λειτουργέω

leitourgevw leitourgevw, participle
leitourgw'n; 1 aorist infinitive
leitourgh'sai; (from
leitourgov", which see);1. in Attic, especially the orators, "to serve the state at one's own cost; to assume an office which must be administered at one's own expense; to discharge a public office at one's own cost; to render public service to the state" (cf. Melanchthon in Apology, Confessions, Augustine, p. 270f (Corpus Reformat. edition Bindseil (post Bretschn.) vol. xxvli., p. 623, and F. Francke, Conf. Luth., Part i., p. 271 note (Lipsius 1846)); Wolf, Demosthenes, Lept., p. 85ff; B?ckh, Athen. Staatshaush. i., p. 480ff; L?bker, Reallex. des class. Alterth. (or Smith, Dict. of Greek and Rom. Antiq.) under the word
leitourgiva).2. universally, to do service, to perform a work; Vulgate ministro (A. V. to minister); a. of the priests and Levites who were busied with the sacred rites in the tabernacle or the temple (so the Septuagint often for treve; as ; ,; ; , etc.; several times for db'[;, ,; ; f; add, (45:15; 1. 14; ); ; (Philo, vit. Moys. ; cf.
uJmi'n
leitourgousi
kaiv
aujtoiv
thvn
leitourgivan
tw'n
profhtw'n
kaiv
didaskavlwn (of bishops and deacons), Teaching of the Twelve Apostles, chapter 15 (cf. Clement of Rome, , etc.))): . b.
leitourgoun
tw'/
kurivw/, of Christians serving Christ, whether, by prayer, or by instructing others concerning the way of salvation, or in some other way: ; cf. DeWette at the passage c. of those who aid others with their resources, and relieve their poverty:
tivni
ejn
tivni, , cf. .*