What does λειτουργία (leitourgía) mean in the Bible?
λειτουργία (leitourgía): Service undertaken at personal cost or sacrifice, often religious ministry or Christian charity
Greek · G3009
λειτουργία
Public function (as priest ("liturgy") or almsgiver)
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λειτουργίαG3009
Pronunciationleitourgía
What does λειτουργία (leitourgía) mean in the Bible?
λειτουργία (leitourgía): Service undertaken at personal cost or sacrifice, often religious ministry or Christian charity
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3009?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include service (3), ministry (1), of service (1), worship (1).
Where does λειτουργία (leitourgía) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 1:23. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (2), Philippians (2), 2 Corinthians (1), Luke (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 Itservice3×Luke 1:23, Philippians 2:17, Philippians 2:30
ministry1×Hebrews 8:6
of service1×2 Corinthians 9:12
worship1×Hebrews 9:21
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 1:23λειτουργίαςtoserviceNoun - Genitive Feminine Singular2 Corinthians 9:12λειτουργίαςtoof serviceNoun - Genitive Feminine SingularPhilippians 2:17λειτουργίᾳtoserviceNoun - Dative Feminine SingularPhilippians 2:30λειτουργίαςtoserviceNoun - Genitive Feminine SingularHebrews 8:6λειτουργίαςtoministryNoun - Genitive Feminine SingularHebrews 9:21λειτουργίαςtoworshipNoun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowLuke 1:23
Aligned rows6
Books represented4
Luke12 Corinthians1Philippians2Hebrews2
Source forms
λειτουργίας5xleitourgiasLuke 1:23, 2 Corinthians 9:12, Philippians 2:30, Hebrews 8:6
λειτουργίᾳ1xleitourgiaPhilippians 2:17
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular5xLuke 1:23, 2 Corinthians 9:12, Philippians 2:30, Hebrews 8:6
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular1xPhilippians 2:17
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Service undertaken at personal cost or sacrifice, often religious ministry or Christian charity
Strong'sG3009
Lexical occurrences6 versesGreek text appearances6 timesWord forms2 forms6 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
public function (as priest ("liturgy") or almsgiver)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 1:23Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
λειτουργίαςleitourgiav
a charitable gift, public service
Read verse2 Corinthians 9:12Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
λειτουργίαςleitourgiav
a charitable gift, public service
Read versePhilippians 2:17Noun Dative Singular Feminine
λειτουργίᾳleitourgia
a charitable gift, public service
Read versePhilippians 2:30Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
λειτουργίας.leitourgiav
a charitable gift, public service
Read verseHebrews 8:6Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
λειτουργίας,leitourgiav
a charitable gift, public service
Read verseHebrews 9:21Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
λειτουργίαςleitourgiav
a charitable gift, public service
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 2 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 patterns2Aligned forms6Case patternGenitive (5)Number patternSingular (6)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · FeminineLuke 1:23 · 2 Cor 9:12 · Phil 2:30 · Heb 8:6 · Heb 9:215×
Dative · Singular · FemininePhil 2:171×
Word Origins
λειτουργία is built from this root: