Strong's Number G3009

λειτουργία

leitourgia · li-toorg-ee'-ah

Transliteration:

leitourgia{li-toorg-ee'-ah}

Word Origin:

from 3008

TDNT:

4:215,526

Part of Speech:

noun feminine

Strong's Definition:

public function (as priest ("liturgy") or almsgiver)

Usage in the KJV:

service 3, ministry 2, ministration 1

Total: 6
Occurs 6 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

a public office which a citizen undertakes to administer at his own expense
any service
1. of military service
2. of the service of workmen
3. of that done to nature in the cohabitation of man and wife
biblical usage
1. a service or ministry of the priests relative to the prayers and sacrifices offered to God
2. a gift or benefaction for the relief of the needy