Strong's Lexicon
G2999 — λατρεία
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2999 |
|---|---|
| Word: | λατρεία |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G3000 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 5 |
| Transliteration: | latreia |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | lat-rei'-ah |
| Meaning: | 1. ministration of God, i.e. worship |
| KJV Renderings: | (divine) service |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
λατρεία, λατρείας, ἡ (λατρεύω, which see);
1. in Greek authors "service rendered for hire; then any service or ministration (Tragg., Plutarch, Lucian); the service of God": τοῦ Θεοῦ, Plato, Apology 23 b.; καταφυγεῖν πρός θεῶν εὐχάς τέ καί λατρείας, ibid. Phaedr., p. 244 e.;servitus religionis, quam λατρείανGraeci vocant, Augustine civ. dei 5, 15.
2. in the Greek Bible, the service or worship of God according to the requirements of the levitical law (Hebrew òÂáÉãÈä, Exo 12:25 f, etc.): Rom 9:4; Heb 9:1 (1Ma 2:19; 1Ma 2:22); λατρείαν προσφέρειν τῷ Θεῷ (to offer service to God) equivalent to θυσίαν προσφέρειν εἰς λατρείαν (to offer a sacrifice in service), Joh 16:2; ἐπιτελεῖν τάς λατρείας, to perform the sacred services (see ἐπιτελέω, 1), spoken of the priests, Heb 9:6; universally, of any worship of God, ἡ λογικη λατρεία, Rom 12:1 (cf. Winer’s Grammar, § 59, 9 a.); (of the worship of idols, 1Ma 1:43).
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
λατρεία ((divine) service)
John 16:2
- KJV: They shall put you out of the synagogues yea the time cometh that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service
- GK: αποσυναγώγους ποιήσουσιν υμάς αλλ΄ έρχεται ώρα ίνα πας ο αποκτείνας υμάς δόξη λατρείαν προσφέρειν τω θεώ
Romans 9:4
- KJV: Who are Israelites to whom the adoption and the glory and the covenants and the giving of the law and the service and the promises
- GK: οίτινές εισιν Ισραηλίται ων η υιοθεσία και η δόξα και αι διαθήκαι και η νομοθεσία και η λατρεία και αι επαγγελίαι
Romans 12:1
- KJV: I beseech you therefore brethren by the mercies of God that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice holy acceptable unto God your reasonable service
- GK: παρακαλώ ούν υμάς αδελφοί διά των οικτιρμών του θεού παραστήσαι τα σώματα υμών θυσίαν ζώσαν αγίαν ευάρεστον τω θεώ την λογικήν λατρείαν υμών
Hebrews 9:1
- KJV: Then verily the first had also ordinances of divine service and a worldly sanctuary
- GK: είχε μεν ούν και η πρώτη σκηνή δικαιώματα λατρείας το τε άγιον κοσμικόν
Hebrews 9:6
- KJV: Now when these things were thus ordained the priests went always into the first tabernacle accomplishing the service
- GK: τούτων δε ούτω κατεσκευασμένων εις μεν την πρώτην σκηνήν διά πάντος εισίασιν οι ιερείς τας λατρείας επιτελούντες