G5257Noun, masculine20 times in the New Testament (critical text)Where it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Matthew 5:25ὑπηρέτῃ
Reconcile quickly with your adversary, while you are still on the way to court. Otherwise, he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.
- Mark 14:54ὑπηρετῶν
Peter followed Him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. And he sat with the officers and warmed himself by the fire.
- Luke 1:2ὑπηρέται
just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
- John 7:32ὑπηρέτας
When the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, they and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.
- Acts 5:26ὑπηρέταις
At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles—but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.
- 1 Corinthians 4:1ὑπηρέτας
So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
Abbott-Smith
(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
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Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.