Ministry
λατρείαStrong’s G2999latreia
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Latreia is the Greek word usually translated “service”, “worship” and “sacred services”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.”
Meaning
Usually translated “service”, “worship” and “sacred services”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- service 2
- a service 1
- of worship 1
- sacred services 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 2
- Hebrews 2
- John 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Romans 9:4Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
- Romans 12:1I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
- Hebrews 9:1Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.
- Hebrews 9:6Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.
Greek dictionary
λατρεία latreia · ministry
λατρεία, -ας, ἡ (λατρεύω, which see), [in LXX (always of divine service): Exo.12:25-26 13:5, Jos.22:27, 1Ch.28:13 (עֲבֹדָה), 1Ma.1:43 1Mac 2:19 1Mac 2:22, 3Ma.4:14 * ;] 1. hired service, service. 2. (in cl. also) divine service, worship: Jhn.16:2, Rom.9:4 12:1, Heb.9:1, 6.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “ministry” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MIN'ISTRY, noun
[Latin ministerium.]
The office, duties or functions of a subordinate agent of any kind.
- Agency; service; aid; interposition; instrumentality.
- Ecclesiastical function; agency or service of a minister of the gospel or clergyman in the modern church, or of priests, apostles and evangelists in the ancient. Acts 1:17Romans 12:72 Timothy 4:5Numbers 4:12
- Time of ministration; duration of the office of a minister, civil or ecclesiastical.
- Persons who compose the executive government or the council of a supreme magistrate; the body of ministers of state.
All definitions
- Business; employment.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.