What does λειτουργός (leitourgós) mean in the Bible?
λειτουργός (leitourgós): Public servant performing sacred or civic duty at personal expense; minister of God or state
Greek · G3011
λειτουργός
Minister
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λειτουργός G3011
Pronunciation leitourgós
What does λειτουργός (leitourgós) mean in the Bible?
λειτουργός (leitourgós): Public servant performing sacred or civic duty at personal expense; minister of God or state
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3011?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include servants (2), [and who] ministers (1), a minister (1), minister (1).
Where does λειτουργός (leitourgós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 13:6. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (2), Romans (2), Philippians (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 servants 2× Romans 13:6, Hebrews 1:7
[and who] ministers 1× Hebrews 8:2
a minister 1× Romans 15:16
minister 1× Philippians 2:25
Show sample aligned rows
Romans 13:6 λειτουργοὶ to servants Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Romans 15:16 λειτουργὸν to a minister Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Philippians 2:25 λειτουργὸν to minister Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Hebrews 1:7 λειτουργοὺς to servants Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Hebrews 8:2 λειτουργὸς to [and who] ministers Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Romans 13:6
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 3
Romans 2 Philippians 1 Hebrews 2
Source forms
λειτουργὸν 2x leitourgon Romans 15:16, Philippians 2:25
λειτουργοὶ 1x leitourgoi Romans 13:6
λειτουργὸς 1x leitourgos Hebrews 8:2
λειτουργοὺς 1x leitourgous Hebrews 1:7
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 2x Romans 15:16, Philippians 2:25
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Hebrews 1:7
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Romans 13:6
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Hebrews 8:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Public servant performing sacred or civic duty at personal expense; minister of God or state
Strong's G3011
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 4 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Romans 15:14-21 Source Gloss
minister
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.
Romans 13:6 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
λειτουργοὶ leitourgoi
a minister, servant
Read verse Romans 15:16 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
λειτουργὸν leitourgon
a minister, servant
Read verse Philippians 2:25 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
λειτουργὸν leitourgon
a minister, servant
Read verse Hebrews 1:7 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
λειτουργοὺς leitourgouv
a minister, servant
Read verse Hebrews 8:2 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
λειτουργός, leitourgov
a minister, servant
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 (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Rom 13:6 1×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Heb 8:2 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Rom 15:16 · Phil 2:25 2×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Heb 1:7 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
Public servant, minister.
Showing 1 selected witness from 5 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
λειτουργός is built from these roots:
Why This Word Matters
Describes Paul’s sacred service in gospel proclamation. Romans 15:14-21
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