λειτουργός, -οῦ, ὁ (λιός, ἔργον), [in LXX chiefly for שָׁרַת, Jos.1:1 A, 3Ki.10:5, Psa.103:21, Sir.7:30, al;] 1) in cl, one who discharges a public office at his own expense, then, generally, 2)
a public servant, a minister, servant: τ. ἁγίων λ, Heb.8:2 (cf. Neh.10:39, Sir, l.with); Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, Rom.15:16; pl, τ. θεοῦ, Rom.13:6, Heb.1:7 " (LXX); λ. ὑμῶν τ. χρείας μου, Php.2:25.
SYN.: see: διάκονος, λειτουργέω (
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