Strong G3000λατρεύω

to minister

Transliteration
latreuō
Pronunciation
lat-ryoo'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From λάτρις latris (a hired menial); to minister (to God) that is render religious homage: - serve do the service worship (-per).

Detailed definition

λατρεύω
(λάτρις, a hired servant), [in LXX (always, as λατρεία, of the service of God or of heathen divinities) chiefly for עָבַד, Exo.3:12, al.; in Dan LXX TH (Dan.3:12, al.) for פְּלַח;]
1. to work for hire.

2. to serve; in cl., also of divine service, to serve, worship, and so always in NT: with dative of person(s), τ. θεῷ, Mat.4:10, Luk.4:8" (LXX), Act.7:7 24:14 27:23, Heb.9:14, Rev.7:15 22:3; of idol worship (cf. Exo.20:5, Eze.20:32), Act.7:42, Rom.1:25; τ. θεῷ. ἐν τ. πνεύματί μου, Rom.1:9; id. ἐν καθαρᾷ συνειδήσει, 2Ti.1:3; μετ᾽ εὐλαβείας κ. δέους, Heb.12:28; ἐν ὁσιότητι κ. δικαιοσύνῃ, Luk.1:74; (without θεῷ) νηστείαις κ. δεήσεσι, Luk.2:37; πνεύματι θεοῦ, Php.3:3; absol., Act.26:7; ὁ λατρεύων, the worshipper, Heb.9:9 10:2; of ministerial service, with dative of thing(s), Heb.8:5 13:10.†
SYN.: λειτουργέω, q.v (AS)

In the Bible

Strong G3000 appears in 21 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • serve16
  • worship3
  • service1
  • worshipper1

First verses

  1. Matthew 4:10
    Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
  2. Luke 1:74
    That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
  3. Luke 2:37
    And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
  4. Luke 4:8
    And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
  5. Acts 7:7
    And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
  6. Acts 7:42
    Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
  7. Acts 24:14
    But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
  8. Acts 26:7
    Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
  9. Acts 27:23
    For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
  10. Romans 1:9
    For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
  11. Romans 1:25
    Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
  12. Philippians 3:3
    For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
  13. 2 Timothy 1:3
    I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;
  14. Hebrews 8:5
    Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
  15. Hebrews 9:9
    Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
  16. Hebrews 9:14
    How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
  17. Hebrews 10:2
    For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.
  18. Hebrews 12:28
    Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
  19. Hebrews 13:10
    We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.
  20. Revelation 7:15
    Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
λατρ-εύω,
Elean λατρείω (which see), work for hire or pay, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 13.48)]: to be in servitude, serve, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.1.36; παρά τινι 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus 2.6.3.)]
2 λ. τινί to be subject or enslaved to, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 35, etc.)]: with accusative person, serve, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1115 (Lyric poetry), _falsa lectio_ in [prev. author] “El.” 131: _metaphorically_, λ. πέτρᾳ, of Prometheus, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 968; μόχθοις λατρεύων τοῖς ὑπερτάτοις βροτῶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 105)]; λ. νόμοις obey, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 7.2)]; λ. καιρῷ, = Latin temporibus inservire, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD(?): Pseudo-Phocylidea 121)]; τῷ κάλλει λ. to be devoted to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.57; λ. ἡδονῇ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 15.)]
3 serve the gods with prayers and sacrifices, λ. Φοίβῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 152 (Lyric poetry): with _accusative_ _cognate_, πόνον λ. τινί)] render due service, [Refs ([prev. work] 129 (Lyric poetry))]; πόνον.. τόνδ᾽ ἐλάτρευσα θεᾷ [Refs (“IG” 2.1378.)]