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Strong's G5257 · Greek

ὑπηρέτης

huperetes · hoop-ay-ret'-ace

from 5259 and a derivative of eresso (to row); an under-oarsman, i.e. (generally) subordinate (assistant, sexton, constable)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ὑπηρέτης (G5257)

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

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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