Bible Dictionary: Serves

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Greek

4754. strateuo -- to make war, hence to serve as a soldier
... Word Origin from stratos (an encamped army) Definition to make war, hence to serve
as a soldier NASB Word Usage active service (1), fight (1), serves as a ...
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473. anti -- over against, opposite, hence instead of, in comp. ...
... 473 (a preposition) -- properly, (); (figuratively) "in place of," ie what
(serves as an , what is proportional). Word Origin a prim. ...
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3008. leitourgeo -- to serve the state, ie by anal. to perform ...
... Cognate: 3008 (from 3011 , "someone who officially serves sovereign and community") --
properly, to in an official (technical, authorized) capacity, especially ...
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3749. ostrakinos -- earthen
... earth). 3749 ("earthen, made of clay") is used metaphorically in 2 Cor 4:7
of the of believers -- which serves as the . [3749 () refers ...
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1398. douleuo -- to be a slave, to serve
... from doulos Definition to be a slave, to serve NASB Word Usage bondage (1), enslaved
(3), render service (1), serve (10), served (1), serves (1), serving (4 ...
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1247. diakoneo -- to serve, minister
... 1), minister (3), ministered (2), ministering (3), servant (1), serve (4), serve
as deacons (1), served (2), served as deacons (1), serves (5), services ...
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2324. therapon -- an attendant
... 2324 () refers to a faithful attendant who serves another, like a friend serving
in a tender, noble way (used only in Heb 3:5). Moses is called a faithful 2324 ...
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5087. tithemi -- to place, lay, set
... down (1), made (4), make (4), offer (1), placed (4), present (1), purposed (1),
put (15), puts (2), puts...away (1), putting (1), reached (1), serves (1), set ...
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3009. leitourgia -- a service, a ministry
... duly authorized minister; used of believers ministering to the Lord as His
duly-commissioned priests -- a sacred ministering that always serves (impacts) those ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5647. abad -- to work, serve
... 1), make slaves (2), manufacturers (1), observe (1), perform (9), performed (2),
plowed (1), rendered (1), serve (141), served (52), serves (2), serving (5 ...
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Library

The World Serves You
... THE SECOND CENTURY 15 The world serves you. The world serves you ... the end
of all. Thus the world serves to promote and advance you. ...
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The World Serves You
... THE SECOND CENTURY 95 The World serves you. The World serves you, as it teaches
you more abundantly to prize the love of Jesus Christ. ...
/.../traherne/centuries of meditations/95 the world serves you.htm

As the World Serves You by Shewing the Greatness of God's Love to ...
... THE SECOND CENTURY 94 As the world serves you by shewing the greatness of
God's love to you. As the world serves you by shewing the ...
/.../traherne/centuries of meditations/94 as the world serves.htm

How Pronunciation Serves to Remove Ambiguity. Different Kinds of ...
... Book III. Chapter 3."How Pronunciation Serves to Remove Ambiguity. Different
Kinds of Interrogation. 6. And all the directions ...
/.../on christian doctrine in four books /chapter 3 how pronunciation serves to.htm

On the Sanctification of Man
... worship to God, were accustomed to be sprinkled with blood, so, likewise, the blood
of Jesus Christ, which is the blood of the New Testament, serves for this ...
/.../the works of james arminius vol 2/disputation xlix on the sanctification.htm

Chapter xiv.
... The Punic name also corresponds: for gain is called mammon in Punic. [375] But he
who serves mammon certainly serves him who, as being set over those earthly ...
/.../augustine/our lords sermon on the mount/chapter xiv 2.htm

Whether a Bishop Alone Confers the Sacrament of Order?
... is as it were minister-in-chief, all things pertaining to the ministry are handed
by him, for instance the candle with which the acolyte serves the deacon by ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether a bishop alone confers.htm

V. ...
... Therefore, he says, now, also: V.3. According as His divine power (whatever
serves for life and godliness) is abundantly given us. ...
/.../the epistles of st peter and st jude preached and explained/chapter i v 2.htm

Jacob and Esau
... Look at one side of Jacob's character"his perseverance. He serves seven
years for Rachel, because he loves her. Then when he is ...
/.../kingsley/the gospel of the pentateuch/sermon vi jacob and esau.htm

Whether the Third Precept of the Decalogue, Concerning the ...
... Another servitude is whereby one man serves another. Now one man serves another
not with his mind but with his body, as stated above ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the third precept of.htm

Thesaurus

Serves (14 Occurrences)
...Serves (14 Occurrences). ... But one who is the greater among you, let him become as
the younger, and one who is governing, as one who serves. (WEB WEY DBY RSV NIV). ...
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Key (8 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) That part of an instrument or machine which serves as the means of operating
it; as, a telegraph key; the keys of a pianoforte, or of a typewriter. ...
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Serve (407 Occurrences)
... 8. (vt) To answer or be (in the place of something) to; as, a sofa serves one for
a seat and a couch. ... John 12:26 If anyone serves me, let him follow me. ...
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Greater (219 Occurrences)
... (YLT). Luke 22:26 But not so with you. But one who is the greater among you, let
him become as the younger, and one who is governing, as one who serves. ...
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Isn't (154 Occurrences)
... (WEB). Luke 22:27 For who is greater, one who sits at the table, or one who
serves? ... But I am in the midst of you as one who serves. (WEB). ...
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Indication (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Act of pointing out or indicating. 2. (n.) That
which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence. ...
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For (102061 Occurrences)
... 3. (prep.) Indicating the remoter and indirect object of an act; the end or final
cause with reference to which anything is, acts, serves, or is done. ...
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Minister (150 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary One who serves, as distinguished from the master.
(1.) Hebrews meshereth, applied to an attendant on one ...
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Concerned (45 Occurrences)
... Concerned (45 Occurrences). John 10:13 Now he who serves for wages flees because
he serves for wages, and is not himself concerned about the sheep. (DBY NAS). ...
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Sits (52 Occurrences)
... (WEB WEY DBY NAS RSV NIV). Luke 22:27 For who is greater, one who sits at the table,
or one who serves? ... But I am in the midst of you as one who serves. ...
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Bible Concordance

Serves (14 Occurrences)

Luke 22:26 But not so with you. But one who is the greater among you, let him become as the younger, and one who is governing, as one who serves.
(WEB WEY DBY RSV NIV)

Luke 22:27 For who is greater, one who sits at the table, or one who serves? Isn't it he who sits at the table? But I am in the midst of you as one who serves.
(WEB DBY NAS RSV NIV)

John 2:10 and said to him, "Everyone serves the good wine first, and when the guests have drunk freely, then that which is worse. You have kept the good wine until now!"
(WEB NAS RSV)

John 10:13 Now he who serves for wages flees because he serves for wages, and is not himself concerned about the sheep.
(DBY)

John 12:26 If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there will my servant also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Romans 3:5 But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak like men do.
(See RSV)

Romans 14:18 For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.
(WEB WEY DBY NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 9:7 What soldier ever serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard, and doesn't eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock, and doesn't drink from the flock's milk?
(WEB WEY NAS RSV NIV)

Philippians 2:22 But you know the proof of him, that, as a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News.
(WEB)

2 Timothy 2:4 Every one who serves as a soldier keeps himself from becoming entangled in the world's business--so that he may satisfy the officer who enlisted him.
(WEY)

1 Peter 4:11 If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 15:12 If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you, and serves you six years; then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you.
(WEB NIV)

Malachi 3:17 They shall be mine," says Yahweh of Armies, "my own possession in the day that I make, and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Malachi 3:18 Then you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who doesn't serve him.
(WEB NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Serves

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Key (8 Occurrences)

Serve (407 Occurrences)

Greater (219 Occurrences)

Isn't (154 Occurrences)

Indication (1 Occurrence)

For (102061 Occurrences)

Minister (150 Occurrences)

Concerned (45 Occurrences)

Sits (52 Occurrences)