Strong's Concordance latreia: service Original Word: λατρεία, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: latreia Phonetic Spelling: (lat-ri'-ah) Short Definition: service, worship Definition: service rendered to God, perhaps simply: worship. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 2999 latreía (from 3000 /latreúō, "render sacred service") – sacred (technical) service. 2999 /latreía("technical, priestly-service") occurs five times in the NT (Jn 16:2; Ro 9:4, 12:1; Heb 9:1,6). See 3000 (latreuō). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2999: λατρείαλατρεία, 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 עֲבֹדָה, Exodus 12:25f, etc.): Romans 9:4; Hebrews 9:1 (1 Macc. 2:19, 22); λατρείαν προσφέρειν τῷ Θεῷ (to offer service to God) equivalent to θυσίαν προσφέρειν εἰς λατρείαν (to offer a sacrifice in service), John 16:2; ἐπιτελεῖν τάς λατρείας, to perform the sacred services (see ἐπιτελέω, 1), spoken of the priests, Hebrews 9:6; universally, of any worship of God, ἡ λογικη λατρεία, Romans 12:1 (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 59, 9 a.); (of the worship of idols, 1 Macc. 1:43). From latreuo; ministration of God, i.e. Worship -- (divine) service. see GREEK latreuo Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 29995 Occurrences λατρεία — 1 Occ. λατρείαν — 2 Occ. λατρείας — 2 Occ. John 16:2 N-AFS GRK: ὑμᾶς δόξῃ λατρείαν προσφέρειν τῷ NAS: that he is offering service to God. KJV: that he doeth God service. INT: you will think [it is] service to give Romans 9:4 N-NFS Romans 12:1 N-AFS Hebrews 9:1 N-GFS Hebrews 9:6 N-AFP |