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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 Box Exo 38:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:21 - This is the inventory of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, which was counted by the order of Moses, being the work of the Levites under the direction of Ithamar, 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 Gershonites, as they serve and carry it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:27 - "All the service of the Gershonites, whether carrying loads or for any of their work, will be at the direction of Aaron and his sons. You will assign them all their tasks as their responsibility.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:28 - This is the service of the families of the Gershonites concerning the tent of meeting. Their responsibilities will be under the authority of Ithamar 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 Merarites, their entire service concerning the tent of meeting, under the authority of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:5 - "Receive these gifts from them, that they may be used in doing the work of the tent of meeting; and you must give them to the Levites, to every man as his service requires."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:7 - He gave two carts and four oxen to the Gershonites, as their service required;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:8 - and he gave four carts and eight oxen to the Merarites, as their service required, under the authority of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:22 - After this, the Levites went in to do their work in the tent of meeting before Aaron and before his sons. As the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:25 - and at the age of fifty years they must retire from performing the work and may no longer work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:9 - Does it seem too small a thing to you that the God of Israel has separated you from the community of Israel to bring you near to himself, to perform the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the community to minister to them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:4 - They must join with you, and they will be responsible for the care of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent, but no unauthorized person may approach you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:6 - I myself have chosen your brothers the Levites from among the Israelites. They are given to you as a gift from the LORD, to perform the duties of 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 are responsible for your priestly duties, for everything at the altar and within the curtain. And you must serve. I give you the priesthood as a gift for service; but the unauthorized person who approaches must be put to death."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:21 - See, I have given the Levites all the tithes in Israel for an inheritance, 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 - But the Levites must perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. It will be a perpetual ordinance throughout your generations that among the Israelites the Levites have no inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:31 - And you may eat it in any place, you and your household, because it is your wages for your service in the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:18 - They crossed at the ford in order to help the king's household cross and to do whatever he thought appropriate. Now after he had crossed the Jordan, Shimei son of Gera threw himself down before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:32 - They performed music before the sanctuary of the meeting tent until Solomon built the LORD's temple in Jerusalem. They carried out their tasks according to regulations.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:48 - The rest of their fellow Levites were assigned to perform the remaining tasks at God's sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:13 - Their relatives, who were leaders of their families, numbered 1,760. They were capable men who were assigned to carry out the various tasks of service in God's temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:19 - Shallum son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his relatives from his family (the Korahites) were assigned to guard the entrance to the sanctuary. Their ancestors had guarded the entrance to the LORD's dwelling place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:28 - Some of them were in charge of the articles used by those who served; they counted them when they brought them in and when they brought them out.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:24 - These were the descendants of Levi according to their families, that is, the leaders of families as counted and individually listed who carried out assigned tasks in the LORD's temple and were twenty years old and up.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:26 - So the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the items used in its service."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:28 - Their job was to help Aaron's descendants in the service of the LORD's temple. They were to take care of the courtyards, the rooms, ceremonial purification of all holy items, and other jobs related to the service of God's temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 24:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:3 - David, Zadok (a descendant of Eleazar), and Ahimelech (a descendant of Ithamar) divided them into groups to carry out their assigned responsibilities.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 24:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:19 - This was the order in which they carried out their assigned responsibilities when they entered the LORD's temple, according to the regulations given them by their ancestor Aaron, just as the LORD God of Israel had instructed 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 respected men, were assigned responsibilities in Israel west of the Jordan; they did the LORD's work and the king's service.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:13 - He gave him the regulations for the divisions of priests and Levites, for all the assigned responsibilities within the LORD's temple, and for all the items used in the service of the LORD's temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:20 - David said to his son Solomon: "Be strong and brave! Do it! Don't be afraid and don't panic! For the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will not leave you or abandon you before all the work for the service of the LORD's temple is finished.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:21 - Here are the divisions of the priests and Levites who will perform all the service of God's temple. All the willing and skilled men are ready to assist you in all the work and perform their service. The officials and all the people are ready to follow your instructions."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:14 - As his father David had decreed, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests to do their assigned tasks, the Levitical orders to lead worship and help the priests with their daily tasks, and the divisions of the gatekeepers to serve at their assigned gates. This was what David the man of God had ordered.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:2 - Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and Levites to do their assigned tasks - to offer burnt sacrifices and present offerings and to serve, give thanks, and offer praise in the gates of the LORD's sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:4 - He ordered the people living in Jerusalem to contribute the portion prescribed for the priests and Levites so they might be obedient to the law of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:16 - They made disbursements to all the males three years old and up who were listed in the genealogical records - to all who would enter the LORD's temple to serve on a daily basis and fulfill their duties as assigned to their divisions.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:10 - Preparations were made, and the priests stood at their posts and the Levites in their divisions as prescribed by the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:15 - The musicians, the descendants of Asaph, manned their posts, as prescribed by David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king's prophet. The guards at the various gates did not need to leave their posts, for their fellow Levites made preparations for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:16 - So all the preparations for the LORD's service were made that day, as the Passover was observed and the burnt sacrifices were offered on the altar of the LORD, as prescribed by King Josiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:19 - Deliver to the God of Jerusalem the vessels that are given to you for the service of the temple of your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:20 - I have given him the land of Egypt as his compensation for attacking Tyre, because they did it for me, declares the sovereign LORD.
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