Greek verb · G3008
λειτουργέω
leitourgeoli-toorg-eh'-o
in cl., at Athens, to supply public offices at one's own cost, render public ser; to serve the State, do a service, serve
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: leitourgéō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3008is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3008
to be a public servant, i.e. (by analogy) to perform religious or charitable functions (worship, obey, relieve)
The King James renders it: minister.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
leitourgeo is rendered "in cl., at Athens, to supply public offices at one's own cost, render public ser; to serve the State, do a service, serve". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- One of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "in cl., at Athens, to supply public offices at one's own cost, render public ser".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 13:2While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
Acts 13:2λειτουργούντων
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: in cl., at Athens, to supply public offices at one's own cost, render public ser, and to serve the State, do a service, serve.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| in cl., at Athens, to supply public offices at one's own cost, render public service to the State, hence, generally | Tagged as
| WhereActs 13:2While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said… |
| to serve the State, do a service, serveof service to the Gods | Tagged as
| WhereExodus 29:30The son who succeeds him as priest and enters the Tent of Meeting to minister in the Holy Place… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| λειτουργία | leitourgia | ministry | Uses6 |
| λειτουργός | leitourgos | minister | Uses5 |
| λειτουργικός | leitourgikos | ministering | Uses1 |
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- λειτουργῆσαι1
- λειτουργούντων1
- λειτουργῶν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-AAN
- verb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1V-PAP-GPM
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-PAP-NSM
Acts
one use
While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
- λειτουργούντωνleitourgountonverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: As were ministering
Romans
one use
They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual blessings, they are obligated to minister to them with material blessings.
- λειτουργῆσαιleitourgesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to minister
Hebrews
one use
Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
- λειτουργῶνleitourgonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: ministering
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.