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Lexicon :: Strong's G3008 - leitourgeō

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λειτουργέω
Transliteration
leitourgeō (Key)
Pronunciation
li-toorg-eh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:215,526

Trench's Synonyms: xxxv. λατρεύω, λειτουργέω.

Strong’s Definitions

λειτουργέω leitourgéō, li-toorg-eh'-o; from G3011; to be a public servant, i.e. (by analogy) to perform religious or charitable functions (worship, obey, relieve):—minister.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G3008 in the following manner: minister (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G3008 in the following manner: minister (3x).

  1. to serve the state at one's own cost

    1. to assume an office which must be administered at one's own expense

    2. to discharge a public office at one's own cost

    3. to render public service to the state

  2. to do a service, perform a work

    1. of priests and Levites who were busied with the sacred rites in the tabernacle or the temple

    2. of Christians serving Christ, whether by prayer, or by instructing others concerning the way of salvation, or in some other way

    3. of those who aid others with their resources, and relieve their poverty

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
λειτουργέω leitourgéō, li-toorg-eh'-o; from G3011; to be a public servant, i.e. (by analogy) to perform religious or charitable functions (worship, obey, relieve):—minister.
STRONGS G3008:
λειτουργέω, participle λειτουργῶν; 1 aorist infinitive λειτουργῆσαι; (from λειτουργός, which see);
1. in Attic, especially the orators, to serve the state at one's own cost; to assume an office which must be administered at one's own expense; to discharge a public office at one's own cost; to render public service to the state (cf. Melanchthon in Apology, Confessions, Augustine, p. 270f (Corpus Reformat. edition Bindseil (post Bretschn.) vol. xxvli., p. 623, and F. Francke, Conf. Luth., Part i., p. 271 note (Lipsius 1846)); Wolf, Demosthenes, Lept., p. 85ff; Böckh, Athen. Staatshaush. i., p. 480ff; Lübker, Reallex. des class. Alterth. (or Smith, Dict. of Greek and Rom. Antiq.) under the word λειτουργία).
2. universally, to do service, to perform a work; Vulg. ministro (A. V. to minister);
a. of the priests and Levites who were busied with the sacred rites in the tabernacle or the temple (so the Sept. often for שֵׁרֵת; as Numbers 18:2; Exodus 28:31, 39; Exodus 29:30; Joel 1:9, etc.; several times for עָבַד, Numbers 4:37, 39; Numbers 16:9; Numbers 18:6f; add, Sir. 4:14 (Sirach 45:15; 50:14; Judith 4:14); 1 Macc. 10:42; (Philo, vit. Moys. 3:18; cf. ὑμῖν λειτουργουσι καί αὐτοί τήν λειτουργίαν τῶν προφητῶν καί διδασκάλων (of bishops and deacons), Teaching of the Twelve Apostles, chapter 15 [ET] (cf. Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 44, 2 [ET] etc.))): Hebrews 10:11.
b. λειτουργουν τῷ κυρίῳ, of Christians serving Christ, whether, by prayer, or by instructing others concerning the way of salvation, or in some other way: Acts 13:2; cf. DeWette at the passage
c. of those who aid others with their resources, and relieve their poverty: τίνι ἐν τίνι, Romans 15:27, cf. Sir. 10:25.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
28:31; 28:39; 29:30
Numbers
4:37; 4:39; 16:9; 18:2; 18:6
Joel
1:9
Acts
13:2
Romans
15:27
Hebrews
10:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3008 matches the Greek λειτουργέω (leitourgeō),
which occurs 90 times in 84 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Exo 28:35–1Ch 23:28)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:35 - And the sound of Aaron shall be audible when he ministers, as he goes into the sanctuary before the Lord, and as he goes out, that he die not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:43

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:43 - And Aaron shall have them, and his sons, whenever they enter into the tabernacle of witness, or when they shall advance to the altar of the sanctuary to minister, so they shall not bring sin upon themselves, lest they die: it is a perpetual statute for him, and for his seed after him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:30 - The priest his successor from among his sons who shall go into the tabernacle of witness to minister in the holies, shall put them on seven days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:20 - Whensoever they shall go into the tabernacle of witness, they shall wash themselves with water, so they shall not die, whensoever they advance to the altar to do service and to offer the whole burnt-offerings to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:19 - and the holy garments of Aaron the priest, and the garments in which they shall do service; and the garments of priesthood for the sons of Aaron and the anointing oil, and the compound incense.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:26 - (LXX 36:33) a golden bell and a pomegranate on the border of the tunic round about, for the ministration, as the Lord commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:32 - (LXX 39:10) and the brazen appendage of the altar, and all the vessels of the altar, and all the instruments of the tabernacle of witness. (39:11) And the children of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses, so did they. (39:12) And of the gold that remained of the offering they made vessels to minister with before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:30 - (LXX 38:27) And he made the laver, that [fn]at it Moses and Aaron and his sons might wash their hands and their feet: when they went into the tabernacle of witness, or whensoever they should advance to the altar to do service, they washed [fn]at it, as the Lord commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:50

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:50 - And do thou set the Levites over the tabernacle of witness, and over all its furniture, and over all things that are in it; and they shall do service in it, and they shall encamp round about the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:6 - Take the tribe of Levi, and thou shalt set them before Aaron the priest, and they shall minister to him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:31 - And their charge was the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and all the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they do holy service, and the veil, and all their works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:3 - from twenty-five years old and upward until fifty years, every one that goes in to minister, to do all the works in the tabernacle of witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:9 - And they shall take a blue covering, and cover the candlestick that gives light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its funnels, and all the vessels of oil with which they minister.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:12 - And they shall take all the instruments of service, with which they minister in the sanctuary: and shall place them in a cloth of blue, and shall cover them with blue skin covering, and put them upon staves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:14 - And they shall put upon it all the vessels with which they minister upon it, and the fire-pans, and the flesh-hooks, and the cups, and the cover, and all the vessels of the altar; and they shall put on it a blue cover of skins, and shall put in its staves; and they shall take a purple cloth, and cover the laver and its foot, and they shall put it into a blue cover of skin, and put it on bars.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:23 - Take the number of them from five and twenty years old and upwards until the age of fifty, every one that goes in to minister, to do his business in the tabernacle of witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:24 - This is the public service of the family of Gedson, to minister and to bear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:26 - And all the curtains of the court which were upon the tabernacle of witness, and the appendages, and all the vessels of service that they minister with they shall attend to.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:30 - Take the number of them from five and twenty years old and upwards until fifty years old, every one that goes in to perform the services of the tabernacle of witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:35 - from five and twenty years old and upwards to the age of fifty years, every one that goes in to minister and do service in the tabernacle of witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:37 - This is the numbering of the family of Caath, every one that ministers in the tabernacle of witness, as Moses and Aaron numbered them by the word of the Lord, by the hand of Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:39 - from five and twenty years old and upward till fifty years old, every one that goes in to minister and to do the services in the tabernacle of witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:41 - This is the numbering of the family of the sons of Gedson, every one who ministers in the tabernacle of witness; whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the word of the Lord, by the hand of Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:43 - from five and twenty years old and upward till fifty years old, every one that goes in to minister in the services of the tabernacle of witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:22 - And afterwards the Levites went in to minister in their service in the tabernacle of witness before Aaron, and before his sons; as the Lord appointed Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:26 - And his brother shall serve in the tabernacle of witness to keep charges, but he shall not do works: so shalt thou do to the Levites in their charges.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:9 - Is it a little thing for you, that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, and brought you near to himself to minister in the services of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the tabernacle to minister for them?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:2 - And take to thyself thy brethren the tribe of Levi, the family of thy father, and let them be joined to thee, and let them minister to thee; and thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:6 - And I have taken your brethren the Levites out of the midst of the children of Israel, a present given to the Lord, to minister in the services of the tabernacle of witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:7 - And thou and thy sons after thee shall keep up your priestly ministration, according to the whole manner of the altar, and that which is within the veil; and ye shall minister in the services as the office of your priesthood; and the stranger that comes near shall die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:21 - And, behold, I have given to the sons of Levi every tithe in Israel for an inheritance for their services, whereinsoever they perform ministry in the tabernacle of witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:23 - And the Levite himself shall perform the service of the tabernacle of witness; and they shall bear their iniquities, it is a perpetual statute throughout their generations; and in the midst of the children of Israel they shall not receive an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:8 - At that time the Lord separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand near before the Lord, to minister and bless in his name to this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:12 - And the man whosoever shall act in haughtiness, so as not to hearken to the priest who stands to minister in the name of the Lord thy God, or the judge who shall preside in those days, that man shall die, and thou shalt remove the evil one out of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:5 - because the Lord has chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand before the Lord thy God, to minister and bless in his name, himself and his sons among the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:7 - he shall minister to the name of the Lord his God, as all his brethren the Levites, who stand there present before the Lord thy God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:11 - and departed to Armathaim: and the child ministered in the presence of the Lord before Heli the priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:18 - And Samuel ministered before the Lord, a child girt with a linen ephod.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:1 - And the child Samuel ministered to the Lord before Heli the priest: and the word of the Lord was precious in those days, there was no [fn]distinct vision.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:4 - And the damsel was extremely beautiful, and she cherished the king, and ministered to him, but the king knew her not.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:15 - So Bersabee went in to the king into the chamber: and the king was very old, and Abisag the Somanite was ministering to the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:11 - And the priests could not stand to minister [fn]because of the cloud, because the glory of the Lord filled the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:21 - And he returned [fn]from following him, and took [fn]a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled them with the instruments of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate: and he arose, and went after Eliu, and ministered to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:14 - And the caldrons, and the shovels, and the bowls, and the censers, and all the brazen vessels with which they minister, he took.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:32 - (LXX 6:17) And they ministered in front of the tabernacle of witness playing on instruments, until Solomon built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem; and they stood according to their order for their services.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:2 - Then said David, It is not lawful for any to bear the ark of God, but the Levites; for the Lord has chosen them to bear the ark of the Lord, and to minister to him for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:4 - And he appointed before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, Levites to minister and lift up the voice, and to give thanks and praise the Lord God of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:37 - And they left there Asaph and his brethren before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to minister before the ark continually, according to the service of each day: from day to day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:13 - The sons of Ambram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was appointed for the consecration of the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the Lord, to minister and bless in his name for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:28 - For he appointed them to wait on Aaron, to minister in the house of the Lord, over the courts, and over the chambers, and over the purification of all the holy things, and over the works of the service of the house of God;

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