Strong's #3008: leitourgeo (pronounced li-toorg-eh'-o)

from 3011; to be a public servant, i.e. (by analogy) to perform religious or charitable functions (worship, obey, relieve):--minister.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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leitourgeō

1) to serve the state at one' s own cost

1a) to assume an office which must be administered at one' s own expense

1b) to discharge a public office at one' s own cost

1c) to render public service to the state

2) to do a service, perform a work

2a) of priests and Levites who were busied with the sacred rites in the tabernacle or the temple

2b) of Christians serving Christ, whether by prayer, or by instructing others concerning the way of salvation, or in some other way

2c) of those who aid others with their resources, and relieve their poverty

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: from G3011

Citing in TDNT: 4:215, 526

Usage:

This word is used 3 times:

 

Acts 13:2: "As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the"
Romans 15:27: "spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things."
Hebrews 10:11: "every priest standeth daily ministering and offering"