3008

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3008 ~λειτουργέω~ leitourgeo \@li-toorg-eh’-o\@ from 3011; TDNT-4:215,526; {See TDNT 434} v AV-minister 3; 3 [see also liturgy, 3008, 3009, 3010, & 3011.]

1) to serve the state at one’s own cost
1a) to assume an office which must be administered at one’s own expense
1b) to discharge a public office at one’s own cost
1c) to render public service to the state
2) to do a service, perform a work
2a) of priests and Levites who were busied with the sacred rites in the tabernacle or the temple
2b) of Christians serving Christ, whether by prayer, or by instructing others concerning the way of salvation, or in some other way
2c) of those who aid others with their resources, and relieve their poverty