Greek noun (feminine) · G3009
λειτουργία
leitourgiali-toorg-ee'-ah
in cl. (chiefly of Athens), the discharge of a public office at one's own expens; a service, ministry
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: leitourgía
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3009is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3009
public function (as priest ("liturgy") or almsgiver)
The King James renders it: ministration(-try), service.
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
leitourgia is rendered "in cl. (chiefly of Athens), the discharge of a public office at one's own expens; a service, ministry". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Two of the uses stand in Philippians, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "in cl. (chiefly of Athens), the discharge of a public office at one's own expens".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 1:23And when the days of his service were complete, he returned home.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
And when the days of his service were complete, he returned home.
Luke 1:23λειτουργίας
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's six uses are in Philippians.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: in cl. (chiefly of Athens), the discharge of a public office at one's own expens, and a service, ministry.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| in cl. (chiefly of Athens), the discharge of a public office at one's own expense (see LS, see word), hence | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 1:23And when the days of his service were complete, he returned home. |
| a service, ministryin π. (Deiss. | Tagged as
| Where1 Kings 1:4The girl was unsurpassed in beauty; she cared for the king and served him… |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| λειτουργός | leitourgos | minister | Uses5 |
| λειτουργέω | leitourgeo | to minister | Uses3 |
| λειτουργικός | leitourgikos | ministering | Uses1 |
All 6, 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
- λειτουργίας4
- λειτουργίᾳ1
- λειτουργίας.¶1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular5N-GSF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular1N-DSF
Luke
one use
And when the days of his service were complete, he returned home.
- λειτουργίαςleitourgiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: service
2 Corinthians
one use
For this ministry of service is not only supplying the needs of the saints, but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanksgiving to God.
- λειτουργίαςleitourgiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: service
Philippians
two uses
But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.
- λειτουργίᾳleitourgianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: on service
because he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up for your deficit of service to me.
- λειτουργίας.¶leitourgiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: service
Hebrews
two uses
Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.
- λειτουργίαςleitourgiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: a ministry
In the same way, he sprinkled with blood the tabernacle and all the vessels used in worship.
- λειτουργίαςleitourgiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: ministry
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.