Definition

a public servant, i.e. a functionary in the Temple or Gospel, or (genitive case) a worshipper (of God) or benefactor (of man)

Etymology

from a derivative of G2992 (λαός) and G2041 (ἔργον);

Where the KJV renders it

• minister(-ed)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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