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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λειτουργία G3009
Pronunciation leitourgía
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 It service 3× Luke 1:23, Philippians 2:17, Philippians 2:30
ministry 1× Hebrews 8:6
of service 1× 2 Corinthians 9:12
worship 1× Hebrews 9:21
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 1:23 λειτουργίας to service Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 2 Corinthians 9:12 λειτουργίας to of service Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Philippians 2:17 λειτουργίᾳ to service Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Philippians 2:30 λειτουργίας to service Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Hebrews 8:6 λειτουργίας to ministry Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Hebrews 9:21 λειτουργίας to worship Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 1:23
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 4
Luke 1 2 Corinthians 1 Philippians 2 Hebrews 2
Source forms
λειτουργίας 5x leitourgias Luke 1:23, 2 Corinthians 9:12, Philippians 2:30, Hebrews 8:6
λειτουργίᾳ 1x leitourgia Philippians 2:17
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 5x Luke 1:23, 2 Corinthians 9:12, Philippians 2:30, Hebrews 8:6
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 1x Philippians 2:17
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Service undertaken at personal cost or sacrifice, often religious ministry or Christian charity
Strong's G3009
Lexical occurrences 6 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 2 forms 6 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
public function (as priest ("liturgy") or almsgiver)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 1:23 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
λειτουργίας leitourgiav
a charitable gift, public service
Read verse 2 Corinthians 9:12 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
λειτουργίας leitourgiav
a charitable gift, public service
Read verse Philippians 2:17 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
λειτουργίᾳ leitourgia
a charitable gift, public service
Read verse Philippians 2:30 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
λειτουργίας. leitourgiav
a charitable gift, public service
Read verse Hebrews 8:6 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
λειτουργίας, leitourgiav
a charitable gift, public service
Read verse Hebrews 9:21 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
λειτουργίας leitourgiav
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 patterns 2 Aligned forms 6 Case pattern Genitive (5) Number pattern Singular (6)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Luke 1:23 · 2 Cor 9:12 · Phil 2:30 · Heb 8:6 · Heb 9:21 5×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Phil 2:17 1×
Word Origins
λειτουργία is built from this root:
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