ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑ, λειτουργια
LEITOURGIA, leitourgia
Sounds Like: ly-too-oor-GHEE-ah
Translations: ministry, service, public service, public worship, liturgy, ministration, a ministry, a service
From the root: ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a public service or ministry, often with a religious or official connotation. It can describe the performance of duties, especially those related to worship or the administration of a community. It is a compound word formed from 'λαός' (laos, meaning 'people') and 'ἔργον' (ergon, meaning 'work'), literally 'work of the people'.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3009 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 5:46
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 5 — 3:8
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Philippians — 2:17
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΛΕΙΤΟΥΓΙΑΣ — of service, of ministry, of public service, of worship, of a liturgy
- ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑΙ — ministries, services, public services, liturgies, duties
- ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑΙΣ — to a service, to a ministry, to a public service, to a ministration, to a liturgy
- ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑΝ — ministry, service, a service, public service, ministration, a ministration
- ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑΣ — of public service, of ministry, of liturgy, of service, of worship, of ministration
- ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΩΝ — of service, of ministry, of public service, of public worship, of ministration
- ΛΕΠΤΟΥΡΓΙΑΝ — ministry, service, public service, a ministry, a service
- ΛΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑΝ — ministry, service, public service, a public service, ministration, a ministration
- ΛΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΩΝ — of service, of ministry, of public service, of liturgy, of worship
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