ὑπηρέτης hupēretēs · G5257

servant

ὑπηρέτης, -ου, ὁ; (ὑπό + ἐρέτης, a rower) [in LXX: Pro.14:35 (עֶבֶד), Wis.6:4, al. ; ] ; prop., an under rower; hence, generally, a servant, attendant, minister: of a magistrate's attendant, Mat.5:25; of officers of the Synagogue or Sanhedrin, Mat.26:58, Mrk.14:54, 65, Luk.4:20, Jhn.7:32, 45-46 18:3, 12 18:22 19:6, Act.5:22, 26; of the attendants of kings, οἱ ὑ. οἱ ἑμοί Jhn.18:36; of Christian ministers, Act.13:5 26:16; ὑπηρέται λόγου, Luk.1:2; Χριστοῦ, 1Co.4:1; δοῦλοι κ. ὑ., Jhn.18:18.†; SYN.: see: διάκονος (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

ὑπηρέτ-ης, ου, ὁ, ; (ἐρέτης) Doric dialect ὑπηρέτας []:— rower, τοὶ ὑ. τᾶν μακρᾶν ναῶν []; II underling, servant, attendant, []; ὑ. [τῆς πόλεως], opposed to ἄρχων, []; τῶν ἰατρῶν, τῶν δικαστῶν ὑ., []; used in Trag. and Attic dialect to express all kinds of subordinate relations, as Hermes is ὑ. θεῶν, []; the Delphians are Φοίβου ὑπηρέται, []; Neoptolemus is ὑ. to Odysseus, []: sometimes with dative, τῷ θεῷ ὑ. []; τοῖς νόμοις[]; opposed to οἰκέτης, [] a helper in every work, []; II.2 at Athens, …

Where it's used 20 times

Matthew 5:25 · Matthew 26:58 · Mark 14:54 · Mark 14:65 · Luke 1:2 · Luke 4:20 · John 7:32 · John 7:45 · John 7:46 · John 18:3 · John 18:12 · John 18:18 · John 18:22 · John 18:36 · John 19:6 · Acts 5:22 · Acts 5:26 · Acts 13:5 · Acts 26:16 · 1 Corinthians 4:1

Source: TBESG G5257; TFLSJ G5257

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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