Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
λειτουργία (G3009)
6 λειτουργία , -ας, ἡ ( λειτουργέω ), [in LXX chiefly for עֲבֹדָה , Nu 4:24 , I Ch 9:13 , al.;] in cl. (chiefly of Athens), the discharge of a public office at one's own expense (v. LS, s.v.), hence, a service , ministry ; in π. (Deiss., BS , 140 f.) and in LXX (though here also of secular service, III Ki 1:4 , al.), of religious service or ministration; and so in NT: of priestly ministrations, Lk 1:23 , He 8:6 9:21 ; fig., θυσία καὶ λ. τῆς πίστεως ὑμῶν , Phl 2:17 ; of Christian beneficence, II Co 9:12 , Phl 2:30 .†
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain