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 saith Jesus to him, ‘Go—Adversary, for it hath been written, The Lord thy God thou shalt bow to, and Him only thou shalt serve.’Luke 1:74 · λατρεύεινTo give to us, without fear, Out of the hand of our enemies having been delivered,Luke 2:37 · λατρεύουσαand she is a widow of about eighty-four years, who did depart not from the temple, with fasts and supplications serving, night and day,Luke 4:8 · λατρεύσεις.¶And Jesus answering him said, ‘Get thee behind me, Adversary, for it hath been written, Thou shalt bow before the Lord thy God, and Him only thou shalt serve.’Acts 7:7 · λατρεύσουσίνand the nation whom they shall serve I will judge, said God; and after these things they shall come forth and shall do Me service in this place.Acts 7:42 · λατρεύεινand God did turn, and did give them up to do service to the host of the heaven, according as it hath been written in the scroll of the prophets: Slain beasts and sacrifices did ye offer to Me forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?Acts 24:14 · λατρεύω‘And I confess this to thee, that, according to the way that they call a sect, so serve I the God of the fathers, believing all things that in the law and the prophets have been written,Acts 26:7 · λατρεῦονto which our twelve tribes, intently night and day serving, do hope to come, concerning which hope I am accused, king Agrippa, by the Jews;Acts 27:23 · λατρεύωfor there stood by me this night a messenger of 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,Romans 1:25 · ἐλάτρευσανwho did change the truth of God into a falsehood, and did honour and serve the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed to the ages. Amen.Philippians 3:3 · λατρεύοντεςfor we are the circumcision, who by the Spirit are serving God, and glorying in Christ Jesus, and in flesh having no trust,2 Timothy 1:3 · λατρεύωI am thankful to God, whom I serve from progenitors in a pure conscience, that unceasingly I have remembrance concerning thee in my supplications night and day,Hebrews 8:5 · λατρεύουσινwho unto an example and shadow do serve of the heavenly things, as Moses hath been divinely warned, being about to construct the tabernacle, for ‘See (saith He) thou mayest make all things according to the pattern that was shewn to thee in the mount;’)—Hebrews 9:9 · λατρεύοντα,which is a simile in regard to the present time, in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered, which are not able, in regard to conscience, to make perfect him who is serving,Hebrews 9:14 · λατρεύεινhow much more shall the blood of the Christ (who through the age-during Spirit did offer himself unblemished to God) purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?Hebrews 10:2 · λατρεύονταςsince, would they not have ceased to be offered, because of those serving having no more conscience of sins, having once been purified?Hebrews 12:28 · λατρεύωμενwherefore, a kingdom that cannot be shaken receiving, may we have grace, through which we may serve God well-pleasingly, with reverence and religious fear;Hebrews 13:10 · λατρεύοντες.we have an altar, of which to eat they have no authority who the tabernacle are serving,Revelation 7:15 · λατρεύουσινbecause of this are they before the throne of God, and they do service to Him day and night in His sanctuary, and He who is sitting upon the throne shall tabernacle over them;Revelation 22:3 · λατρεύσουσινand any curse there shall not be any more, and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him,