noun · feminine
leitourgias
Strong’sG3009
a charitable gift, public service
stem leitourgi-6 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
λειτουργία, -ας, ἡ
(< λειτουργέω), [in LXX chiefly for עֲבֹדָה, Nu 4:24, I Ch 9:13, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3009 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidli-toorg-ee'-ah
public function (as priest ("liturgy") or almsgiver)
Fromfrom G3008;
King Jamesministration(-try), service.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
earlier Attic dialect λητ- Refs 5th c.BC+, public service performed by private citizens at their own expense, Refs 5th c.BC+; λ. ἐγκύκλιοι ordinary, i.e. annual, liturgies, Refs 4th c.BC+
II any public service or work, Refs 3rd c.BC+; ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν λειτουργιῶν τεταγμένος, in an army, the officer who superintended the workmen, carpenters, etc., Refs 2nd c.BC+: generally, military duty, Refs 2nd c.BC+
II.2 generally, any service or function, ἡ πρώτη φανερὰ τοῖς ζῴοις λ. διὰ τοῦ στόματος οὖσα Refs 4th c.BC+
II.3 service, ministration, help, NT
III public service of the gods, αἱ πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς λ. Refs 4th c.BC+; the service or ministry of priests, LXX+NT
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | leitourgias | leitourgiais |
| object accusative | leitourgian | leitourgiain |
| direct address vocative | leitourgiar | leitourgiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | leitourgiau5×λειτουργίας | leitourgiaiu |
| to, for dative | leitourgia1×λειτουργίᾳ | leitourgiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
leitourgia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
leitourgiau“service”of, belonging togenitive singular5×
Luke 1:23… geneta hōs pimplēila tais hēmerais tau leitourgiau autou, aperchata eis ton oikon autou.And when the days of his service were complete, he returned home.
2 Corinthians 9:12hoti tas diakonias tau leitourgiau houtau ouk monem atō prosanaplērarōntas teim …For this ministry of service is not only supplying the needs …
Philippians 2:30… tem vu husterēmem tau pros min leitourgiau.… make up for your deficit of service to me.
Hebrews 8:6nuni de diaforoterau tuchatē leitourgiau, hose kai kreittonau atō diathēkau mesitos, …… has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates …
Hebrews 9:21… de kai panteim teim skeveim tau leitourgiau te haime homoiōs rantizata.… and all the vessels used in worship.
leitourgia“service”to, fordative singular1×
Philippians 2:17… kai spendomō epi ta thusia kai leitourgia tau pistiau vu, chairamō kai sunchairamō …… drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad …