Word Study · Strong's G3008 · Greek
λειτουργέω
leitourgeo
li-toorg-eh'-o
Strong's 1890 spelling: leitourgéō
“to be a public servant, i.e. (by analogy) to perform religious or charitable functions (worship, obey, relieve)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to be a public servant, i.e. (by analogy) to perform religious or charitable functions (worship, obey, relieve)
Rendered in the KJV as
minister.
- 3occurrencesin the New Testament
- 3 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- λειτουργῆσαι1
- λειτουργούντων1
- λειτουργῶν1
How it is rendered · 3
- As were ministering1
- ministering1
- to minister1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, infinitive (“to…”)1
- verb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1
- verb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- V-AAN · 1
- V-PAP-GPM · 1
- V-PAP-NSM · 1
All 3, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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