Strong's Number 3009

The Linked Word Project
Transliteration:
leitourgia {li-toorg-ee'-ah}
Word Origin:
from 3008
TDNT:
4:215,526
Part of Speech:
noun feminine
Usage in the KJV:
service 3, ministry 2, ministration 1

Total: 6
Definition:
  1. a public office which a citizen undertakes to administer at his own expense
  2. 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
  3. 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
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament