λατρεύω (λάτρις, a hired servant), [in LXX (always, as λατρεία, of the service of God or of heathen divinities) chiefly for עָבַד, Exo.3:12, al.; in Dan LXX TH (Dan.3:12, al.) for פְּלַח ;] 1. to work for hire. 2. to serve; in cl., also of divine service, to serve, worship, and so always in NT: with dative of person(s), τ. θεῷ, Mat.4:10, Luk.4:8" (LXX), Act.7:7 24:14 27:23, Heb.9:14, Rev.7:15 22:3; of idol worship (cf. Exo.20:5, Eze.20:32), Act.7:42, Rom.1:25; τ. θεῷ. ἐν τ. πνεύματί μου, Rom.1:9; id. ἐν καθαρᾷ συνειδήσει, 2Ti.1:3; μετ᾽ εὐλαβείας κ. δέους, Heb.12:28; ἐν ὁσιότητι κ. δικαιοσύνῃ, Luk.1:74; (without θεῷ) νηστείαις κ. δεήσεσι, Luk.2:37; πνεύματι θεοῦ, Php.3:3; absol., Act.26:7; ὁ λατρεύων, the worshipper, Heb.9:9 10:2; of ministerial service, with dative of thing(s), Heb.8:5 13:10.† SYN.: λειτουργέω, q.v (AS)
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latreuō · to minister · Greek
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Matthew 4:10 · λατρεύσεις.Then Jesus said to him, “Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’”Luke 1:74 · λατρεύεινto grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear,Luke 2:37 · λατρεύουσαand she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who didn’t depart from the temple, worshipping with fastings and petitions night and day.Luke 4:8 · λατρεύσεις.¶Jesus answered him, “Get behind me Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’”Acts 7:7 · λατρεύσουσίν‘I will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,’ said God, ‘and after that will they come out, and serve me in this place.’Acts 7:42 · λατρεύεινBut God turned, and gave them up to serve the army of the sky, as it is written in the book of the prophets, ‘Did you offer to me slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?Acts 24:14 · λατρεύωBut this I confess to you, that after the Way, which they call a sect, so I serve the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets;Acts 26:7 · λατρεῦονwhich our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!Acts 27:23 · λατρεύωFor there stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God whose I am and whom I serve,Romans 1:9 · λατρεύωFor God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,Romans 1:25 · ἐλάτρευσανwho exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.Philippians 3:3 · λατρεύοντεςFor we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh;2 Timothy 1:3 · λατρεύωI thank God, whom I serve as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. How unceasing is my memory of you in my petitions, night and dayHebrews 8:5 · λατρεύουσινwho serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle, for he said, “See, you shall make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain.”Hebrews 9:9 · λατρεύοντα,which is a symbol of the present age, where gifts and sacrifices are offered that are incapable, concerning the conscience, of making the worshipper perfect;Hebrews 9:14 · λατρεύεινhow much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?Hebrews 10:2 · λατρεύονταςOr else wouldn’t they have ceased to be offered, because the worshippers, having been once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sins?Hebrews 12:28 · λατρεύωμενTherefore, receiving a Kingdom that can’t be shaken, let us have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,Hebrews 13:10 · λατρεύοντες.We have an altar from which those who serve the holy tabernacle have no right to eat.Revelation 7:15 · λατρεύουσινTherefore they are before the throne of God, they serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will spread his tabernacle over them.Revelation 22:3 · λατρεύσουσινThere will be no curse any more. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants serve him.