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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

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