λειτουργία

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ministry

λειτουργία , -ας, ἡ (λειτουργέω), [in LXX chiefly for עֲבֹדָה, Num.4:24 , 1Ch.9:13 , al. ;] __1. in cl. (chiefly of Athens), the discharge of a public office at one's own expense (see LS, see word), hence, __2. a service, ministry ; in π. (Deiss., BS, 140 f.) and in LXX (though here also of secular service, 3Ki.1:4 , al.), of religious service or ministration; and so in NT: of priestly ministrations, Luk.1:23 , Heb.8:6 9:21 ; figuratively, θυσία καὶ λ. τῆς πίστεως ὑμῶν, Php.2:17; of Christian beneficence, 2Co.9:12 , Php.2:30 .† (AS)