What does λατρεία (latreía) mean in the Bible?
λατρεία (latreía): Religious service or worship rendered to God, distinct from secular employment or labor
Greek · G2999
λατρεία
Ministry
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λατρείαG2999
Pronunciationlatreía
What does λατρεία (latreía) mean in the Bible?
λατρεία (latreía): Religious service or worship rendered to God, distinct from secular employment or labor
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2999?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a service (1), for worship (1), sacred duties (1), service of worship (1), temple worship (1).
Where does λατρεία (latreía) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at John 16:2. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (2), Romans (2), John (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Ita service1×John 16:2
for worship1×Hebrews 9:1
sacred duties1×Hebrews 9:6
service of worship1×Romans 12:1
temple worship1×Romans 9:4
Show sample aligned rows
John 16:2λατρείανtoa serviceNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularRomans 9:4λατρείαtotemple worshipNoun - Nominative Feminine SingularRomans 12:1λατρείανtoservice of worshipNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularHebrews 9:1λατρείαςtofor worshipNoun - Genitive Feminine SingularHebrews 9:6λατρείαςtosacred dutiesNoun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowJohn 16:2
Aligned rows5
Books represented3
John1Romans2Hebrews2
Source forms
λατρείαν2xlatreianJohn 16:2, Romans 12:1
λατρείας2xlatreiasHebrews 9:1, Hebrews 9:6
λατρεία1xlatreiaRomans 9:4
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular2xJohn 16:2, Romans 12:1
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural1xHebrews 9:6
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular1xHebrews 9:1
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular1xRomans 9:4
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Religious service or worship rendered to God, distinct from secular employment or labor
Strong'sG2999
Lexical occurrences5 versesGreek text appearances5 timesWord forms4 forms5 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
ministry
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Religious service or worship rendered to God, distinct from secular employment or labor
(λατρεύω, which see), [in LXX (always of divine service): Exo.12:25-26 13:5, Jos.22:27, 1Ch.28:13 (עֲבֹדָה), 1Ma.1:43 1Mac 2:19 1Mac 2:22, 3Ma.4:14 * ;]
1hired service, service.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
John 16:2Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
λατρείανlatreian
service, worship
Read verseRomans 9:4Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
λατρείαlatreia
service, worship
Read verseRomans 12:1Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
λατρείανlatreian
service, worship
Read verseHebrews 9:1Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
λατρείας,latreiav
service, worship
Read verseHebrews 9:6Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
λατρείαςlatreiav
service, worship
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns4Aligned forms5Case patternAccusative (3)Number patternSingular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · FeminineRom 9:41×
Genitive · Singular · FeminineHeb 9:11×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineJohn 16:2 · Rom 12:12×
Accusative · Plural · FeminineHeb 9:61×
Word Origins
λατρεία is built from this root:
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