The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

λατρεία

Lemmaλατρεία
Citation formλατρεία, ας, ἡ
Part of speechnoun
Glossservice, worship
Strong’sG2999
Transliterationlatreía
Definitionministration of God, i.e. worship
KJV glosses:--(divine) service.
Derivationfrom
SBLGNT occurrences5

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
λατρεία
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Romans 9:4
λατρείαν
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — John 16:2
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Romans 12:1
λατρείας
noun, accusative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----APF-) — Hebrews 9:6
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Hebrews 9:1

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: λατρεια.

Additional Greek lexicons

Compare the biblical entry for λατρεία with classical and later Greek dictionaries collected by Logeion.