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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λατρεία G2999
Pronunciation latreía
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 It a service 1× John 16:2
for worship 1× Hebrews 9:1
sacred duties 1× Hebrews 9:6
service of worship 1× Romans 12:1
temple worship 1× Romans 9:4
Show sample aligned rows
John 16:2 λατρείαν to a service Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Romans 9:4 λατρεία to temple worship Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Romans 12:1 λατρείαν to service of worship Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Hebrews 9:1 λατρείας to for worship Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Hebrews 9:6 λατρείας to sacred duties Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row John 16:2
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 3
John 1 Romans 2 Hebrews 2
Source forms
λατρείαν 2x latreian John 16:2, Romans 12:1
λατρείας 2x latreias Hebrews 9:1, Hebrews 9:6
λατρεία 1x latreia Romans 9:4
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 2x John 16:2, Romans 12:1
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural 1x Hebrews 9:6
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Hebrews 9:1
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x Romans 9:4
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Religious service or worship rendered to God, distinct from secular employment or labor
Strong's G2999
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 4 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
ministry
Extended definition Source: 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 corpus Greek 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 16:2 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
λατρείαν latreian
service, worship
Read verse Romans 9:4 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
λατρεία latreia
service, worship
Read verse Romans 12:1 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
λατρείαν latreian
service, worship
Read verse Hebrews 9:1 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
λατρείας, latreiav
service, worship
Read verse Hebrews 9:6 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
λατρείας latreiav
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 patterns 4 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Accusative (3) Number pattern Singular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Rom 9:4 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Heb 9:1 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine John 16:2 · Rom 12:1 2×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Heb 9:6 1×
Word Origins
λατρεία is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain