Strong's Greek · G2999
λατρεία
latreía
(divine) service
Definition
ministration of God, i.e. worship
Derivation
from G3000 (λατρεύω);
Appears 5 times in Scripture
“Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.”
“They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.”
“the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.”
“When everything had been prepared in this way, the priests entered regularly into the first room to perform their sacred duties.”
“Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).