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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 Box Exo 38:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:21 - [fn]This is the number of the things for the [fn]tabernacle, the [fn]tabernacle of the testimony, as they were [fn]numbered according to the [fn]command of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:24 - “This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in carrying:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:27 - “All the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their loads and in all their work, shall be performed at the [fn]command of Aaron and his sons; and you shall assign to them as a duty all their loads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:28 - “This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting, and their duties shall be [fn]under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:33 - “This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service in the tent of meeting, [fn]under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:5 - “Accept these things from them, that they may be [fn]used in the service of the tent of meeting, and you shall give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:7 - Two carts and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:8 - and four carts and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to their service, under the [fn]direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:22 - Then after that the Levites went in to perform their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron and before his sons; just as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:25 - “But at the age of fifty years they shall [fn]retire from service in the work and not work any more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:9 - is it [fn]not enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the rest of the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:4 - “They shall be joined with you and attend to the obligations of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent; but an [fn]outsider may not come near you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:6 - “Behold, I Myself have taken your [fn]fellow Levites from among the sons of Israel; they are a gift to you, [fn]dedicated to the LORD, to perform the service for the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:7 - “But you and your sons with you shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and inside the veil, and you are to perform service. I am giving you the priesthood as a [fn]bestowed service, but the [fn]outsider who comes near shall be put to death.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:21 - “To the sons of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they perform, the service of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:23 - “Only the Levites shall perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations, and among the sons of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:31 - ‘You may eat it anywhere, you and your households, for it is your compensation in return for your service in the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:18 - Then they kept crossing the ford to bring over the king’s household, and to do what was good in his sight. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king as he was about to cross the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:32 - They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem; and they [fn]served in their office according to their order.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:48 - Their [fn]kinsmen the Levites were [fn]appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:13 - and their relatives, heads of their fathers’ households, 1,760 very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:19 - Shallum the son of Kore, the son of [fn]Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives of his father’s house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent; and their fathers had been over the camp of the LORD, keepers of the entrance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:28 - Now some of them [fn]had charge of the utensils of service, for [fn]they counted them when they brought them in and when they took them out.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:24 - These were the sons of Levi according to their fathers’ households, even the heads of the fathers’ households of those of them who were [fn]counted, in the number of names by their [fn]census, doing the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from twenty years old and upward.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:26 - “Also, the Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all its utensils for its service.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:28 - For their office is [fn]to assist the sons of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts and in the chambers and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 24:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:3 - David, with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to their offices [fn]for their ministry.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 24:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:19 - These were their offices for their ministry when they came in to the house of the LORD according to the ordinance given to them through Aaron their father, just as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:30 - As for the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his relatives, 1,700 capable men, had charge of the affairs of Israel [fn]west of the Jordan, for all the work of the LORD and the service of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:13 - also for the divisions of the priests and the Levites and for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD and for all the utensils of service in the house of the LORD;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:20 - Then David said to his son Solomon, “Be strong and courageous, and act; do not fear nor be dismayed, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you until all the work for the service of the house of the LORD is finished.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:21 - “Now behold, there are the divisions of the priests and the Levites for all the service of the house of God, and every willing man of any skill will be with you in all the work for all kinds of service. The officials also and all the people will be entirely at your command.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:14 - Now according to the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their duties of praise and ministering before the priests according to the daily rule, and the gatekeepers by their divisions at every gate; for David the man of God had so commanded.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:2 - And Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites by their divisions, each according to his service, both the priests and the Levites, for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister and to give thanks and to praise in the gates of the camp of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:4 - Also he [fn]commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion due to the priests and the Levites, that they might devote themselves to the law of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:16 - without regard to their genealogical enrollment, to the males from [fn]thirty years old and upward—everyone who entered the house of the LORD for his daily obligations—for their work in their duties according to their divisions;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:10 - So the service was prepared, and the priests stood at their stations and the Levites by their divisions according to the king’s command.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:15 - The singers, the sons of Asaph, were also at their stations according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; and the gatekeepers at each gate did not have to depart from their service, because the Levites their brethren prepared for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:16 - So all the service of the LORD was prepared on that day to celebrate the Passover, and to offer burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD according to the command of King Josiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:19 - “Also the utensils which are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver in full before the God of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:20 - “I have given him the land of Egypt for his labor which he [fn]performed, because they acted for Me,” declares the Lord GOD.
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