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Lexicon :: Strong's G2999 - latreia

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λατρεία
Transliteration
latreia (Key)
Pronunciation
lat-ri'-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: 4:58,503

Strong’s Definitions

λατρεία latreía, lat-ri'-ah; from G3000; ministration of God, i.e. worship:—(divine) service.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G2999 in the following manner: service (4x), divine service (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G2999 in the following manner: service (4x), divine service (1x).

  1. service rendered for hire

    1. any service or ministration: the service of God

  2. the service and worship of God according to the requirements of the Levitical law

  3. to perform sacred services

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
λατρεία latreía, lat-ri'-ah; from G3000; ministration of God, i.e. worship:—(divine) service.
STRONGS G2999:
λατρεία, λατρείας, ἡ (λατρεύω, which see);
1. in Greek authors "service rendered for hire; then any service or ministration (Tragg., Plutarch, Lucian); the service of God": τοῦ Θεοῦ, Plato, Apology 23 b.; καταφυγεῖν πρός θεῶν εὐχάς τέ καί λατρείας, ibid. Phaedr., p. 244 e.;servitus religionis, quam λατρείανGraeci vocant, Augustine civ. dei 5, 15.
2. in the Greek Bible, the service or worship of God according to the requirements of the levitical law (Hebrew עֲבֹדָה, Exodus 12:25f, etc.): Romans 9:4; Hebrews 9:1 (1 Macc. 2:19, 22); λατρείαν προσφέρειν τῷ Θεῷ (to offer service to God) equivalent to θυσίαν προσφέρειν εἰς λατρείαν (to offer a sacrifice in service), John 16:2; ἐπιτελεῖν τάς λατρείας, to perform the sacred services (see ἐπιτελέω, 1), spoken of the priests, Hebrews 9:6; universally, of any worship of God, ἡ λογικη λατρεία, Romans 12:1 (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 59, 9 a.); (of the worship of idols, 1 Macc. 1:43).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
12:25
John
16:2
Romans
9:4; 12:1
Hebrews
9:1; 9:6

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Strong's Number G2999 matches the Greek λατρεία (latreia),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:2 - “They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:4 - who are Israelites, to whom pertain the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:1 - I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:1 - Then indeed, even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service and the earthly sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:6 - Now when these things had been thus prepared, the priests always went into the first part of the tabernacle, performing the services.
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