- λειτουργία
- a liturgy
- λειτουργία
- a charitable gift, public service
- a charitable gift, public service in the widest sense; service as of priest or Levite ritual.
- λειτουργία
- ministry
- G:N-F
- λειτουργία, -ας, ἡ
(< λειτουργέω), [in LXX chiefly for עֲבֹדָה,;]Refs
Num.4:24, 1Ch.9:13, al.
__1. in cl. (chiefly of Athens), the discharge of a public office at one's own expense (see LS, see word), hence,
__2. a service, ministry; in π. (Deiss., BS, 140 f.) and in LXX (though here also of secular service, 3Ki.1:4, al.), of religious service or ministration; and so in NT: of priestly ministrations,; fig., θυσία καὶ λ. τῆς πίστεως ὑμῶν, Php.2:17; of Christian beneficence,Refs
Luk.1:23, Heb.8:6 9:21.†Refs
2Co.9:12, Php.2:30
(AS)
1) a public office which a citizen undertakes to administer at his own expense
2) any service
2a) of military service
2b) of the service of workmen
2c) of that done to nature in the cohabitation of man and wife
3) biblical usage
3a) a service or ministry of the priests relative to the prayers and sacrifices offered to God
3b) a gift or benefaction for the relief of the needy
2) any service
2a) of military service
2b) of the service of workmen
2c) of that done to nature in the cohabitation of man and wife
3) biblical usage
3a) a service or ministry of the priests relative to the prayers and sacrifices offered to God
3b) a gift or benefaction for the relief of the needy
λειτουργία
leitourgia
li-toorg-ee'-ah
From G3008; public function (as priest [“liturgy” ] or almsgiver)
KJV Usage: ministration (-try), service.