ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΟΙ, λειτουργοι
LEITOURGOI, leitourgoi
Sounds Like: ly-too-R-GOY
Translations: ministers, servants, public servants, officials
From the root: ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to those who perform a public service, whether for the state, a community, or in a religious context. It can describe someone who serves in an official capacity, a public servant, or a minister of God. It is a compound word derived from 'λαός' (laos), meaning 'people', and 'ἔργον' (ergon), meaning 'work' or 'service', thus literally 'one who works for the people'.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3011 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 8:1
Codex Sinaiticus
- Psalms — 102:21
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Romans — 13:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΟΣ.
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.
- ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΚΟΣ — ministering, serving, public service, liturgical
- ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΟΙΣ — ministers, servants, public servants, officials
- ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΟΝ — minister, a minister, servant, a servant, public servant, a public servant
- ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΟΣ — minister, a minister, servant, a servant, public servant, a public servant, official, an official
- ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΟΥΣ — ministers, servants, public servants, officials
- ΛΙΤΟΥΡΓΟΙ — ministers, public servants, servants, priests
- ΛΙΤΟΥΡΓΟΝ — minister, a minister, servant, a servant, public servant, a public servant, public worker, a public worker
- ΛΙΤΟΥΡΓΟΥΣ — ministers, servants, public servants, officials
- ΤΟΥΡΓΟΝ — minister, servant, public servant, a minister, a servant
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