λειτουργός

leitourgov" leitourgov",
leitourgou,
oJ (from
!ERGW i. e.
ejrgavzomai, and unused
lei'tos* equivalent to
lhito" equivalent to
dhmosi" public, belonging to the state (Hesychius), and this from
lewv" Attic for
laov"), the Septuagint for trev;m] (Piel participle of tr'v;);1. a public minister; a servant of the state:
th'"
povlew", Inscriptions; of the lictors, Plutarch, ; ; (it has not yet been found in its primary and proper sense, of one who at Athens assumes a public office to be administered at his own expense (cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word I.); see
leitourgevw).2. universally, a minister, servant: so of military laborers, often in Polybius; of the servants of a king, 1 E. ; ; (of Joshua, Alexandrian LXX; universally, (cf. )); of the servants of the priests, joined with
uJphrevtai, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Antiquities 2, 73;
tw'n
aJgivwn, of the temple, i. e. one busied with holy things, of a priest, , cf. (Philo, alleg. leg. iii. sec. 46); ; ;
tw'n
qew'n, of heathen priests, Dionysius Halicarnassus 2, 22 cf. 73; Plutarch, mor., p. 417 a.;
!Ihsou'
Cristou', of Paul likening himself to a priest, ; plural
tou'
Qeou', those by whom God administers his affairs and executes his decrees: so of magistrates, ; of angels, from () (cf. Philo de caritat. sec. 3);
th'"
cavrito"
tou'
Qeou', those whose ministry the grace of God made use of for proclaiming to men the necessity of repentance, as Noah, Jonah: Clement of Rome, , cf. c. 7;
tovn
ajpovstolon
kaiv
leitourgovn
uJmw'n
th'"
creiva"
mou, by whom ye have sent to me those things which may minister to my needs, .*