λατρεύω
latreuō
to minister
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word λατρεύω (latreuō) is defined as "to minister." This verb is used 21 times in the Bible, indicating its importance in various contexts. In its most basic sense, latreuō refers to serving or attending to someone or something. This can be seen in its usage in Acts 6:2, where it is used to describe the ministry of serving tables. In other instances, it is used to describe the service or worship offered to God, such as in Romans 9:4, where it is used to describe the service of the Jewish people to God. The significance of latreuō lies in its emphasis on service and ministry. It highlights the importance of attending to the needs of others, whether it be serving tables or serving God. This verb underscores the idea that ministry is not just a duty, but a fundamental aspect of human relationships and our relationship with God.
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Occurrences in Scripture
21 total occurrences across the text
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 1:74to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear,
Luke 2:37and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who didn’t depart from the temple, worshiping with fastings and petitions night and day.
Luke 4:8Jesus 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‘I will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,’ said God, ‘and after that they will come out, and serve me in this place.’
Acts 7:42But 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 24:14But 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 26:7which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!
Acts 27:23For there stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God whose I am and whom I serve,
Romans 1:9For 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,
Philippians 3:3For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh;
2 Timothy 1:3I 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 day
Hebrews 10:2Or else wouldn’t they have ceased to be offered, because the worshipers, having been once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sins?
Hebrews 8:5who 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 9:9This is a symbol of the present age, where gifts and sacrifices are offered that are incapable, concerning the conscience, of making the worshiper perfect,
Hebrews 9:14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without defect to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Romans 1:25who exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
Hebrews 12:28Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can’t be shaken, let’s have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,
Hebrews 13:10We have an altar from which those who serve the holy tabernacle have no right to eat.
Revelation 7:15Therefore 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 22:3There will be no curse any more. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will serve him.