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1. properly, a public office which a citizen undertakes to administer at his own expense: , legg. 12, p. 949 c.; , p. 163, 22; , p. 391 d.; , Char. 20 (23), 5; 23 (29), 4, and others.
2. universally, any service: of military service, ; 1, 63. 73; of the service of workmen, c. 21; of that done to nature in the cohabitation of man and wife, , 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:
b. a gift or benefaction, for the relief of the needy (see λειτουργέω, 2 c.):
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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
