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Lexicon :: Strong's G3009 - leitourgia

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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 - (LXX 37:19) And this was the [fn]construction of the tabernacle of witness, accordingly as it was appointed to Moses; so that the public service should belong to the Levites, through Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

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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 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:27 - According to the direction of Aaron and his sons shall be the ministry of the sons of Gedson, in all their ministries, and in all their works; and thou shalt take account of them by name in all things borne by them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:28 - This is the service of the sons of Gedson in the tabernacle of witness, and their charge by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:33 - This is the ministration of the family of the sons of Merari in all their works in the tabernacle of witness, by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:5 - Take of them, and they shall be for the works of the services of the tabernacle of witness: and thou shalt give them to the Levites, to each one according to his ministration.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:7 - And he gave two waggons and four oxen to the sons of Gedson, according to their ministrations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:8 - And four waggons and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari according to their ministrations, by Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

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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 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:25 - And from fifty years old the Levite shall cease from the ministry, and shall not work any longer.

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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 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:4 - And they shall be joined to thee, and shall keep the charges of the tabernacle of witness, in all the services of the tabernacle; and a stranger shall not approach to thee.

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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 BoxNum 18:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:31 - And ye shall eat it in any place, ye and your families; for this is your reward for your services in the tabernacle of witness.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:18 - (LXX 19:19) and they performed the service of bringing the king over; and there went over a ferry-boat to remove the household of the king, and to do that which was right in his eyes. And Semei the son of Gera fell on his face before the king, as he went over Jordan;

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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 6:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:48 - (LXX 6:33) And their brethren according to the houses of their fathers, were the Levites who were appointed to all the work of ministration of the tabernacle of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:13 - and their brethren, chiefs of their families, a thousand seven hundred and sixty, mighty men for the work of the ministration of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:19 - And Sellum the son of Core, the son of Abiasaph, the son of Core, and his brethren belonging to the house of his father, the Corites were over the works of the service, keeping the watches of the tabernacle, and their fathers over the camp of the Lord, keeping the entrance.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:28 - And some of them were appointed over the vessels of service, that they should carry them in by number, and carry them out by number.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:24 - These are the sons of Levi according to the houses of their fathers; chiefs of their families according to their numbering, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, doing the works of service of the house of the Lord, from twenty years old and upward.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:26 - And the Levites bore not the tabernacle, and all the vessels of it for its service.

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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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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:3 - And David distributed them, even Sadoc of the sons of Eleazar, and Achimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their numbering, according to their service, according to the houses of their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:19 - This is their numbering according to their service to go into the house of the Lord, according to their appointment by the hand of Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel commanded.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:30 - For the Chebronites, Asabias and his brethren, a thousand and seven hundred mighty men, were over the charge of Israel beyond Jordan westward, for all the service of the Lord and work of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:13 - and the plan of the courses of the priests and Levites, for all the work of the service of the house of the Lord, and of the stores of vessels for ministration of the service of the house of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:20 - And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong, and play the man, and do: fear not, neither be terrified; for the Lord my God is with thee; he will not forsake thee, and will not fail thee, until thou hast finished all the work of the service of the house of the Lord. And behold the pattern of the temple, even his house, and its treasury, and the upper chambers, and the inner store-rooms, and the place of propitiation, and the plan of the house of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:21 - And see, here are the courses of the priests and Levites for all the service of the house of the Lord, and there shall be with thee men for every workmanship, and every one of ready skill in every art: also the chief men and all the people, ready for all thy commands.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:14 - And he established, according to the order of his father David, the courses of the priests, and that according to their public ministrations: and the Levites were appointed over their charges, to praise and minister before the priests according to the daily order: and the porters were appointed according to their courses to the different gates: for thus were the commandments of David the man of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:2 - And Ezekias appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites, and the courses of each one according to his ministry, to the priests and to the Levites, for the whole-burnt-offering, and for the peace-offering, and to praise, and to give thanks, and to minister in the gates and in the courts of the house of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:4 - And they told the people who dwelt in Jerusalem, to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be strong in the ministry of the house of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:16 - besides the increase of males from three years old and upward, to every one entering into the house of the Lord, a portion according to a daily rate, for service in the daily courses of their order.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:10 - And the service was duly ordered, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their divisions, according to the command of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:15 - And the sons of Asaph the psalm-singers were at their post according to the commands of David, and Asaph, and Æman, and Idithom, the prophets of the king: also the chiefs and the porters of the several gates;—it was not for them to stir from the service of the holy things, for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:16 - So all the service of the Lord was duly ordered and prepared in that day, for keeping the passover, and offering the whole-burnt-sacrifices on the altar of the Lord, according to the command of king Josias.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:19 - And deliver the vessels that are given thee for the service of the house of God, before God in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:20 - In return for his service wherewith he served against Tyre, I have given him the land of Egypt; thus saith the Lord God:
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