The Koine Bible

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SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

λατρεύω

Lexicon IndexWritten Scriptures
Lemmaλατρεύω
Citation formλατρεύω
Part of speechverb
GlossI serve, worship
Strong’sG3000
Transliterationlatreúō
Definitionto minister (to God), i.e. render religious homage
KJV glosses:--serve, do the service, worship(-per).
Derivationfrom (a hired menial)
SBLGNT occurrences21

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
ἐλάτρευσαν
verb, third person, aorist, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3AAI-P--) — Romans 1:25
λατρεύειν
verb, present, active, infinitive (MorphGNT -PAN----) — Luke 1:74
verb, present, active, infinitive (MorphGNT -PAN----) — Acts 7:42
verb, present, active, infinitive (MorphGNT -PAN----) — Hebrews 9:14
λατρεῦον
verb, present, active, participle, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT -PAPNSN-) — Acts 26:7
λατρεύοντα
verb, present, active, participle, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT -PAPASM-) — Hebrews 9:9
λατρεύοντας
verb, present, active, participle, accusative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -PAPAPM-) — Hebrews 10:2
λατρεύοντες
verb, present, active, participle, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -PAPNPM-) — Philippians 3:3
verb, present, active, participle, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -PAPNPM-) — Hebrews 13:10
λατρεύουσα
verb, present, active, participle, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT -PAPNSF-) — Luke 2:37
λατρεύουσιν
verb, third person, present, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3PAI-P--) — Hebrews 8:5
verb, third person, present, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3PAI-P--) — Revelation 7:15
λατρεύσεις
verb, second person, future, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 2FAI-S--) — Matthew 4:10
verb, second person, future, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 2FAI-S--) — Luke 4:8
λατρεύσουσίν
verb, third person, future, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3FAI-P--) — Acts 7:7
λατρεύσουσιν
verb, third person, future, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3FAI-P--) — Revelation 22:3
λατρεύω
verb, first person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 1PAI-S--) — Acts 24:14
verb, first person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 1PAI-S--) — Acts 27:23
verb, first person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 1PAI-S--) — Romans 1:9
verb, first person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 1PAI-S--) — 2 Timothy 1:3
λατρεύωμεν
verb, first person, present, active, subjunctive, plural (MorphGNT 1PAS-P--) — Hebrews 12:28

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

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