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Lexicon :: Strong's G5257 - hypēretēs

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ὑπηρέτης
Transliteration
hypēretēs (Key)
Pronunciation
hoop-ay-ret'-ace
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From ὑπό (G5259) and a derivative of eresso (to row)
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Strong’s Definitions

ὑπηρέτης hupērĕtēs, hoop-ay-ret'-ace; from G5259 and a derivative of ἐρέσσω ĕrĕssō (to row); an under-oarsman, i.e. (generally) subordinate (assistant, sexton, constable):—minister, officer, servant.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's G5257 in the following manner: officer (11x), minister (5x), servant (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's G5257 in the following manner: officer (11x), minister (5x), servant (4x).

  1. servant

    1. an underrower, subordinate rower

    2. any one who serves with hands: a servant

      1. in the NT of the officers and attendants of magistrates as — of the officer who executes penalties

      2. of the attendants of a king, servants, retinue, the soldiers of a king, of the attendant of a synagogue

      3. of any one ministering or rendering service

    3. any one who aids another in any work

      1. an assistant

      2. of the preacher of the gospel

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὑπηρέτης hupērĕtēs, hoop-ay-ret'-ace; from G5259 and a derivative of ἐρέσσω ĕrĕssō (to row); an under-oarsman, i.e. (generally) subordinate (assistant, sexton, constable):—minister, officer, servant.
STRONGS G5257:
ὑπηρέτης, ὑπηρετου, ὁ (from ὑπό, and ἐρέτης from ἐρέσσω to row), from Aeschylus and Herodotus down;
a. properly, an under rower, subordinate rower.
b. anyone who serves with his hands; a servant; in the N. T. of the officers and attendants of magistrates as — of the officer who executes penalties, Matthew 5:25; of the attendants of a king, οἱ ὑπηρετοι οἱ ἐμοί, my servants, retinue, the soldiers I should have if I were a king, John 18:36; of the servants or officers of the Sanhedrin, Matthew 26:58; Mark 14:54, 65; John 7:32, 45; John 18:3, 12, 22; John 19:6; Acts 5:22, 26; joined with δοῦλος (Plato, polit., p. 289 c.), John 18:18; of the attendant of g synagogue, Luke 4:20; of anyone ministering or rendering service, Acts 13:5.
c. anyone who aids another in any work; an assistant: of a preacher of the gospel (A. V. minister, which see in B. D.), Acts 26:16; ὑπηρέται λόγου, Luke 1:2; Χριστοῦ, 1 Corinthians 4:1. (Synonym: see διάκονος, at the end.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5257 matches the Greek ὑπηρέτης (hypēretēs),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:25 - Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are with him in the way; lest perhaps the prosecutor deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:58

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:58 - But Rock followed him from a distance, to the court of the Kohen Gadol, and entered in and sat with the officers, to see the end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:54

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:54 - Rock had followed him from a distance, until he came into the court of the Kohen Gadol. He was sitting with the officers, and warming himself in the light of the fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:65 - Some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to beat him with fists, and to tell him, "Prophesy!" The officers struck him with the palms of their hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:2 - even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word delivered them to us,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:20 - He closed the book, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:32 - The Perushim heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the chief Kohanim and the Perushim sent officers to arrest him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:45 - The officers therefore came to the chief Kohanim and Perushim, and they said to them, "Why didn't you bring him?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:46 - The officers answered, "No man ever spoke like this man!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:3 - Yehudah then, having taken a detachment of soldiers and officers from the chief Kohanim and the Perushim, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:12 - So the detachment, the commanding officer, and the officers of the Yehudim, seized Yeshua and bound him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:18 - Now the servants and the officers were standing there, having made a fire of coals, for it was cold. They were warming themselves. Rock was with them, standing and warming himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:22 - When he had said this, one of the officers standing by slapped Yeshua with his hand, saying, "Do you answer the Kohen Gadol like that?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:36 - Yeshua answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn't be delivered to the Yehudim. But now my kingdom is not from here."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:6 - When therefore the chief Kohanim and the officers saw him, they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves, and crucify him, for I find no basis for a charge against him."

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:22 - But the officers who came didn't find them in the prison. They returned and reported,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:26 - Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:5 - When they were at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Yehudim. They had also Yochanan as their attendant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:16 - But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen, and of the things which I will reveal to you;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:1 - So let a man think of us as Messiah's servants, and stewards of God's mysteries.
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