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Monday, August 14, 2006

More on ‘worship’ and ‘latreuo’

Follow-up to ‘Worshipful Service,’ from Greek Thoughts:

This week we begin our study of latreuo (Strong’s #3000), a Greek verb expressing worship in the form of service. Latreuo, originally a secular Greek term, meant to work for hire or wages. Over time however, it came to be used to represent any type of service, be it physical labor or the performance of sacred service, whether in cultic practice or in priestly services related to the Jewish Tabernacle. Our study today focuses on the meaning of this word as it is used in the Old Testament Septuagint in order to lay a foundation for understanding its subsequent use in the New Testament.

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Posted by Nathan Bierma on 08/14 at 04:04 PM
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