1. service / ministry / liturgical duty — Religious or priestly service rendered to God or to the community of faith, encompassing both formal liturgical duties (as of the Levitical priesthood) and broader ministry functions (as of apostolic service). All three clusters represent case-inflected forms of the same semantic concept. Multilingual evidence shows overlap: eng 'service/ministry,' spa 'servicio/ministerio/liturgia,' hin sevaa/sevakaaee (सेवा/सेवकाई), arb khidma (خِدْمَة), kor seomgim/yebae (섬김/예배), swa 'ibada/huduma' (worship/service). 6×
AR["الخِدمَةِ-هٰذِهِ","الخِدْمَةِ","خِدْمَةً","خِدْمَةِ","خِدْمَتِ","خِدْمَتِهِ"]·ben["পরিচর্যার","সেবাকার্য","সেবায়","সেবার"]·DE["Dienst","λειτουργίας"]·EN["ministry","of-ministry","service"]·FR["service"]·heb["בְּשֵׁרוּת","הַ-עֲבוֹדָה","הָעֲבוֹדָה","עֲבוֹדַת","עֲבוֹדָה.","שֵׁרוּת"]·HI["सेव","सेव.","सेवकाई,","सेवा","सेवा-की"]·ID["dari","pelayanan","tugas"]·IT["leitourgia","leitourgias","servizio"]·jav["ayahan","ibadah","pangibadah","pangladosan"]·KO["섬김","섬김-의","섬김의.","예배의","직무를"]·PT["ministério","serviço"]·RU["службы","служение","служения"]·ES["liturgia","ministerio","servicio"]·SW["huduma","ibada"]·TR["bir-hizmeti","hizmetin","hizmetinde","hizmetinin","hizmetinizin","işin"]·urd["خدمت","خدمت-پر","خدمت-کے","عبادت"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
λειτουργ-ία, ἡ, earlier Attic dialect λητ- Refs 5th c.BC+, public service performed by private citizens at their own expense, Refs 5th c.BC+; λ. ἐγκύκλιοι ordinary, i.e. annual, liturgies, Refs 4th c.BC+ __II any public service or work, Refs 3rd c.BC+; ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν λειτουργιῶν τεταγμένος, in an army, the officer who superintended the workmen, carpenters, etc., Refs 2nd c.BC+: generally, military…