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λατρεύω

lä-tryü'-ō
verb
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From latris (a hired menial)

from λάτρις látris (a hired menial); to minister (to God), i.e. render religious homage:—serve, do the service, worship(-per).

Outline

  1. to serve for hire
  2. to serve, minister to, either to the gods or men and used alike of slaves and freemen
    1. in the NT, to render religious service or homage, to worship
    2. to perform sacred services, to offer gifts, to worship God in the observance of the rites instituted for his worship
      1. of priests, to officiate, to discharge the sacred office

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