public function (as priest ("liturgy") or almsgiver)

in cl. (chiefly of Athens), (v. LS, s.v.), hence, the discharge of a public office at one's own expense , ; in (Deiss., , 140 f.) and in LXX (though here also of secular service, , al.), of religious service or ministration; and so in NT: of priestly ministrations, , ; fig., , ; of Christian beneficence, , .† a service ministry π. θυσία καὶ λ. τῆς πίστεως ὑμῶν BS III Ki 1:4 Lk 1:23 He 8:6 9:21 Phl 2:17 II Co 9:12 Phl 2:30

bediening, dienst

a charitable gift, public service in the widest sense; service as of priest or Levite ritual.

ministry

public function (as priest ("liturgy") or almsgiver)

ministration(-try), service

λειτουργία, -ας, ἡ (λειτουργέω), [in LXX chiefly for עֲבֹדָה, Num.4:24, 1Ch.9:13, al. ;] 1. in cl. (chiefly of Athens), the discharge of a public office at one's own expense (see LS, see word), hence, 2. a service, ministry; in π. (Deiss., BS, 140 f.) and in LXX (though here also of secular service, 3Ki.1:4, al.), of religious service or ministration; and so in NT: of priestly ministrations, Luk.1:23, Heb.8:6 9:21; figuratively, θυσία καὶ λ. τῆς πίστεως ὑμῶν, Php.2:17; of Christian beneficence, 2Co.9:12, Php.2:30.† (AS)