What does λειτουργέω (leitourgéō) mean in the Bible?
λειτουργέω (leitourgéō): Service in an official capacity or office, particularly priestly ministry or church function, not mere servitude.
Greek · G3008
λειτουργέω
To minister
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λειτουργέω G3008
Pronunciation leitourgéō
What does λειτουργέω (leitourgéō) mean in the Bible?
λειτουργέω (leitourgéō): Service in an official capacity or office, particularly priestly ministry or church function, not mere servitude.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3008?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include to minister (2), were worshiping (1).
Where does λειτουργέω (leitourgéō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 13:2. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1), Hebrews (1), Romans (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 to minister 2× Romans 15:27, Hebrews 10:11
were worshiping 1× Acts 13:2
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 13:2
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Acts 1 Romans 1 Hebrews 1
Source forms
λειτουργῆσαι 1x leitourgēsai Romans 15:27
Λειτουργούντων 1x Leitourgountōn Acts 13:2
λειτουργῶν 1x leitourgōn Hebrews 10:11
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active 1x Romans 15:27
Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Plural 1x Acts 13:2
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Hebrews 10:11
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Service in an official capacity or office, particularly priestly ministry or church function, not mere servitude.
Strong's G3008
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to minister
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 13:2 Verb Present Active Participle Genitive Plural Masculine
λειτουργούντων leitourgountwn
I minister, serve publicly
Read verse Romans 15:27 Verb Aorist Active Infinitive
λειτουργῆσαι leitourghsai
I minister, serve publicly
Read verse Hebrews 10:11 Verb Present Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
λειτουργῶν, leitourgwn
I minister, serve publicly
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 mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 3 Tenses Present, Aorist Voices Active
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Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 2×
Present Active Acts 13:2 · Heb 10:11 2×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Aorist Active Rom 15:27 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 3 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 2 aorist 1
Voice
active 3
Mood
participle 2 infinitive 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
Luke 1:5–25 λειτουργεῖν leitourgéō
To serve in a public or priestly role
Showing 1 selected witness from 3 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
λειτουργέω is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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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