λατρεύω

latreuvw latreuvw; future
latreuvsw; 1 aorist
ejlavtreusa; (
lavtri" a hireling, Latin latro in Ennius and Plautus;
lavtron hire); in Greek writings a. to serve for hire; b. universally, to serve, minister to, either gods or men, and used alike of slaves and of freemen; in the N. T. to render religious service or homage, to worship (Hebrew db'[;, ; ; ); in a broad sense,
latreuvein
Qew'/: and , (after ); ; ; ; ; ; ; of the worship of idols, ; (; ; ). Phrases relating to the manner of worshipping are these:
Qew'/ (so R G)
latreuvein
penumati (dative of instrumentality), with the spirit or soul, , but L T Tr WH have correctly restored
penuamti
Qeou', i. e. prompted by, filled with, the Spirit of God, so that the dative of the person (
tw'/
Qew'/) is suppressed;
ejn
tw'/
pneuvmati
mou
ejn
tw'/
eujaggelivw/, in my spirit in delivering the glad tidings, ;
tw'/
Qew'/
ejn
kaqarav
suneidhvsei, ;
metav
aijdou'"
kaiv
eujlabeiva" or (so L T Tr WH)
metav
eujlabeiva"
kaiv
devou", ;
ejn
oJsiovthti
kaiv
dikaiosuvnh, ; (without the dative
Qew'/)
nhsteivai"
kaiv
dehvsesi, ;
latreuvein, absolutely, to worship God (cf. Winer's Grammar, 593 (552)), . in the strict sense; "to perform sacred services, to offer gifts, to worship God in the observance of the rites instituted for his worship": absolutely, ; ; specifically, of the priests, to officiate, to discharge the sacred office: with a dative of the sacred thing to which the service is rendered, ; . (Euripides, others.)*