Word: latreuw
Pronounce: lat-ryoo'-o
Strongs Number: G3000
Orig: from latris (a hired menial); to minister (to God), i.e. render religious homage:--serve, do the service, worship(-per).
Use: TDNT-4:58,503 Verb
Heb Strong: H309 H5647 H6399 H8334
1) to serve for hire
2) to serve, minister to, either to the gods or men and used alike of slaves and freemen
2a) in the NT, to render religious service or homage, to worship
2b) to perform sacred services, to offer gifts, to worship God in the observance of the rites instituted for his worship
2b1) of priests, to officiate, to discharge the sacred office