λειτουργός

λειτουργός, -οῦ, ὁ

(λιός, ἔργον), [in LXX chiefly for שָׁרַת, Jos 1,1 A, 3Ki 10,5, Sl 103,21, Sir 7,30, al. ;]

1. in cl., one who discharges a public office at his own expense, then, generally,

2. a public servant, a minister, servant: τ. ἁγίων λ., Hebr 8,2 (cf. Neh 10,39, Sir, l.with); Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, Rom 15,16 pl., τ. θεοῦ, Rom 13,6, Hebr 1,7" (LXX) ; λ. ὑμῶν τ. χρείας μου, Fil 2,25,†

SYN.: see: διάκονος, λειτουργέω