λατρεύωlatreúō

to minister (to God), i.e. render religious homage

Greek (New Testament) · G3000

Meanings

1. to work for hire.

2. to serve; in classical Greek, also of divine service, to serve, worship, and so always in NT: with dative of person, τ. θεῷ, Matthew 4:10, Luke 4:8(LXX), Acts 7:7, Acts 24:14, Acts 27:23, Hebrews 9:14, Revelation 7:15, Revelation 22:3; of idol worship (cf. Exodus 20:5, Ezekiel 20:32), Acts 7:42, Romans 1:25; τ. θεῷ ἐν τ. πνεύματί μου, Romans 1:9; id. ἐν καθαρᾷ συνειδήσει, 2 Timothy 1:3; μετ’ εὐλαβείας κ. δέους, Hebrews 12:28; ἐν ὁσιότητι κ. δικαιοσύνῃ, Luke 1:74; (without θεῷ) νηστείαις κ. δεήσεσι, Luke 2:37; πνεύματι θεοῦ, Philippians 3:3; absolutely, Acts 26:7; ὁ λατρεύων, the worshipper, Hebrews 9:9, Hebrews 10:2; of ministerial service, with dative of thing, Hebrews 8:5, Hebrews 13:10.

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Appears 21 times in the Bible.

Matthew 4:10 “Get out of here, Satan,” Jesus told him. “For the Scriptures say, ‘You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’”
Luke 1:74 We have been rescued from our enemies so we can serve God without fear,
Luke 2:37 Then she lived as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the Temple but stayed there day and night, worshiping God with fasting and prayer.
Luke 4:8 Jesus replied, “The Scriptures say, ‘You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’”
Acts 7:7 ‘But I will punish the nation that enslaves them,’ God said, ‘and in the end they will come out and worship me here in this place.’
Acts 7:42 Then God turned away from them and abandoned them to serve the stars of heaven as their gods! In the book of the prophets it is written, ‘Was it to me you were bringing sacrifices and offerings during those forty years in the wilderness, Israel?

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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.