λατρεύω latreuō

Greek word for “to minister” · Strong’s G3000 · used 21 times in 21 verses

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Meaning

λατρεύω; (λάτρις, a hired servant);

How it is translated

Glosses given for latreuō in context, with how often each is used:

• serve 7
• serving 4
• will serve 2
• worshiping 2
• will you serve.’ 1
• will serve.’ 1
• worship 1
• served 1
• minster 1
• may serve 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Acts 7 (2), Romans 1 (2), Hebrews 9 (2), Matthew 4 (1), Luke 1 (1), Luke 2 (1), Luke 4 (1), Acts 24 (1), Acts 26 (1), Acts 27 (1)

Forms

• λατρεύω 4
• λατρεύειν 3
• λατρεύσεις 2
• λατρεύοντες 2
• λατρεύουσιν 2
• λατρεύουσα 1
• λατρεύσουσίν 1
• λατρεῦον 1
• ἐλάτρευσαν 1
• λατρεύοντα 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with latreuō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• νύξ nux “night” 5
• συνείδησις suneidēsis “conscience” 4
• προσφέρω prospherō “to bring to” 4
• γράφω graphō “to write” 4
• μνεία mneia “remembrance” 2
• δέησις deēsis “petition” 2
• ἡμέρα hēmera “day” 4
• ὅστις hostis, hētis “who/which” 3
• σκηνή skēnē “tent” 2
• θυσία thusia “sacrifice” 2
• καθαρίζω katharizō “to clean” 2
• ἔτος etos “year” 2

Key verses

The verses using latreuō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 4:10 — Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
• Luke 1:74 — That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
• Acts 24:14 — But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law…
• Acts 27:23 — For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
• Romans 1:9 — For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
• Philippians 3:3 — For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
• 2 Timothy 1:3 — I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;
• Hebrews 9:9 — Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as…
• Hebrews 9:14 — How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the…
• Hebrews 12:28 — Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
• Revelation 7:15 — Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
• Revelation 22:3 — And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.