3008 – λειτουργέω (leitourgeo)

minister

Description

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.

Origin

From G3011:

Word root

Word with leitourgeo as root:

Equivalent Hebrew/Aramaic words

In the Greek Septuagint (LXX) translation, the following Hebrew/Aramaic words have been translated into leitourgeo :

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